AL QAMAR
In the name of God, Most Gracious,
Most Merciful.
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The Hour (of Judgment) is nigh, and the moon is cleft asunder.
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But if they see a Sign, they turn away, and say, "This
is (but) transient 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 Recitals wherein there is
(enough) to check (them),
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Mature wisdom;- but (the preaching
of) Warners profits them not.
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Therefore, (O Prophet,) turn away from
them. 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 apostle):
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 (
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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 Penalty and My Warning?
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And We have indeed made the Qur'an easy
to understand and remember: then is there any that will receive admonition?
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The 'Ad (people) (too) rejected (Truth): then how terrible
was My Penalty and My Warning?
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For We sent against them a furious
wind, on a Day of violent Disaster,
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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 Penalty and My Warning!
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But We have indeed made the Qur'an
easy to understand and remember: then is there any that will receive admonition?
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The Thamud (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 straying in mind, and mad!
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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 Salih), 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 Penalty
and My Warning!
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For We sent 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 Qur'an
easy to understand and remember: then is there any that will receive
admonition?
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The people of Lut rejected (his) warning.
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We sent against them a violent Tornado with showers of
stones, (which destroyed them), except Lut'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 (Lut) did warn them of Our Punishment, 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 Punishment seized them:
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"So taste ye My Wrath and My
Warning."
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And We have indeed made the Qur'an
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 God).
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The (people) rejected all Our Signs; but We seized them with
such Penalty (as comes) from One Exalted in Power, able to carry out His Will.
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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 straying in mind, and mad.
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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 (Act),-
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 an Assembly of Truth, in the
Presence of a Sovereign Omnipotent.