Surat Az-Zukhruf (The Ornaments of Gold) - سورة الزخرف

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43:50

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But when We removed from them the affliction, at once they broke their word.

43:51

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And Pharaoh called out among his people; he said, "O my people, does not the kingdom of Egypt belong to me, and these rivers flowing beneath me; then do you not see?

43:52

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Or am I [not] better than this one who is insignificant and hardly makes himself clear?

43:53

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Then why have there not been placed upon him bracelets of gold or come with him the angels in conjunction?"

43:54

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So he bluffed his people, and they obeyed him. Indeed, they were [themselves] a people defiantly disobedient [of Allah ].

43:55

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And when they angered Us, We took retribution from them and drowned them all.

43:56

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And We made them a precedent and an example for the later peoples.

43:57

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And when the son of Mary was presented as an example, immediately your people laughed aloud.

43:58

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And they said, "Are our gods better, or is he?" They did not present the comparison except for [mere] argument. But, [in fact], they are a people prone to dispute.

43:59

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