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[1] The hour drew nigh and the moon was rent in twain.
[2] And if they behold a portent they turn away and say: Prolonged illusion.
[3] They denied (the Truth) and followed their own lusts. Yet everything will come to a decision
[4] And surely there hath come unto them news whereof the purport should deter,
[5] Effective wisdom; but warnings avail not.
[6] So withdraw from them (O Muhammad) on the day when the Summoner summoneth unto a painful thing.
[7] With downcast eyes, they come forth from the graves as they were locusts spread abroad,
[8] Hastening toward the summoner; the disbelievers say: This is a hard day.
[9] The folk of Noah denied before them, yea, they denied Our slave and said: A madman; and he was repulsed.
[10] So he cried unto his Lord, saying: I am vanquished, so give help.
[11] Then opened We the gates of heaven with pouring water
[12] And caused the earth to gush forth springs, so that the waters met for a predestined purpose.
[13] And We carried him upon a thing of planks and nails,
[14] That ran (upon the waters) in Our sight, as a reward for him who was rejected.
[15] And verily We left it as a token; but is there any that remembereth?
[16] Then see how (dreadful) was My punishment after My warnings!
[17] And in truth We have made the Qur'an easy to remember; but is there any that remembereth?
[18] (The tribe of) A'ad rejected warnings. Then how (dreadful) was My punishment after My warnings.
[19] Lo! We let loose on them a raging wind on a day of constant calamity,
[20] Sweeping men away as though they were uprooted trunks of palm-trees.
[21] Then see how (dreadful) was My punishment after My warnings!
[22] And in truth We have made the Qur'an easy to remember; but is there any that remembereth?
[23] (The tribe of) Thamud rejected warnings
[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.
[25] Hath the remembrance been given unto him alone among us? Nay, but he is a rash liar.
[26] (Unto their warner it was said): To-morrow they will know who is the rash liar.
[27] Lo! We are sending the she-camel as a test for them; so watch them and have patience;
[28] And inform them that the water is to be shared between (her and) them. Every drinking will be witnessed.
[29] But they call their comrade and he took and hamstrung (her).
[30] Then see how (dreadful) was My punishment after My warnings!
[31] Lo! We sent upon them one Shout, and they became as the dry twigs (rejected by) the builder of a cattle-fold.
[32] And in truth We have made the Qur'an easy to remember; but is there any that remembereth?
[33] The folk of Lot rejected warnings.
[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,
[35] As grace from Us. Thus We reward him who giveth thanks.
[36] And he indeed had warned them of Our blow, but they did doubt the warnings.
[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!
[38] And in truth the punishment decreed befell them early in the morning.
[39] Now taste My punishment after My warnings!
[40] And in truth We have made the Qur'an easy to remember; but is there any that remembereth?
[41] And warnings came in truth unto the house of Pharaoh
[42] Who denied Our revelations, every one. Therefore We grasped them with the grasp of the Mighty, the Powerful.
[43] Are your disbelievers better than those, or have ye some immunity in the scriptures?
[44] Or say they: We are a host victorious?
[45] The hosts will all be routed and will turn and flee.
[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).
[47] Lo! the guilty are in error and madness.
[48] On the day when they are dragged into the Fire upon their faces (it is said unto them): Feel the touch of hell.
[49] Lo! We have created every thing by measure.
[50] And Our commandment is but one (commandment), as the twinkling of an eye.
[51] And verily We have destroyed your fellows; but is there any that remembereth?
[52] And every thing they did is in the scriptures,
[53] And every small and great thing is recorded.
[54] Lo! the righteous will dwell among gardens and rivers,
[55] Firmly established in the favour of a Mighty King.