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Be Not Like Them
Allah ﷻ said in Surah Al-Ankabut
فَكُلاًّ أَخَذْنَا بِذَنبِهِ
So We seized each [people] for their sin
فَمِنْهُم مَّن أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِ حَاصِباً
and among them were those upon whom We sent a storm of stones,
This was the case with Ad, and this happened because they said: “Who is stronger than us” So, there came upon them a violent, intensely cold wind, which was very strong and carried pebbles which it threw upon them. It carried them through the air, lifting a man up to the sky and then hurling him headlong to the ground, so that his head split and he was left as a body without a head, like uprooted stems of date palms.
وَمِنْهُمْ مَّنْ أَخَذَتْهُ الصَّيْحَةُ
and among them were those who were seized by the blast [from the sky],
This is what happened to Thamud, because of the she-camel who came forth when the rock was split. Yet, they did not believe, rather they persisted in their evil behavior and disbelief, and threatening to expel Salih عليه السلام and the believers with him, or to stone them. So As Sayhah (the blast) struck them.
وَمِنْهُمْ مَّنْ خَسَفْنَا بِهِ الاٌّرْضَ
and of them were some whom We caused the earth to swallow,
This refers to Qarun who transgressed, he was evil and arrogant. He disobeyed his Lord ﷻ paraded through the land in a boastful manner, filled with self-admiration, thinking that he was better than others. He showed off, so Allah ﷻ caused the earth to swallow him and his house, and he will continue sinking into it until the Day of Resurrection.
وَمِنْهُمْ مَّنْ أَغْرَقْنَا
and of them were some whom We drowned.
This refers to Firawn, his minister Haman and their troops, all of whom were drowned in a single morning, not one of them escaped.
وَمَا كَانَ اللَّهُ لِيَظْلِمَهُمْ
It was not Allah Who wronged them,
وَلَٰكِن كَانُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ يَظْلِمُونَ
but they wronged themselves.
[29:40]
This happened to them as a punishment for what they did themselves.
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We need to reflect on these examples of the past!
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How many of us are arrogant and transgressing like these people?
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It is only by Allah ﷻ’s mercy that we don’t meet the same fate.
الله أكبر
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May Allah ﷻ forgive us and bestow His abundant Mercy upon us.
آمِيْن يَارَبَّ الْعَالَمِينْ
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