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And the people of Noah (read wa qawmi Nūhin, as a supplement to Thamūda, in other words: 'in the destruction of these [two peoples] by what [destructive power] exists in the heavens and the earth there is [also] a sign'; or read wa qawma Nūhin, in other words, 'We also destroyed the people of Noah') aforetime, that is, before the destruction of those mentioned. Indeed they were an immoral lot.