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| 1. * | The hour hath approached and the MOON hath been cleft: |
| 2. * | But whenever they see a miracle they turn aside and say, This is well-devised magic. |
| 3. * | And they have treated the prophets as impostors, and follow their own lusts; but everything is unalterably fixed. |
| 4. * | A message of prohibition had come to them- |
| 5. * | Consummate wisdom-but warners profit them not. |
| 6. * | Quit them then. On the day when the summoner shall summon to a stern business, |
| 7. * | With downcast eyes shall they come forth from their graves, as if they were scattered locusts, |
| 8. * | Hastening to the summoner. "This," shall the infidels say, "is the distressful day." |
| 9. * | Before them the people of Noah treated the truth as a lie. Our servant did they charge with falsehood, and said, "Demoniac!" and he was rejected. |
| 10. * | Then cried he to his Lord, "Verily, they prevail against me; come thou therefore to my succour." |
| 11. * | So we opened the gates of Heaven with water which fell in torrents, |
| 12. * | And we caused the earth to break forth with springs, and their waters met by settled decree. |
| 13. * | And we bare him on a vessel made with planks and nails. |
| 14. * | Under our eyes it floated on: a recompence to him who had been rejected with unbelief. |
| 15. * | And we left it a sign: but, is there any one who receives the warning? |
| 16. * | And how great was my vengeance and my menace! |
| 17. * | Easy for warning have we made the Koran-but, is there any one who receives the warning? |
| 18. * | The Adites called the truth a lie: but how great was my vengeance and my menace; |
| 19. * | For we sent against them a roaring wind in a day of continued distress: |
| 20. * | It tore men away as though they were uprooted palm stumps. |
| 21. * | And how great was my vengeance and my menace! |
| 22. * | Easy for warning have we made the Koran-but, is there any one who receives the warning? |
| 23. * | The tribe of Themoud treated the threatenings as lies: |
| 24. * | And they said, "Shall we follow a single man from among ourselves? Then verily should we be in error and in folly. |
| 25. * | To him alone among us is the office of warning entrusted? No! he is an impostor, an insolent person." |
| 26. * | To-morrow shall they learn who is the impostor, the insolent. |
| 27. * | For we will send the she-camel to prove them: do thou mark them well, O Saleh, and be patient: |
| 28. * | And foretell them that their waters shall be divided between themselves and her, and that every draught shall come by turns to them. |
| 29. * | But they called to their comrade, and he took a knife and ham-strung her. |
| 30. * | And how great was my vengeance and my menance! |
| 31. * | We sent against them a single shout; and they became like the dry sticks of the fold-builders. |
| 32. * | Easy have we made the Koran for warning-but, is there any one who receives the warning? |
| 33. * | The people of Lot treated his warning as a lie; |
| 34. * | But we sent a stone-charged wind against them all, except the family of Lot, whom at daybreak we delivered, |
| 35. * | By our special grace-for thus we reward the thankful. |
| 36. * | He, indeed, had warned them of our severity, but of that warning they doubted. |
| 37. * | Even this guess did they demand: therefore we deprived them of sight, |
| 38. * | And said, "Taste ye my vengeance and my menace;" |
| 39. * | And in the morning a relentless punishment overtook them. |
| 40. * | Easy have we made the Koran for warning but, is there any one who receives the warning? |
| 41. * | To the people of Pharaoh also came the threatenings: |
| 42. * | All our miracles did they treat as impostures. Therefore seized we them as he only can seize, who is the Mighty, the Strong. |
| 43. * | Are your infidels, O Meccans, better men than these? Is there an exemption for you in the sacred Books? |
| 44. * | Will they say, "We are a host that lend one another aid?" |
| 45. * | The host shall be routed, and they shall turn them back. |
| 46. * | But, that Hour is their threatened time, and that Hour shall be most severe and bitter. |
| 47. * | Verily, the wicked are sunk in bewilderment and folly. |
| 48. * | On that day they shall be dragged into the fire on their faces. "Taste ye the touch of Hell." |
| 49. * | All things have we created after a fixed decree: |
| 50. * | Our command was but one word, swift as the twinkling of an eye. |
| 51. * | Of old, too, have we destroyed the like of you-yet is any one warned? |
| 52. * | And everything that they do is in the Books; |
| 53. * | Each action, both small and great, is written down. |
| 54. * | Verily, amid gardens and rivers shall the pious dwell. |
| 55. * | In the seat of truth, in the presence of the potent King. |