فَأَعۡرَضُواْ

فَأَرۡسَلۡنَا

عَلَيۡهِمۡ

سَيۡلَ

ٱلۡعَرِمِ

وَبَدَّلۡنَٰهُم

بِجَنَّتَيۡهِمۡ

جَنَّتَيۡنِ

ذَوَاتَيۡ

أُكُلٍ

خَمۡطٖ

وَأَثۡلٖ

وَشَيۡءٖ

مِّن

سِدۡرٖ

قَلِيلٖ

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But they turned away. So We sent against them a devastating flood, and replaced their orchards with two others producing bitter fruit, fruitless bushes,¹ and a few ˹sparse˺ thorny trees.²