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H. M.
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And this enlightening scripture.
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We have sent it down in a blessed night, for we are to warn.
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In it (the scripture), every matter of wisdom is clarified.
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It is a predetermined command from us that we send messengers.
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This is a mercy from your Lord. He is the Hearer, the Omniscient.
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Lord of the heavens and the earth, and everything between them. If only you could be certain!
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There is no other god beside Him. He controls life and death; your Lord and the Lord of your ancestors.
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Indeed, they are doubtful, heedless.
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Therefore, watch for the day when the sky brings a profound smoke.
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It will envelope the people; this is a painful retribution.
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"Our Lord, relieve this retribution for us; we are believers."
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Now that it is too late, they remember! An enlightening messenger had come to them.
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But they turned away from him, saying, "Well educated, but crazy!"
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We will relieve the retribution for awhile; you will soon revert.
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The day we strike the big stroke, we will avenge.
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We have tested before them the people of Pharaoh; an honorable messenger went to them.
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Proclaiming: "Listen to me, servants of GOD. I am an honest messenger to you."
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And, "Do not transgress against GOD. I bring to you powerful proofs.
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"I seek refuge in my Lord and your Lord, if you oppose me.
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"If you do not wish to believe, then simply leave me alone."
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Subsequently, he implored his Lord: "These are wicked people."
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(God said,) "Travel with My servants during the night; you will be pursued.
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"Cross the sea quickly; their troops will be drowned."
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Thus, they left behind many gardens and springs.
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Crops and a luxurious life.
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Blessings that they enjoyed.
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All these we caused to be inherited by other people.
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Neither the heaven, nor the earth wept over them, and they were not respited.
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Meanwhile, we saved the Children of Israel from the humiliating persecution.
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From Pharaoh; he was a tyrant.
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We have chosen them from among all the people, knowingly.
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We showed them so many proofs, which constituted a great test.
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The present generations say,
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"We only die the first death; we will never be resurrected!
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"Bring back our forefathers, if you are truthful."
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Are they better than the people of Tubba` and others before them? We annihilated them for their crimes.
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We did not create the heavens and the earth, and everything between them, just to play.
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We created them for a specific purpose, but most of them do not know.
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The Day of Decision awaits them all.
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That is the day when no friend can help his friend in any way; no one can be helped.
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Only those who attain mercy from GOD. He is the Almighty, Most Merciful.
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Surely, the tree of bitterness -
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will provide the food for the sinful.
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Like lye, it will boil in the stomachs.
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Like the boiling of hellish drinks.
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Take him and throw him into the center of Hell.
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Then pour upon his head the retribution of the Inferno.
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"Taste this; you were so powerful, so honorable."
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This is what you used to doubt.
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The righteous will be in a secure position.
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Enjoying gardens and springs.
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Wearing velvet and satin; close to each other.
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We grant them wonderful spouses.
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They enjoy in it all kinds of fruits, in perfect peace.
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They do not taste death therein - beyond the first death - and He has spared them the retribution of Hell.
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Such is the blessing from your Lord. Such is the great triumph.
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We have thus clarified it in your language, that they may take heed.
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Therefore, wait; they too will have to wait.
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