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The Hour is drawing near and the moon is split!
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But when they see a Sign, they turn away and say: “This is a fleeting delusion!”
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They have not believed and have succumbed to their passions. But each affair has its time!
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To restrain them, they have been sent Messages
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full of the highest wisdom. But Warning did not help,
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so, [o Muhammad], turn away from them! On the Day when the Caller summons them to the horrible [event],
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they shall emerge from their graves, their eyes downcast, like scattered locusts,
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and rush to the Caller. The disbelievers shall say: “What a difficult Day!”
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The people of Noah have denied before them. They rejected Our servant, saying: “He’s a madman!” and chased him away.
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He called to his Lord: “Help me! They have defeated me!”
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Then We opened the gates of the sky, and water poured down.
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We gushed springs from the earth, and water gathered by Our command.
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We carried [Noah] on [an ark] made of planks [tied] with palm fibers.
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It floated before Our eyes — such was the reward for the rejected one!
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We left this as a Sign, but who remembers [it] now?
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Such was My punishment and My Warning!
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We have made the Koran easy to remember, but who remembers [it] now?
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The people of ’Ad disbelieved [as well]. Such was My punishment and My Warning!
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On a day of unceasing distress, We sent upon them a destructive wind
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[which] scattered people like uprooted palm-trees.
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Such was My punishment and My Warning!
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We have made the Koran easy to remember, but who remembers [it] now?
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And [the people of] Thamood rejected [their] Warner.
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They said: “Is he not a man like us? Why should we follow him? That would be an error and a folly on our part!
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Why has the Reminder been sent to him, [and not to someone else] in our midst? Indeed, he’s an insolent liar!”
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— Tomorrow they shall know who is an insolent liar!
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To test them We sent them a she-camel. — [O Salih!] Watch them and brace yourself!
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Tell them to share water [with her] and to drink in turns.
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But they called their companion who took a knife and hamstrung her.
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Such was My punishment and My Warning!
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