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fa-qulnā dhhabā ʾilā l-qawmi lladhīna kadhdhabū bi-ʾāyātinā fa-dammarnāhum tadmīran
Then We said, ‘Let the two of you go to the people who have denied Our signs.’ Then We destroyed them utterly.
— Ali Quli Qarai
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Surah al-Furqan - Verse 36
36. “And We said: ‘Go you both unto the people who have rejected Our signs!’ so We destroyed them with utter destruction.”
Narrating the history and the explanation of the destiny of former pagans and the statement of their destruction, works as warning for today pagans and prohibiting them from what is unlawful. Therefore, in this noble verse, Allah says:
On one hand, they practically denied divine revelations and Allah’s signs which exist in macrocosm and microcosm and the entire universe, and began to worship idols and to be polytheist. On the other hand, they neglected the teachings of the previous prophets and denied them. In spite of Moses and his brother’s attempts, and struggles and great and various miracles they observed, they stuck to their paganism and denial of the Truth, so they were destroyed.
The verse continues saying: