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1.  *     The hour drew nigh and the moon did rend asunder.
 
2.  *     And if they see a miracle they turn aside and say: Transient magic.
 
3.  *     And they call (it) a lie, and follow their low desires; and every affair has its appointed term.
 
4.  *     And certainly some narratives have come to them wherein is prevention--
 
5.  *     Consummate wisdom-- but warnings do not avail;
 
6.  *     So turn (your) back on them (for) the day when the inviter shall invite them to a hard task,
 
7.  *     Their eyes cast down, going forth from their graves as if they were scattered locusts,
 
8.  *     Hastening to the inviter. The unbelievers shall say: This is a hard day.
 
9.  *     Before them the people of Nuh rejected, so they rejected Our servant and called (him) mad, and he was driven away.
 
10.  *     Therefore he called upon his Lord: I am overcome, come Thou then to help.
 
11.  *     So We opened the gates of the cloud with water pouring
 
12.  *     And We made water to flow forth in the land in springs, so the water gathered together according to a measure already ordained.
 
13.  *     And We bore him on that which was made of planks and nails
 
14.  *     Sailing, before Our eyes, a reward for him who was denied.
 
15.  *     And certainly We left it as a sign, but is there anyone who
 
16.  *     How (great) was then My punishment and My warning!
 
17.  *     And certainly We have made the Quran easy for remembrance, but is there anyone who will mind?
 
18.  *     Ad treated (the truth) as a lie, so how (great) was My punishment and My warning!
 
19.  *     Surely We sent on them a tornado in a day of bitter ill-luck
 
20.  *     Tearing men away as if they were the trunks of palm-trees torn up.
 
21.  *     How (great) was then My punishment and My warning!
 
22.  *     And certainly We have made the Quran easy for remembrance, but is there anyone who will mind?
 
23.  *     Samood rejected the warning.
 
24.  *     So they said: What! a single mortal from among us! Shall we follow him? Most surely we shall in that case be in sure error and distress:
 
25.  *     Has the reminder been made to light upon him from among us? Nay! he is an insolent liar!
 
26.  *     Tomorrow shall they know who is the liar, the insolent one.
 
27.  *     Surely We are going to send the she-camel as a trial for them; therefore watch them and have patience.
 
28.  *     And inform them that the water is shared between them; every share of the water shall be regulated.
 
29.  *     But they called their companion, so he took (the sword) and slew (her).
 
30.  *     How (great) was then My punishment and My warning!
 
31.  *     Surely We sent upon them a single cry, so they were like the dry fragments of trees which the maker of an enclosure collects.
 
32.  *     And certainly We have made the Quran easy for remembrance, but is there anyone who will mind?
 
33.  *     The people of Lut treated the warning. as a lie.
 
34.  *     Surely We sent upon them a stonestorm, except Lut's followers; We saved them a little before daybreak,
 
35.  *     A favor from Us; thus do We reward him who gives thanks.
 
36.  *     And certainly he warned them of Our violent seizure, but they obstinately disputed the warning.
 
37.  *     And certainly they endeavored to turn him from his guests, but We blinded their eyes; so taste My chastisement and My warning.
 
38.  *     And certainly a lasting chastisement overtook them in the morning.
 
39.  *     So taste My chastisement and My warning.
 
40.  *     And certainly We have made the Quran easy for remembrance, but is there anyone who will mind?
 
41.  *     And certainly the warning came to Firon's people.
 
42.  *     They rejected all Our communications, so We overtook them after the manner of a Mighty, Powerful One.
 
43.  *     Are the unbelievers of yours better than these, or is there an exemption for you in the scriptures?
 
44.  *     Or do they say: We are a host allied together to help each other?
 
45.  *     Soon shall the hosts be routed, and they shall turn (their) backs.
 
46.  *     Nay, the hour is their promised time, and the hour shall be most grievous and bitter.
 
47.  *     Surely the guilty are in error and distress.
 
48.  *     On the day when they shall be dragged upon their faces into the fire; taste the touch of hell.
 
49.  *     Surely We have created everything according to a measure.
 
50.  *     And Our command is but one, as the twinkling of an eye.
 
51.  *     And certainly We have already destroyed the likes of you, but is there anyone who will mind?
 
52.  *     And everything they have done is in the writings.
 
53.  *     And everything small and great is written down.
 
54.  *     Surely those who guard (against evil) shall be in gardens and rivers,
 
55.  *     In the seat of honor with a most Powerful King.