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When a group among them said, “Why do you warn those whom Allah will destroy or punish severely?” They replied, “To fulfil our duty before your Lord, and perhaps they will become mindful.”
7:164And when a community among them said: Why preach ye to a folk whom Allah is about to destroy or punish with an awful doom, they said: In order to be free from guilt before your Lord, and that haply they may ward off (evil).