air unto them and so debarred them from the Way, though they were
keen observers.

S: And (We destroyed) Ad and Samood, and from their dwellings (this) is
apparent to you indeed; and the Shaitan made their deeds fair-seeming
to them, so he kept them back from the path, though they were endowed
with intelligence and skill,

029.039
Y: (Remember also) Qarun, Pharaoh, and Haman: there came to them Moses
with Clear Signs, but they behaved with insolence on the earth; yet
they could not overreach (Us).

P: 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).

S: And (We destroyed) Qaroun and Firon and Haman; and certainly Musa
came to them with clear arguments, but they behaved haughtily in the
land; yet they could not outstrip (Us).

029.040
Y: Each one of them We seized for his crime: of them, against some We
sent a violent tornado (with showers of stones); some were caught by a
(mighty) Blast; some We caused the earth to swallow up; and some We
drowned (in the waters): It was not Allah Who injured (or oppressed)
them: They injured (and oppressed) their own souls.

P: 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.

S: So each We punished for his sin; of them was he on whom We sent down
a violent storm, and of them was he whom the rumbling overtook, and of
them was he whom We made to be swallowed up by the earth, and of them
was he whom We drowned; and it did not beseem Allah that He should be
unjust to them, but they were unjust to their own souls.

029.041
Y: The parable of those who take protectors other than Allah is that of
the spider, who builds (to itself) a house; but truly the flimsiest of
houses is the spider's house;- if they but knew.

P: The likeness of those who choose other patrons than Allah is as the
likeness of the spider when she taketh unto herself a house, and lo!
the frailest of all houses is the spider's house, if they but knew.

S: The parable of those who take guardians besides Allah is as the
parable of the spider that makes for itself a house; and most surely
the frailest of the houses is the spider's house did they but know.