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The hour hath approached and the MOON hath been cleft:
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But whenever they see a miracle they turn aside and say, This is well-devised magic.
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And they have treated the prophets as impostors, and follow their own lusts; but everything is unalterably fixed.
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A message of prohibition had come to them-
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Consummate wisdom-but warners profit them not.
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Quit them then. On the day when the summoner shall summon to a stern business,
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With downcast eyes shall they come forth from their graves, as if they were scattered locusts,
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Hastening to the summoner. "This," shall the infidels say, "is the distressful day."
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Before them the people of Noah treated the truth as a lie. Our servant did they charge with falsehood, and said, "Demoniac!" and he was rejected.
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Then cried he to his Lord, "Verily, they prevail against me; come thou therefore to my succour."
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So we opened the gates of Heaven with water which fell in torrents,
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And we caused the earth to break forth with springs, and their waters met by settled decree.
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And we bare him on a vessel made with planks and nails.
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Under our eyes it floated on: a recompence to him who had been rejected with unbelief.
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And we left it a sign: but, is there any one who receives the warning?
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And how great was my vengeance and my menace!
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Easy for warning have we made the Koran-but, is there any one who receives the warning?
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The Adites called the truth a lie: but how great was my vengeance and my menace;
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For we sent against them a roaring wind in a day of continued distress:
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It tore men away as though they were uprooted palm stumps.
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And how great was my vengeance and my menace!
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Easy for warning have we made the Koran-but, is there any one who receives the warning?
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The tribe of Themoud treated the threatenings as lies:
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And they said, "Shall we follow a single man from among ourselves? Then verily should we be in error and in folly.
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To him alone among us is the office of warning entrusted? No! he is an impostor, an insolent person."
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To-morrow shall they learn who is the impostor, the insolent.
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For we will send the she-camel to prove them: do thou mark them well, O Saleh, and be patient:
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And foretell them that their waters shall be divided between themselves and her, and that every draught shall come by turns to them.
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But they called to their comrade, and he took a knife and ham-strung her.
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And how great was my vengeance and my menance!
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We sent against them a single shout; and they became like the dry sticks of the fold-builders.
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Easy have we made the Koran for warning-but, is there any one who receives the warning?
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The people of Lot treated his warning as a lie;
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But we sent a stone-charged wind against them all, except the family of Lot, whom at daybreak we delivered,
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By our special grace-for thus we reward the thankful.
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He, indeed, had warned them of our severity, but of that warning they doubted.
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Even this guess did they demand: therefore we deprived them of sight,
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And said, "Taste ye my vengeance and my menace;"
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And in the morning a relentless punishment overtook them.
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Easy have we made the Koran for warning but, is there any one who receives the warning?
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To the people of Pharaoh also came the threatenings:
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All our miracles did they treat as impostures. Therefore seized we them as he only can seize, who is the Mighty, the Strong.
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Are your infidels, O Meccans, better men than these? Is there an exemption for you in the sacred Books?
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Will they say, "We are a host that lend one another aid?"
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The host shall be routed, and they shall turn them back.
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But, that Hour is their threatened time, and that Hour shall be most severe and bitter.
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Verily, the wicked are sunk in bewilderment and folly.
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On that day they shall be dragged into the fire on their faces. "Taste ye the touch of Hell."
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All things have we created after a fixed decree:
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Our command was but one word, swift as the twinkling of an eye.
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Of old, too, have we destroyed the like of you-yet is any one warned?
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And everything that they do is in the Books;
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Each action, both small and great, is written down.
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Verily, amid gardens and rivers shall the pious dwell.
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In the seat of truth, in the presence of the potent King.
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