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The hour of judgement approacheth; and the moon hath been split in sunder:
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But if the unbelievers see a sign, they turn aside, saying, this is a powerful charm.
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And they accuse thee, O Mohammed, of imposture, and follow their own lusts: But every thing will be immutably fixed.
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And now hath a message come unto them, wherein is a determent from obstinate infidelity;
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the same being consummate wisdom: But warners profit them not;
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wherefore do thou withdraw from them. The day whereon the summoner shall summon mankind to an ungrateful business,
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they shall come forth from their graves with down-cast looks: Numerous as locusts scattered far abroad;
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hastening with terror unto the summoner. The unbelievers shall say, this is a day of distress.
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The people of Noah accused that prophet of imposture, before thy people rejected thee: They accused our servant of imposture, saying, he is a madman; and he was rejected with reproach.
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He called, therefore, upon his Lord, saying, verily I am overpowered; wherefore avenge me.
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So We opened the gates of heaven, with water pouring down,
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and We caused the earth to break forth into springs; so that the water of heaven and earth met, according to the decree which had been established.
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And We bare him on a vessel composed of planks and nails;
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which moved forward under our eyes: As a recompense unto him who had been ungratefully rejected.
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And We left the said vessel for a sign: But is any one warned thereby?
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And how severe was my vengeance, and my threatening!
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Now have We made the Koran easy for admoniton: But is any one admonished thereby?
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Ad charged their prophet with imposture: But how severe was my vengeance, and my threatening!
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Verily We sent against them a roaring wind, on a day of continued ill-luck:
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It carried men away, as thought they had been roots of palm trees forcibly torn up.
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And how severe was my vengeance, and may threatening!
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Now have We made the Koran easy for admonition: But is any one admonished thereby?
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Thamud charged the admonitions of their prophet with falsehood,
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and said, shall we follow a single man among us? Verily we should then be guilty of error, and preposterous madness:
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Is the office of admonition committed unto him preferably to the rest of us? Nay; he is a liar, and an insolent fellow.
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But God said to Saleh, to morrow shall they know who is the liar, and the insolent person:
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For We will surely send the she-camel for a trial of them; and do thou observe them, and bear their insults with patience:
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And prophesy unto them that the water shall be divided between them, and each portion shall be sat down to alternately.
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And they called their companion: And he took a sword, and slew her.
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But how severe was my vengeance, and my threatening!
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For We sent against them one cry of the angel Gabriel, and they became like the dry sticks used by him who buildeth a fold for cattle.
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And now have We made the Koran easy for admonition: But is any one admonished thereby?
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The people of Lot charged his preaching with falsehood:
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But We sent against them a wind driving a shower of stones, which destroyed them all except the family of Lot; whom We delivered early in the morning,
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through favour from Us. Thus do We reward those who are thankful.
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And Lot had warned them of our severity in chastising; but they doubted of that warning.
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And they demanded his guests of him, that they might abuse them: But We put out their eyes, saying, taste my vengeance, and my threatening.
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And early in the morning a lasting punishment surprized them.
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Taste, therefore, my vengeance, and my threatening.
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Now have We made the Koran easy for admonition: But is any one admonished thereby?
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The warning of Moses also came unto the people of Pharaoh;
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but they charged every one of our signs with imposture: Wherefore We chastised them with a mighty and irresistible chastisement.
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Are your unbelievers, O Meccans, better than these? Is immunity from punishment promised unto you in the scriptures?
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Do they say, we are a body of men able to prevail against our enemies?
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The multitude shall surely be put to flight, and shall turn their back.
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But the hour of judgement is their threatened time of punishment: And that hour shall be more grievous and more bitter than their afflictions in this life.
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Verily the wicked wander in error, and shall be tormented hereafter in burning flames.
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On that day they shall be dragged into the fire on their faces; and it shall be said unto them, taste ye the touch of hell.
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All things have We created bound by a fixed decree:
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And our command is no more than a single word, like the twinkling of an eye.
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We have formerly destroyed nations like unto you; but is any of you warned by their example?
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Every thing which they do is recorded in the books kept by the guardian angels:
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And every action, both small and great, is written down in the preserved table.
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Moreover the pious shall dwell among gardens and rivers,
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in the assembly of truth, in the presence of a most potent king.
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