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The Hour (of Judgment) is nigh, and the moon was cleft asunder.
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But if they see a Sign, they turn away, and say, "This is (but) continuous magic."
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They reject (the warning) and follow their (own) lusts but every matter has its appointed time.
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There have already come to them such tidings as contain a deterrent,
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A Wisdom far-reaching;- but (the preaching of) Warners profits them not.
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Therefore, (O Prophet,) turn away from them, (and await for) the Day that the Caller will call (them) to a terrible affair,
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They will come forth,- their eyes humbled - from (their) graves, (torpid) like locusts scattered abroad,
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Hastening, with eyes transfixed, towards the Caller!- "Hard is this Day!", the Unbelievers will say.
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Before them the People of Noah rejected (their messenger): they rejected Our servant, and said, "Here is one possessed!", and he was driven out.
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Then he called on his Lord: "I am one overcome: do Thou then help (me)!"
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So We opened the gates of heaven, with water pouring forth.
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And We caused the earth to gush forth with springs, so the waters met (and rose) to the extent decreed.
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But We bore him on an (Ark) made of broad planks and caulked with palm- fiber:
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She floats under Our eyes (and care): a recompense to one who had been rejected (with scorn)!
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And We have left this as a Sign (for all time): then is there any that will receive admonition?
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But how (terrible) was My Chastisement and My Warning?
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And We have indeed made the Quran easy to understand and remember: then is there any that will receive admonition?
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The Àd (people) (too) rejected (Truth): then how terrible was My Chastisement and My Warning?
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For We sent against them a furious wind, on a Day of bitter ill-luck,
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Plucking out men as if they were roots of palm-trees torn up (from the ground).
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Yea, how (terrible) was My Chastisement and My Warning!
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But We have indeed made the Quran easy to understand and remember: then is there any that will receive admonition?
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The Thamüd (also) rejected (their) Warners.
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For they said: "What! a man! a Solitary one from among ourselves! shall we follow such a one? Truly should we then be in error and madness!
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"Is it that the Message is sent to him, of all people amongst us? Nay, he is a liar, an insolent one!"
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Ah! they will know on the morrow, which is the liar, the insolent one!
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For We will send the she-camel by way of trial for them. So watch them, (O Sálih), and possess thyself in patience!
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And tell them that the water is to be divided between them: each one's right to drink being brought forward (by suitable turns).
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But they called to their companion, and he took a sword in hand, and hamstrung (her).
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Ah! how (terrible) was My Chastisement and My Warning!
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For We sent bf1 against them a single Mighty Blast, and they became like the dry stubble used by one who pens cattle.
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And We have indeed made the Quran easy to understand and remember: then is there any that will receive admonition?
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The people of Lüt rejected (his) warning.
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We sent against them a violent tornado with showers of stones, (which destroyed them), except Lüt's household: them We delivered by early Dawn,-
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As a Grace from Us: thus do We reward those who give thanks.
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And (Lüt) did warn them of Our Violent Seizure, but they disputed about the Warning.
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And they even sought to snatch away his guests from him, but We blinded their eyes. (They heard:) "Now taste ye My Wrath and My Warning."
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Early on the morrow an abiding Chastisement seized them:
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"So taste ye My Chastisement and My Warning."
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And We have indeed made the Quran easy to understand and remember: then is there any that will receive admonition?
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To the People of Pharaoh, too, aforetime, came Warners (from Allah).
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The (people) rejected all Our Signs; but We seized them with the Seizure of a Mighty, Powerful.
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Are your Unbelievers, (O Quraish), better than they? Or have ye an immunity in the Sacred Books?
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Or do they say: "We acting together can defend ourselves"?
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Soon will their multitude be put to flight, and they will show their backs.
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Nay, the Hour (of Judgment) is the time promised them (for their full recompense): and that Hour will be most grievous and most bitter.
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Truly those in sin are the ones in error and madness.
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The Day they will be dragged through the Fire on their faces, (they will hear:) "Taste ye the touch of Hell!"
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Verily, all things have We created in proportion and measure.
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And Our Command is but a single (word),- like the twinkling of an eye.
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And (oft) in the past, have We destroyed gangs like unto you: then is there any that will receive admonition?
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All that they do is noted in (their) Books (of Deeds):
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Every matter, small and great, is on record.
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As to the Righteous, they will be in the midst of Gardens and Rivers,
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In a sure abode with a Sovereign Omnipotent.
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