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IslamicPoemsForChildren, page : 117
its people were highway men, cruel and bold.
They thought nothing of robbing those who to passed by their way
and treated innocent visitors in a very unkind way.
Traders gave short measure when weighing out their wares
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and swindled their customers in a manner so unfair.
They lived in an age not so long after Prophet Lot
but paid no attention to that punishment - in contempt they forgot.
They refused to believe that there is life in the Hereafter
and grabbed what they wanted without tears, only laughter.
They thought nothing of robbing those who to passed by their way
and treated innocent visitors in a very unkind way.
Traders gave short measure when weighing out their wares
50
and swindled their customers in a manner so unfair.
They lived in an age not so long after Prophet Lot
but paid no attention to that punishment - in contempt they forgot.
They refused to believe that there is life in the Hereafter
and grabbed what they wanted without tears, only laughter.