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1.  *     The hour drew nigh and the moon was rent in twain.
 
2.  *     And if they behold a portent they turn away and say: Prolonged illusion.
 
3.  *     They denied (the Truth) and followed their own lusts. Yet everything will come to a decision
 
4.  *     And surely there hath come unto them news whereof the purport should deter,
 
5.  *     Effective wisdom; but warnings avail not.
 
6.  *     So withdraw from them (O Muhammad) on the day when the Summoner summoneth unto a painful thing.
 
7.  *     With downcast eyes, they come forth from the graves as they were locusts spread abroad,
 
8.  *     Hastening toward the summoner; the disbelievers say: This is a hard day.
 
9.  *     The folk of Noah denied before them, yea, they denied Our slave and said: A madman; and he was repulsed.
 
10.  *     So he cried unto his Lord, saying: I am vanquished, so give help.
 
11.  *     Then opened We the gates of heaven with pouring water
 
12.  *     And caused the earth to gush forth springs, so that the waters met for a predestined purpose.
 
13.  *     And We carried him upon a thing of planks and nails,
 
14.  *     That ran (upon the waters) in Our sight, as a reward for him who was rejected.
 
15.  *     And verily We left it as a token; but is there any that remembereth?
 
16.  *     Then see how (dreadful) was My punishment after My warnings!
 
17.  *     And in truth We have made the Qur'an easy to remember; but is there any that remembereth?
 
18.  *     (The tribe of) A'ad rejected warnings. Then how (dreadful) was My punishment after My warnings.
 
19.  *     Lo! We let loose on them a raging wind on a day of constant calamity,
 
20.  *     Sweeping men away as though they were uprooted trunks of palm-trees.
 
21.  *     Then see how (dreadful) was My punishment after My warnings!
 
22.  *     And in truth We have made the Qur'an easy to remember; but is there any that remembereth?
 
23.  *     (The tribe of) Thamud rejected warnings
 
24.  *     For they said; Is it a mortal man, alone among us, that we are to follow? Then indeed we should fall into error and madness.
 
25.  *     Hath the remembrance been given unto him alone among us? Nay, but he is a rash liar.
 
26.  *     (Unto their warner it was said): To-morrow they will know who is the rash liar.
 
27.  *     Lo! We are sending the she-camel as a test for them; so watch them and have patience;
 
28.  *     And inform them that the water is to be shared between (her and) them. Every drinking will be witnessed.
 
29.  *     But they call their comrade and he took and hamstrung (her).
 
30.  *     Then see how (dreadful) was My punishment after My warnings!
 
31.  *     Lo! We sent upon them one Shout, and they became as the dry twigs (rejected by) the builder of a cattle-fold.
 
32.  *     And in truth We have made the Qur'an easy to remember; but is there any that remembereth?
 
33.  *     The folk of Lot rejected warnings.
 
34.  *     Lo! We sent a storm of stones upon them (all) save the family of Lot, whom We rescued in the last watch of the night,
 
35.  *     As grace from Us. Thus We reward him who giveth thanks.
 
36.  *     And he indeed had warned them of Our blow, but they did doubt the warnings.
 
37.  *     They even asked of him his guests for an ill purpose. Then We blinded their eyes (and said): Taste now My punishment after My warnings!
 
38.  *     And in truth the punishment decreed befell them early in the morning.
 
39.  *     Now taste My punishment after My warnings!
 
40.  *     And in truth We have made the Qur'an easy to remember; but is there any that remembereth?
 
41.  *     And warnings came in truth unto the house of Pharaoh
 
42.  *     Who denied Our revelations, every one. Therefore We grasped them with the grasp of the Mighty, the Powerful.
 
43.  *     Are your disbelievers better than those, or have ye some immunity in the scriptures?
 
44.  *     Or say they: We are a host victorious?
 
45.  *     The hosts will all be routed and will turn and flee.
 
46.  *     Nay, but the Hour (of doom) is their appointed tryst, and the Hour will be more wretched and more bitter (than their earthly failure).
 
47.  *     Lo! the guilty are in error and madness.
 
48.  *     On the day when they are dragged into the Fire upon their faces (it is said unto them): Feel the touch of hell.
 
49.  *     Lo! We have created every thing by measure.
 
50.  *     And Our commandment is but one (commandment), as the twinkling of an eye.
 
51.  *     And verily We have destroyed your fellows; but is there any that remembereth?
 
52.  *     And every thing they did is in the scriptures,
 
53.  *     And every small and great thing is recorded.
 
54.  *     Lo! the righteous will dwell among gardens and rivers,
 
55.  *     Firmly established in the favour of a Mighty King.