In the name of Allah,
the Beneficent the Merciful.
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The hour drew nigh and the moon did rend asunder.
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And if they see a miracle they turn aside and say:
Transient magic.
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And they call (it) a lie,
and follow their low desires;
and every affair has its appointed term.
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And certainly some narratives have come to them wherein is prevention--
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Consummate wisdom-- but warnings do not avail;
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So turn (your) back on them (for) the day when the inviter shall invite them to a hard task,
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Their eyes cast down,
going forth from their graves as if they were scattered locusts,
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Hastening to the inviter.
The unbelievers shall say:
This is a hard day.
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Before them the people of Nuh rejected,
so they rejected Our servant and called (him) mad,
and he was driven away.
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Therefore he called upon his Lord:
I am overcome,
come Thou then to help.
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So We opened the gates of the cloud with water pouring
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And We made water to flow forth in the land in springs,
so the water gathered together according to a measure already ordained.
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And We bore him on that which was made of planks and nails
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Sailing,
before Our eyes,
a reward for him who was denied.
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And certainly We left it as a sign,
but is there anyone who
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How (great) was then My punishment and My warning!
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And certainly We have made the Quran easy for remembrance,
but is there anyone who will mind?
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Ad treated (the truth) as a lie,
so how (great) was My punishment and My warning!
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Surely We sent on them a tornado in a day of bitter ill-luck
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Tearing men away as if they were the trunks of palm-trees torn up.
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How (great) was then My punishment and My warning!
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And certainly We have made the Quran easy for remembrance,
but is there anyone who will mind?
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Samood rejected the warning.
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So they said:
What!
a single mortal from among us!
Shall we follow him?
Most surely we shall in that case be in sure error and distress:
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Has the reminder been made to light upon him from among us?
Nay!
he is an insolent liar!
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Tomorrow shall they know who is the liar,
the insolent one.
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Surely We are going to send the she-camel as a trial for them;
therefore watch them and have patience.
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And inform them that the water is shared between them;
every share of the water shall be regulated.
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But they called their companion,
so he took (the sword) and slew (her).
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How (great) was then My punishment and My warning!
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Surely We sent upon them a single cry,
so they were like the dry fragments of trees which the maker of an enclosure collects.
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And certainly We have made the Quran easy for remembrance,
but is there anyone who will mind?
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The people of Lut treated the warning.
as a lie.
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Surely We sent upon them a stonestorm,
except Lut's followers;
We saved them a little before daybreak,
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A favor from Us;
thus do We reward him who gives thanks.
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And certainly he warned them of Our violent seizure,
but they obstinately disputed the warning.
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And certainly they endeavored to turn him from his guests,
but We blinded their eyes;
so taste My chastisement and My warning.
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And certainly a lasting chastisement overtook them in the morning.
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So taste My chastisement and My warning.
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And certainly We have made the Quran easy for remembrance,
but is there anyone who will mind?
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And certainly the warning came to Firon's people.
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They rejected all Our communications,
so We overtook them after.
the manner of a Mighty,
Powerful One.
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Are the unbelievers of yours better than these,
or is there an exemption for you in the scriptures?
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Or do they say:
We are a host allied together to help each other?
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Soon shall the hosts be routed,
and they shall turn (their) backs.
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Nay,
the hour is their promised time,
and the hour shall be most grievous and bitter.
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Surely the guilty are in error and distress.
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On the day when they shall be dragged upon their faces into the fire;
taste the touch of hell.
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Surely We have created everything according to a measure.
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And Our command is but one,
as the twinkling of an eye.
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And certainly We have already destroyed the likes of you,
but is there anyone who will mind?
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And everything they have done is in the writings.
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And everything small and great is written down.
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Surely those who guard (against evil) shall be in gardens and rivers,
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In the seat of honor with a most Powerful King.