وَإِذْ
قَالَتْ
أُمَّةٌۭ
مِّنْهُمْ
لِمَ
تَعِظُونَ
قَوْمًا ۙ
ٱللَّهُ
مُهْلِكُهُمْ
أَوْ
مُعَذِّبُهُمْ
عَذَابًۭا
شَدِيدًۭا ۖ
قَالُوا۟
مَعْذِرَةً
إِلَىٰ
رَبِّكُمْ
وَلَعَلَّهُمْ
يَتَّقُونَ
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how, when some of them asked [their preachers], ‘Why do you bother preaching to people God will destroy, or at least punish severely?’ [the preachers] answered, ‘In order to be free from your Lord’s blame, and so that they may perhaps take heed.’
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem