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LI, 37-49. THE CHAPTER OF THE SCATTERERS.
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And we left therein a sign to those who fear the grievous woe.
And in Moses; when we sent him to Pharaoh with obvious authority.
But he turned his back towards his column !, and said, 'A sorcerer or mad!'
[40] And we seized him and his hosts and hurled them into the sea; for he was to be blamed.
And in 'Âd, when we sent against them a desolating wind, that left naught on which it came without making it ashes!
And in Thamud, when it was said to them, Enjoy yourselves for a season.' But they revolted against the bidding of their Lord; and the noise caught them as they looked on. [45] And they could not stand upright, and they were not helped !
And the people of Noah of yore; verily, they were an abominable people.
And the heaven-we have built it with might, and, verily, we do surely give it ample space !
And the earth-we have spread it out; and how well we lay it out!
And of everything have we created pairs, haply ye may be mindful
[50] Flee then to God; verily, I am a plain warner from Him to you!
And do not set with God another god; verily, I am a plain warner from Him to you !
Thus there came no apostle to those before them, but they said, 'A sorcerer, mad!'
1 Either Pharaoh's forces, or one of his nobles, or something else on which he relied. See Part I, p. 214, first line, and note i.
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