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1.  *     The Hour has come closer, and the moon has split.
 
2.  *     Then they saw a miracle; but they turned away and said, "Old magic."
 
3.  *     They disbelieved, followed their opinions, and adhered to their old traditions.
 
4.  *     Sufficient warnings have been delivered to alert them.
 
5.  *     Great wisdom; but all the warnings have been in vain.
 
6.  *     Ignore them; the day will come when the caller will announce a terrible disaster.
 
7.  *     With their eyes humiliated, they come out of the graves like scattered locusts.
 
8.  *     As they respond to the caller, the disbelievers will say, "This is a difficult day."
 
9.  *     The people of Noah disbelieved before them. They disbelieved our servant and said, "Crazy!" He was persecuted.
 
10.  *     He implored his Lord, "I am oppressed; grant me victory."
 
11.  *     We then opened the gates of the sky, pouring water.
 
12.  *     And we caused springs to gush out of the earth. The waters met to effect a predetermined decision.
 
13.  *     We carried him on a watercraft made of logs and ropes.
 
14.  *     It ran under our watchful eyes; a reward for one who was rejected.
 
15.  *     We have set it up as a lesson. Does any of you wish to learn?
 
16.  *     How terrible was My retribution after the warnings!
 
17.  *     We made the Quran easy to learn. Does any of you wish to learn?
 
18.  *     `Aad disbelieved. Consequently, how terrible was My retribution after the warnings.
 
19.  *     We sent upon them violent winds, on a day of continuous misery.
 
20.  *     It tossed the people around as if they were decayed palm tree trunks.
 
21.  *     How terrible was My retribution after the warnings!
 
22.  *     We made the Quran easy to learn. Does any of you wish to learn?
 
23.  *     Thamoud rejected the warnings.
 
24.  *     They said, "Shall we follow one of us; a human being? We will then go astray, then end up in Hell.
 
25.  *     "Did the message come down to him, instead of us? He is a flagrant liar."
 
26.  *     They will find out tomorrow who the flagrant liar is.
 
27.  *     We are sending the camel as a test for them. Watch them and be patient.
 
28.  *     Inform them that the water shall be divided among them; (the camel) shall be allowed to drink on her designated day.
 
29.  *     But they persuaded their friend to kill (the camel), and he obliged.
 
30.  *     Consequently, how terrible was My retribution! They have been warned.
 
31.  *     We sent upon them one blow, whereupon they became like harvested hay.
 
32.  *     We made the Quran easy to learn. Does any of you wish to learn?
 
33.  *     The people of Lot rejected the warnings.
 
34.  *     We showered them with rocks. Only Lot's family was saved at dawn.
 
35.  *     We blessed him and his family; we thus reward the appreciative.
 
36.  *     He warned them about our requital, but they ridiculed the warnings.
 
37.  *     They negotiated with him about his guests; we blinded them. Suffer My retribution; you have been warned.
 
38.  *     Early the next morning, a devastating retribution struck them.
 
39.  *     Suffer My retribution; you have been warned.
 
40.  *     We made the Quran easy to learn. Does any of you wish to learn?
 
41.  *     Pharaoh's people were warned.
 
42.  *     They rejected all our signs. Consequently, we requited them as an Almighty, Omnipotent should.
 
43.  *     Are your disbelievers better than those disbelievers? Have you been absolved by the scripture?
 
44.  *     Perhaps they think, "We will be the winners."
 
45.  *     All of them will be defeated; they will turn around and flee.
 
46.  *     The Hour is awaiting them, and the Hour is far worse and more painful.
 
47.  *     Certainly, the guilty are astray, and will end up in Hell.
 
48.  *     They will be dragged into the hellfire, forcibly. Suffer the agony of retribution.
 
49.  *     Everything we created is precisely measured.
 
50.  *     Our commands are done within the blink of an eye.
 
51.  *     We annihilated your counterparts. Does any of you wish to learn?
 
52.  *     Everything they did is recorded in the scriptures.
 
53.  *     Everything, small or large, is written down.
 
54.  *     Surely, the righteous have deserved gardens and rivers.
 
55.  *     In a position of honor, at an Omnipotent King.