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in Edition Clear Qur'an by Talal Itani / Fussilat (Explained in detail)
41:17And as for Thamood, We guided them, but they preferred blindness over guidance. So the thunderbolt of the humiliating punishment seized them, because of what they used to earn.
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Those who spend their wealth by night and day, privately and publicly, will receive their reward from their Lord. They have nothing to fear, nor shall they grieve.
The Holy Quran · Al-Baqara (The Cow) · 2:274