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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. |