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I swear by the emissary winds, sent one after another (for men's benefit),
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By the raging hurricanes,
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Which scatter clouds to their destined places,
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Then separate them one from another,
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Then I swear by the angels who bring down the revelation,
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To clear or to warn.
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Most surely what you are threatened with must come to pass.
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So when the stars are made to lose their light,
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And when the heaven is rent asunder,
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And when the mountains are carried away as dust,
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And when the apostles are gathered at their appointed time li. To what day is the doom fixed?
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To the day of decision.
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And what will make you comprehend what the day of decision is?
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Woe on that day to the rejecters.
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Did We not destroy the former generations?
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Then did We follow them up with later ones.
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Even thus shall We deal with the guilty.
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Woe on that day to the rejecters.
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Did We not create you from contemptible water?
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Then We placed it in a secure resting-place,
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Till an appointed term,
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So We proportion it-- how well are We at proportioning (things).
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Woe on that day to the rejecters.
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Have We not made the earth to draw together to itself,
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The living and the dead,
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And made therein lofty mountains, and given you to drink of sweet
water?
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Woe on that day to the rejecters.
water?
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Walk on to that which you called a lie.
water?
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Walk on to the covering having three branches,
water?
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Neither having the coolness of the shade nor availing against the flame.
water?
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Surely it sends up sparks like palaces,
water?
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As if they were tawny camels.
water?
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Woe on that day to the rejecters.
water?
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This is the day on which they shall not speak,
water?
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And permission shall not be given to them so that they should offer excuses
water?
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Woe on that day to the rejecters.
water?
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This is the day of decision: We have gathered you and those of yore.
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So if you have a plan, plan against Me (now).
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Woe on that day to the rejecters.
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Surely those who guard (against evil) shall be amid shades and fountains,
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And fruits such as they desire.
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Eat and drink pleasantly because of what you did.
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Surely thus do We reward the doers of good.
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Woe on that day to the rejecters.
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Eat and enjoy yourselves for a little; surely you are guilty.
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Woe on that day to the rejecters.
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And where it is said to them: Bow down, they do not bow down.
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Woe on that day to the rejecters.
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In what announcement, then, after it, will they believe? |