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54:1
The Hour has drawn near, and the moon has split open.
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And if they see a sign, they turn away and say, "Incessant magic."
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They denied and followed their personal desires, but every matter has its time of settlement.
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News has indeed come to them, which contained deterrents
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of profound wisdom, but the warnings have been of no avail.
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So turn away from them. On the Day the caller calls to something terrible,
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with subdued eyesight, they will emerge from the graves as if they were spread out locusts.
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Rushing headlong to the caller, the disbelievers will say, "This is a difficult Day."
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The people of Noah denied before them. They denied Our servant and said, "A madman," and he was jeered away.
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So he implored his Lord, "I am overpowered, so help me."
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So We opened the gates of the sky with pouring water,
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and We caused springs to gush out of the earth. And so the waters were joined in accordance to a matter that was predestined.
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And We carried him on that which was made of planks and nails.
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It sailed before Our eyes; a reward for one who had been rejected.
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And We left it as a sign, so is there any who will take heed?
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How then were My punishment and warnings!
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We made the Quran easy for the remembrance, so is there any who will take heed?
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Aad denied. How then were My punishment and warnings!
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We sent upon them a howling wind on a day of incessant misfortune.
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It plucked the people away as though they were uprooted palm tree trunks.
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How then were My punishment and warnings!
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We made the Quran easy for the remembrance, so is there any who will take heed?
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Thamoud denied the warnings.
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They said, "Are we to follow one single human being from among us? Surely we would then be in misguidance and sheer madness.
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Of all of us, has the Reminder been sent down to him? Rather, he is an impudent liar."
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They will know tomorrow who the impudent liar is.
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"We are sending the she-camel as a test for them, so watch them and be patient.
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And inform them that the water is to be shared between them, each drinking in turn."
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But they called on their companion. He was paid, and he hamstrung her.
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How then were My punishment and warnings!
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We sent upon them a single blast whereupon they became like a thatcher's dry stubble.
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We made the Quran easy for the remembrance, so is there any who will take heed?
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The people of Lot denied the warnings.
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We sent upon them a shower of stones, except for the family of Lot whom We saved before dawn;
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a blessing from Us. We thus reward those who give thanks.
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And he had already warned them of Our strike, but they dismissed the warnings.
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They tried to prise his guests away from him, so We obliterated their eyes, and so: "Taste My punishment and warnings."
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Early morning brought upon them an enduring punishment,
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and so: "Taste My punishment and warnings."
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We made the Quran easy for the remembrance, so is there any who will take heed?
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The warnings came to Pharaoh's people.
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They rejected Our signs, all of them, and so We seized them; the seizing of a Dignified, Omnipotent.
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Are your disbelievers better than those? Or have you been granted amnesty in the Scriptures?
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Or do they say, "We are united, and we shall be victorious"?
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The multitude will be defeated, and they will turn their backs.
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Indeed, the Hour is their appointed time, and the Hour is more disastrous and bitter.
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Indeed, the criminals are in misguidance and sheer madness.
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On the Day they are dragged on their faces into the Fire: "Taste the touch of Saqar."
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We created all things in precise measure.
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And Our command is issued just once, and is like the blink of an eye.
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We have annihilated those of your kind, so is there any who will take heed?
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Everything they did is contained in the records.
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Every small or large thing is written down.
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The reverent are amidst gardens and rivers
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in a position of truth at an Omnipotent King.
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