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23. He said: "The Knowledge (of when it will come) is only with Allah. I proclaim to you
the mission on which I have been sent: But I see that ye are a people in ignorance!"..
24. Falamma raawhu AAaridan mustaqbila awdiyatihim qaloo hatha AAaridun
mumtiruna bal huwa ma istaAAjaltum bihi reehun feeha AAathabun aleem
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24. Then, when they saw the (Penalty in the shape of) a cloud traversing the sky, coming
to meet their valleys, they said, "This cloud will give us rain!" "Nay, it is the (Calamity)
ye were asking to be hastened!- A wind wherein is a Grievous Penalty!
25. Tudammiru kulla shay-in bi-amri rabbiha faasbahoo la yura illa masakinuhum
kathalika najzee alqawma almujrimeen
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25. "Everything will it destroy by the command of its Lord!" Then by the morning they -
nothing was to be seen but (the ruins of) their houses! thus do We recompense those
given to sin!
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