29.21 . He punisheth whom He will and showeth mercy unto whom He will , and unto Him ye will be turned .

29.22 . Ye cannot escape ( from Him ) in the earth or in the sky , and beside Allah there is for you no friend nor helper .

29.23 . Those who disbelieve in the revelations of Allah and in ( their ) Meeting with Him , such have no hope of My mercy . For such there is a painful doom .

29.24 . But the answer of his folk was only that they said : "Kill him" or "Burn him . " Then Allah saved him from the fire . Lo! herein verily are portents for folk who believe .

29.25 . He said : Ye have chosen idols instead of Allah . The love between you is only in the life of the world . Then on the Day of Resurrection ye will deny each other and curse each other , and your abode will be the Fire , and ye will have no helpers .

29.26 . And Lot believed him , and said : Lo! I am a fugitive unto my Lord . Lo! He , only He , is the Mighty , the Wise .

29.27 . And We bestowed on him Isaac and Jacob , and We established the Prophethood and the Scripture among his seed , and We gave him his reward in the world , and lo! in the Hereafter he verily is among the righteous .

29.28 . And Lot! ( Remember ) when he said unto his folk : Lo! ye commit lewdness such as no creature did before you .

29.29 . For come ye not in unto males , and cut ye not the road ( for travellers ) , and commit ye not abomination in your meetings? But the answer of his folk was only that they said : Bring Allah ' s doom upon us if thou art a truth teller!

29.30 . He said : My Lord! Give me victory over folk who work corruption .

29.31 . And when Our messengers brought Abraham the good news , they said : Lo! we are about to destroy the people of that township , for its people are wrong doers .

29.32 . He said : Lo! Lot is there . They said : We are best aware of who is there . We are to deliver him and his household , all save his wife , who is of those who stay behind .

29.33 . And when Our messengers came unto Lot , he was troubled upon their account , for he could not protect them ; but they said : Fear not , nor grieve! Lo! we are to deliver thee and thy household , ( all ) save thy wife , who is of those who stay behind .

29.34 . Lo! we are about to bring down upon folk of this township a fury from the sky because they are evil livers .

29.35 . And verily of that We have left a clear sign for people who have sense .

29.36 . And unto Midian We sent Shueyb , their brother . He said O my people! Serve Allah , and look forward to the Last Day , and do not evil , making mischief , in the earth .

29.37 . But they denied him , and the dreadful earthquake took them , and morning found them prostrate in their dwelling place .

29.38 . And ( the tribes of ) Aad and Thamud! ( Their fate ) is manifest unto you from their ( ruined and deserted ) dwellings . Satan made their deeds seem fair unto them and so debarred them from the Way , though they were keen observers .

29.39 . And Korah , Pharaoh and Haman! Moses came unto them with clear proofs ( of Allah ' s sovereignty ) , but they were boastful in the land . And they were not winners ( in the race ) .

29.40 . So We took each one in his sin ; of them was he on whom We sent a hurricane , and of them was he who was overtaken by the ( Awful ) Cry , and of them was he whom We caused the earth to swallow , and of them was he whom We drowned . It was not for Allah to wrong them , but they wronged themselves .