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At-Tawbah 9:70

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أَلَمْ يَأْتِهِمْ نَبَأُ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ قَوْمِ نُوحٍ وَعَادٍ وَثَمُودَ وَقَوْمِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَأَصْحَـٰبِ مَدْيَنَ وَٱلْمُؤْتَفِكَـٰتِ ۚ أَتَتْهُمْ رُسُلُهُم بِٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِ ۖ فَمَا كَانَ ٱللَّهُ لِيَظْلِمَهُمْ وَلَـٰكِن كَانُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ يَظْلِمُونَ

Has there not reached them the news of those before them - the people of Noah and [the tribes of] ʿAad and Thamūd and the people of Abraham and the companions [i.e., dwellers] of Madyan and the towns overturned? Their messengers came to them with clear proofs. And Allāh would never have wronged them, but they were wronging themselves.

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

ألم يأت هؤلاء المنافقين خبرُ الذين مضوا مِن قوم نوح وقبيلة عاد وقبيلة ثمود وقوم إبراهيم وأصحاب (مدين) وقوم لوط عندما جاءهم المرسلون بالوحي وبآيات الله فكذَّبوهم؟ فأنزل الله بهؤلاء جميعًا عذابه; انتقامًا منهم لسوء عملهم، فما كان الله ليظلمهم، ولكن كانوا هم الظالمين لأنفسهم بالتكذيب والمخالفة.

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