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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. |