Al Qamar

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1 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The hour drew nigh and the moon was rent in twain.

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2 And if they behold a portent they turn away and say: Prolonged illusion.

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3 They denied (the Truth) and followed their own lusts. Yet everything will come to a decision

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4 And surely there hath come unto them news whereof the purport should deter,

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5 Effective wisdom; but warnings avail not.

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6 So withdraw from them (O Muhammad) on the day when the Summoner summoneth unto a painful thing.

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7 With downcast eyes, they come forth from the graves as they were locusts spread abroad,

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8 Hastening toward the summoner; the disbelievers say: This is a hard day.

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9 The folk of Noah denied before them, yea, they denied Our slave and said: A madman; and he was repulsed.

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10 So he cried unto his Lord, saying: I am vanquished, so give help.

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11 Then opened We the gates of heaven with pouring water

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12 And caused the earth to gush forth springs, so that the waters met for a predestined purpose.

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13 And We carried him upon a thing of planks and nails,

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14 That ran (upon the waters) in Our sight, as a reward for him who was rejected.

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15 And verily We left it as a token; but is there any that remembereth ?

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16 Then see how (dreadful) was My punishment after My warnings!

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17 And in truth We have made the Qur'an easy to remember; but is there any that remembereth ?

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18 (The tribe of) A'ad rejected warnings. Then how (dreadful) was My punishment after My warnings.

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19 Lo! We let loose on them a raging wind on a day of constant calamity,

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20 Sweeping men away as though they were uprooted trunks of palm - trees.

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21 Then see how (dreadful) was My punishment after My warnings!

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22 And in truth We have made the Qur'an easy to remember; but is there any that remembereth ?

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23 (The tribe of) Thamud rejected warnings

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24 For they said; Is it a mortal man, alone among us, that we are to follow ? Then indeed we should fall into error and madness.

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25 Hath the remembrance been given unto him alone among us ? Nay, but he is a rash liar.

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26 (Unto their warner it was said): To - morrow they will know who is the rash liar.

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27 Lo! We are sending the she - camel as a test for them; so watch them and have patience;

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28 And inform them that the water is to be shared between (her and) them. Every drinking will be witnessed.

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29 But they call their comrade and he took and hamstrung (her).

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30 Then see how (dreadful) was My punishment after My warnings!

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31 Lo! We sent upon them one Shout, and they became as the dry twigs (rejected by) the builder of a cattle - fold.

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32 And in truth We have made the Qur'an easy to remember; but is there any that remembereth ?

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33 The folk of Lot rejected warnings.

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34 Lo! We sent a storm of stones upon them (all) save the family of Lot, whom We rescued in the last watch of the night,

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35 As grace from Us. Thus We reward him who giveth thanks.

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36 And he indeed had warned them of Our blow, but they did doubt the warnings.

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37 They even asked of him his guests for an ill purpose. Then We blinded their eyes (and said): Taste now My punishment after My warnings!

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38 And in truth the punishment decreed befell them early in the morning.

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39 Now taste My punishment after My warnings!

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40 And in truth We have made the Qur'an easy to remember; but is there any that remembereth ?

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41 And warnings came in truth unto the house of Pharaoh

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42 Who denied Our revelations, every one. Therefore We grasped them with the grasp of the Mighty, the Powerful.

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43 Are your disbelievers better than those, or have ye some immunity in the scriptures ?

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44 Or say they: We are a host victorious ?

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45 The hosts will all be routed and will turn and flee.

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46 Nay, but the Hour (of doom) is their appointed tryst, and the Hour will be more wretched and more bitter (than their earthly failure).

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47 Lo! the guilty are in error and madness.

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48 On the day when they are dragged into the Fire upon their faces (it is said unto them): Feel the touch of hell.

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49 Lo! We have created every thing by measure.

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50 And Our commandment is but one (commandment), as the twinkling of an eye.

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51 And verily We have destroyed your fellows; but is there any that remembereth ?

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52 And every thing they did is in the scriptures,

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53 And every small and great thing is recorded.

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54 Lo! the righteous will dwell among gardens and rivers,

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55 Firmly established in the favour of a Mighty King.