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Al-Isra 17:59 وما منعنا ان نرسل بالايات الا ان كذب بها الاولون واتينا ثمود الناقة مبصرة فظلموا بها وما نرسل بالايات الا تخويفا ٥٩

17:59
وَمَا
مَنَعَنَآ
أَن
نُّرۡسِلَ
بِٱلۡأٓيَٰتِ
إِلَّآ
أَن
كَذَّبَ
بِهَا
ٱلۡأَوَّلُونَۚ
وَءَاتَيۡنَا
ثَمُودَ
ٱلنَّاقَةَ
مُبۡصِرَةٗ
فَظَلَمُواْ
بِهَاۚ
وَمَا
نُرۡسِلُ
بِٱلۡأٓيَٰتِ
إِلَّا
تَخۡوِيفٗا
٥٩
And We refrain from sending the signs, only because the men of former generations treated them as false: We sent the she-camel to the Thamud to open their eyes, but they treated her wrongfully: We only send the Signs by way of terror (and warning from evil).
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)

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Chapter 17, Page 288, Juz 15

58. There is not a population but We shall destroy it before the Day of Judgment or punish it with a dreadful Penalty: that is written in the (eternal) Record. 59. And We refrain from sending the signs, only because the men of former generations treated them as false: We sent the she-camel to the Thamud to open their eyes, but they treated her wrongfully: We only send the Signs by way of terror (and warning from evil). 60. Behold! We told thee that thy Lord doth encompass mankind round about: We granted the vision which We showed thee, but as a trial for men,- as also the Cursed Tree (mentioned) in the Qur'an: We put terror (and warning) into them, but it only increases their inordinate transgression!

- A. Yusuf Ali

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