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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                                A messenger was sent to every people:                              
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                                For a long time before Prophet Muhammad, the people of Mecca were not given a book:                              
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                                After the Messengers and the Message, the servants have no excuse against Allah:                              
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                                General characteristics of oppressors/oppressors:                              
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                                The oppression of the oppressors is actually against their own souls, for it causes their own souls/selves to be punished:                              
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