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until, when you are in the vessel and it sails with them by a wholesome wind, and they rejoice in it, a violent wind comes upon it, the swell comes at them from every side, and they presume they are encompassed — then they call upon God, devoting the Law exclusively to Him: "If You save us from this, we will surely be among the grateful."

their works are like ashes that the wind whips intensely, on a stormy day: they can hold on to nothing of what they earned.

And to Sulayman, the raging wind, running by his command to the land that We blessed,

And the earth, He set it down for the creatures; therein are savoury fruits, the palm with its enclosed spathes, the grain with its husk, and the fragrant plant.

In the name of God, the All-Benevolent, the Benevolent. By those sent forth in succession, and those scattering violently, and those deploying far and wide, and those separating distinctly, and those addressing a reminder, as justification or as warning: indeed, what you are promised will surely befall.

Did He not lead their scheme astray? And did He not send upon them massive birds, which were hurling stones of formed clay at them? And did He not reduce them to the state of eaten husk?