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(I) The Hour approaches and the Moon is splitting apart!
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Yet if they see any sign, they avoid it and say: "It's constant magic!"
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They deny (it all) and follow their own whims, even though every matter has been settled.
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News has come to them containing a rebuke,
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as eloquent wisdom, even though warners can get nowhere.
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So turn away from them on the day when the Crier will call out about a horrible event.
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Their eyes cast down, they will issue forth from their tombs as if they were scattered grasshoppers
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dashing along towards the Crier. Disbelievers will say: "This is such a hard day!"
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Noah's folk denied it long before them; they rejected Our servant and said: "(He's) crazy!", and he was rebuffed.
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He appealed to his Lord: "I have been overpowered, so support (me)!"
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So We opened Heaven's gates for water to pour down.
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We drilled the earth full of springs and the waters met at a command which had been decreed.
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We transported him on something built with planks and caulking
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which sailed on before Our eyes, as a reward for someone who had been rejected.
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We left it as a sign; yet will anyone bear it in mind?
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How were My torment, and My warnings?
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We have made the Qur'an easy to memorize ; yet will anyone (bother to) memorize it?
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'Ad rejected it. How were My torment, and My warnings?
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We sent a howling gale against them on a day full of continuous misfortune
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which snatched men up as if they were hollow palm trunks.
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How were My torment, and My warnings!
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We have made the Qur'an easy to memorize ; yet will anyone memorize it?
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(II) Thamud rejected My warnings too
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and they said: "Are we to follow a single human being from among ourselves? We would then be in error and frenzy.
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Has the Reminder been delivered merely to him among Us? Instead he is a brash liar."
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Tomorrow they will know who the brash liar is!
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We are sending them a she-camel as a test, so watch them and act patient.
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Announce to them how water must be shared among them; each will have his own special time to drink.
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They called out to their companion; and he assumed the task and hamstrung (her).
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How were My torment, and My warnings?
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