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