How were the previous guilty generations destroyed?                              
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                                Generations destroyed before:                              
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                                Why were the previous generations destroyed?                              
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                                The people of Prophet Muhammad were an ungrateful people who took the religious leaders, prophets and angels as gods besides Allah and served them:                              
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                                Ungratefulness to Allah; taking some gods who have no power or authority beside Him and serving them, when Allah is the One Who has given everything we know at our disposal:                              
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                                The destruction of societies that reject the message of servitude/service to Allah alone and associate partners with Allah is Allah's constant law, and the Meccan society is warned about this:                              
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                                What Allah asks of us in return for the blessings He has bestowed upon us:                              
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