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1.  *     The hour of judgement approacheth; and the moon hath been split in sunder:
 
2.  *     But if the unbelievers see a sign, they turn aside, saying, this is a powerful charm.
 
3.  *     And they accuse thee, O Mohammed, of imposture, and follow their own lusts: But every thing will be immutably fixed.
 
4.  *     And now hath a message come unto them, wherein is a determent from obstinate infidelity;
 
5.  *     the same being consummate wisdom: But warners profit them not;
 
6.  *     wherefore do thou withdraw from them. The day whereon the summoner shall summon mankind to an ungrateful business,
 
7.  *     they shall come forth from their graves with down-cast looks: Numerous as locusts scattered far abroad;
 
8.  *     hastening with terror unto the summoner. The unbelievers shall say, this is a day of distress.
 
9.  *     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.
 
10.  *     He called, therefore, upon his Lord, saying, verily I am overpowered; wherefore avenge me.
 
11.  *     So We opened the gates of heaven, with water pouring down,
 
12.  *     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.
 
13.  *     And We bare him on a vessel composed of planks and nails;
 
14.  *     which moved forward under our eyes: As a recompense unto him who had been ungratefully rejected.
 
15.  *     And We left the said vessel for a sign: But is any one warned thereby?
 
16.  *     And how severe was my vengeance, and my threatening!
 
17.  *     Now have We made the Koran easy for admoniton: But is any one admonished thereby?
 
18.  *     Ad charged their prophet with imposture: But how severe was my vengeance, and my threatening!
 
19.  *     Verily We sent against them a roaring wind, on a day of continued ill-luck:
 
20.  *     It carried men away, as thought they had been roots of palm trees forcibly torn up.
 
21.  *     And how severe was my vengeance, and may threatening!
 
22.  *     Now have We made the Koran easy for admonition: But is any one admonished thereby?
 
23.  *     Thamud charged the admonitions of their prophet with falsehood,
 
24.  *     and said, shall we follow a single man among us? Verily we should then be guilty of error, and preposterous madness:
 
25.  *     Is the office of admonition committed unto him preferably to the rest of us? Nay; he is a liar, and an insolent fellow.
 
26.  *     But God said to Saleh, to morrow shall they know who is the liar, and the insolent person:
 
27.  *     For We will surely send the she-camel for a trial of them; and do thou observe them, and bear their insults with patience:
 
28.  *     And prophesy unto them that the water shall be divided between them, and each portion shall be sat down to alternately.
 
29.  *     And they called their companion: And he took a sword, and slew her.
 
30.  *     But how severe was my vengeance, and my threatening!
 
31.  *     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.
 
32.  *     And now have We made the Koran easy for admonition: But is any one admonished thereby?
 
33.  *     The people of Lot charged his preaching with falsehood:
 
34.  *     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,
 
35.  *     through favour from Us. Thus do We reward those who are thankful.
 
36.  *     And Lot had warned them of our severity in chastising; but they doubted of that warning.
 
37.  *     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.
 
38.  *     And early in the morning a lasting punishment surprized them.
 
39.  *     Taste, therefore, my vengeance, and my threatening.
 
40.  *     Now have We made the Koran easy for admonition: But is any one admonished thereby?
 
41.  *     The warning of Moses also came unto the people of Pharaoh;
 
42.  *     but they charged every one of our signs with imposture: Wherefore We chastised them with a mighty and irresistible chastisement.
 
43.  *     Are your unbelievers, O Meccans, better than these? Is immunity from punishment promised unto you in the scriptures?
 
44.  *     Do they say, we are a body of men able to prevail against our enemies?
 
45.  *     The multitude shall surely be put to flight, and shall turn their back.
 
46.  *     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.
 
47.  *     Verily the wicked wander in error, and shall be tormented hereafter in burning flames.
 
48.  *     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.
 
49.  *     All things have We created bound by a fixed decree:
 
50.  *     And our command is no more than a single word, like the twinkling of an eye.
 
51.  *     We have formerly destroyed nations like unto you; but is any of you warned by their example?
 
52.  *     Every thing which they do is recorded in the books kept by the guardian angels:
 
53.  *     And every action, both small and great, is written down in the preserved table.
 
54.  *     Moreover the pious shall dwell among gardens and rivers,
 
55.  *     in the assembly of truth, in the presence of a most potent king.