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| 1. * | The Hour of Revolution is fast approaching. And the moon bearing banner is torn asunder. |
| 2. * | But if they see a Sign of the oncoming Change, they turn away and say, "A persistent bewilderment." (46:11). |
| 3. * | For they adamantly belie the Truth and follow their desires. Yet, everything moves to its destination in stages. |
| 4. * | And indeed, there has come unto them news sufficient to deter them from arrogance. |
| 5. * | And profound Wisdom! But all the warnings have been of no avail. |
| 6. * | Therefore, (O Messenger) Ignore them for a while. The Day is coming when the caller will call them to a thing they have not conceived. (Shackles of captivity following the battle when they come to attack the believers.) |
| 7. * | They will come forth from their places of rest like a swarm of locusts, but will be thoroughly dispersed with their eyes downcast. |
| 8. * | Running in bewilderment toward the caller, the same deniers will then exclaim, "This is an awful day!" |
| 9. * | Long before them, Noah's people had belied the Message, and belied Our servant and said, "Madman", and he was rebuked. (11:25-48). |
| 10. * | Thereupon he cried unto his Lord, "I am suppressed. Do help me, then." |
| 11. * | And so, We opened the gates of the heaven pouring down torrents of water. |
| 12. * | And caused the earth to gush forth springs so that the waters met together in due measure as decreed. |
| 13. * | And We carried him on a watercraft made of mere planks and nails. |
| 14. * | And it floated before Our eyes, a reward for him who had been denied with ingratitude. |
| 15. * | And verily, We left this event as a lesson. Then, is there any who will learn? |
| 16. * | Then see how was My Requital after My warnings! |
| 17. * | And indeed, We have made the Qur'an easy to understand. Then, is there any who will learn? |
| 18. * | The tribe of Aad had also belied the Message. Then see how was My retribution after My warnings! (7:65) |
| 19. * | Behold, We sent raging winds upon them on a day of relentless misery. (69:6-8). |
| 20. * | Tossing people around like empty, uprooted palm-trunks. |
| 21. * | Then see how was My retribution after My warnings! |
| 22. * | And indeed, We have made the Qur'an easy to understand. Then, is there any who will learn? |
| 23. * | Thamud also rejected the warnings. (Thamud and Saleh (7:73-79), (11:61-68), (26:141), (26:158)). |
| 24. * | And they said, "What! A human being! Shall we follow a man among us while he has no party with him? Behold, we then, shall fall into error and loss. |
| 25. * | Why - Has the Message been given to him alone among us? Nay, but he is a flagrant liar." |
| 26. * | Ah! They will come to know on the morrow who the flagrant liar is. |
| 27. * | Behold, We are sending the she-camel as a test for them. So watch them (O Saleh) and hold yourself in patience. |
| 28. * | And let them know that the water must be shared by all. Every drinking will be witnessed. (The she-camel was a symbol of obedience for them.) |
| 29. * | But they called their (most forward) comrade and he took charge and killed her. |
| 30. * | Then see how was My retribution after My warnings! |
| 31. * | Behold, We sent upon them a single mighty Blast whereupon they crumbled to chaff. |
| 32. * | And indeed, We have made the Qur'an easy to understand. Then, is there any who will learn? |
| 33. * | Lot's folk rejected warnings. (11:69-83). |
| 34. * | Behold, We sent a storm of fiery stones on them, except the family of Lot whom We saved at dawn. (51:32-34). |
| 35. * | As a Bliss from Us. Thus it is, We reward the grateful. |
| 36. * | For he had truly warned them of Our Grasp, but they contended about the warning. |
| 37. * | And demanded that he give up his guests. Whereupon We sealed their vision. Taste now My punishment after the warnings. |
| 38. * | And indeed, the inevitable punishment befell them early in the morning. |
| 39. * | Now taste My retribution after My warnings. |
| 40. * | And behold, We have made the Qur'an easy to understand. Then, is there any who will learn? |
| 41. * | And warnings came indeed to Pharaoh's people. |
| 42. * | They, too, denied Our Messages, every one. Thereupon We grasped them with the grasp of the Mighty, the Powerful. |
| 43. * | Are your deniers better than those others, or do you have some amnesty in the Scriptures? |
| 44. * | Or do they say, "We are a group united bound to be victorious?" |
| 45. * | Yet, all these troops will be routed and will turn back and flee. |
| 46. * | Nay, the Hour is the time promised them, and that Hour will be most grievous with a most bitter defeat. |
| 47. * | The violators of human rights are in grave error and loss. |
| 48. * | On the Day when they shall be dragged through the Fire on their faces, "Taste you the touch of Blaze!" ('Wajh' = Face = Countenance = Whole being = Total personality.) |
| 49. * | Behold, We have created all things in due measure and proportion. (And appointed Laws so that all things become what they are meant to be.) |
| 50. * | And Our Command is but a single Word, like the twinkling of an eye. |
| 51. * | And often in the past We have annihilated gangs like you. Then, is there any who will learn? |
| 52. * | And everything they did is in the Scriptures. |
| 53. * | And everything, be it small or great, is recorded. |
| 54. * | Behold, those who walk aright will be in the midst of gardens and rivers. |
| 55. * | Seated honorably in the Presence of a Mighty King. |