“ O our people, we have heard a Book revealed after Moses, verifying that which is before it, guiding to the truth and to a right path.
31 O our people, accept the Inviter to Allah and believe in Him. He will forgive you some of your sins and protect you from a painful chastisement.
32 And whoever accepts not the Inviter to Allah, he cannot escape in the earth, nor has he protectors besides Him. These are in manifest error.
33 See they not that Allah, Who created the heavens and the earth and was not tired by their creation, is able to give life to the dead? ”

“ Nay, it is that which you sought to hasten, a wind wherein is painful chastisement,
25 Destroying every thing by the command of its Lord. So at dawn naught could be seen except their dwellings. Thus do We reward the guilty people. ”

“ You did away with your good things in your life of the world and you enjoyed them; so this day you are rewarded with the chastisement of abasement because you were unjustly proud in the land and because you transgressed.
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21 And mention the brother of 'Ad; when he warned his people in the sandy plains -- and warners indeed came before him and after him -- saying: Serve none but Allah. Surely I fear for you the chastisement of a grievous day.
22 They said: Hast thou come to us to turn us away from our gods? Then bring us that with which thou threatenest us, if thou art truthful. ”