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He said: “O Noah: he was not of thy household. He was a deed not righteous; so ask thou Me not of that whereof thou hast no knowledge; I admonish thee lest thou be of the ignorant.”
**Said he: “My Lord, in Thee do I seek refuge lest I ask of Thee that whereof I have no knowledge; and save Thou forgive me, and have mercy on me, I will be among the losers.”**
**It was said: “O Noah: get thee down in peace from Us, and blessings upon thee and upon nations out of those with thee. And nations will We give enjoyment — then a painful punishment from Us will touch them.”**
That is from the reports of the Unseen that We reveal to thee; thou knewest it not, neither thou, nor thy people before this. So be thou patient; the final outcome is for those of prudent fear.
And to ʿĀd, their brother Hūd. He said: “O my people: serve God; you have no god but He; you are only inventing.”
“O my people: I ask of you for it no reward; my reward is only upon Him who created me. Will you then not use reason!”
**And: “O my people: ask forgiveness of your Lord; then turn to Him. He will send the sky upon you in abundant rains, and increase you in strength to your strength. And turn not away as lawbreakers.”**
They said: “O Hūd: thou hast not brought us clear evidence; and we will not leave our gods at thy word; and we do not believe thee.
“We say only that some of our gods have afflicted thee with evil.” He said: “I call God to witness — and bear you witness — that I am quit of that to which you ascribe a partnership,
“Besides Him; so scheme against me all together; then grant me no respite.
“I have placed my trust in God, my Lord and your Lord. There is no creature save He holds it by its forelock. My Lord is on a straight path.
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And when Our command came, We delivered Hūd and those who heeded warning with him, by mercy from Us; and We saved them from a stern punishment.
And those were ʿĀd; they rejected the proofs of their Lord, and opposed His messengers, and followed the command of every obstinate tyrant.
And they were followed by a curse in the World; and on the Day of Resurrection[…evil is the gift given.]. In truth, ʿĀd denied their Lord — so away with ʿĀd, the people of Hūd!
12:1-22
alif lām rā Those are the proofs of the Clear Writ.
We have sent it down as an Arabic recitation, that you might use reason.
We relate to thee the best of stories in what We have revealed to thee of this Qur’an, though thou wast before it among those unaware.
When Joseph said to his father: “O my father: I saw eleven stars and the sun and the moon; I saw them submitting to me,”
**He said: “O my son: relate thou not thy dream to thy brothers lest they plan a plan against thee; the satan is to man an open enemy.**
“And thus will thy Lord choose thee, and teach thee the interpretation of events, and complete His favour upon thee and upon the house of Jacob as He completed it upon thy fathers before, Abraham and Isaac; thy Lord is knowing and wise.”
**In Joseph and his brothers were proofs for those who ask.**
When they said: “Joseph and his brother are dearer to our father than are we, when we are a group; our father is in manifest error.
“Kill Joseph, or banish him to a land; the face of your father will pass to you — and be you after it a righteous people,”
Said a speaker among them: “Kill not Joseph, but cast him into the depth of the well — some caravan will gather him up — if you must act.”
They said: “O our father: what ails thee, that thou trustest us not with Joseph when we are sincere counsellors to him?
“Send thou him with us tomorrow, that he might run and play; and we will guard him.”
He said: “It grieves me that you should go with him; and I fear lest the wolf should eat him when you are unmindful of him.”
**They said: “If the wolf should eat him when we are a group, then will we be the losers.”**
Then when they went with him, and agreed to place him in the depth of the well[…they did as they wished.]. And We revealed to him: “Thou wilt inform them of this deed of theirs when they perceive not.”
And they came to their father in the evening, weeping.
They said: “O our father: we went to run races, and left Joseph with our goods — and the wolf ate him; and thou wouldst not believe us, though we were truthful.”
**And they came with false blood on his shirt. He said: “Nay, your souls have enticed you into a matter; then: comely patience — and God is the one whose aid is sought against what you describe.”**
And there came a caravan; and they sent their water-drawer, and he let down his pail. He said: “O glad tidings: here is a lad!” And they hid him as merchandise; and God knows what they did.
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**And when he reached maturity, We gave him judgment and knowledge; and thus reward We the doers of good.**
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