54 Al-Qamar | The Moon
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The moment drew near, and the moon was split.
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If they see a sign, they turn away and say, "Continuous magic!"
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They rejected, and followed their desires, and every old tradition.
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While the news had come to them in which there was sufficient warning.
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A perfect wisdom; but the warnings are of no benefit.
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So turn away from 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 cicadas.
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Hastening towards the caller, the ingrates will say, "This is a difficult day."
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The people of Noah rejected before them. They rejected Our servant and said, "He is crazy!" and he was oppressed.
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So he called on his Lord: "I am beaten, so grant me victory."
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So We opened the gates of the sky with pouring water.
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We caused springs to gush out of the earth. Thus the waters met to a command which had been measured.
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We carried him on a craft made of slabs and mortar.
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We have left it as a sign. Do any of you wish to learn?
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54:15
We made the Quran easy to learn. Do any of you wish to learn?
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Aad rejected. So how was My retribution after the warnings!
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We made the Quran easy to learn. Do any of you wish to learn?
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54:18
Aad rejected. So how was My retribution after the warnings!
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54:19
We sent upon them a violent wind, on a day of continuous misery.
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It snatched people away as if they were palm tree trunks; uprooted.
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So how was My retribution after the warnings!
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We made the Quran easy to learn. Do any of you wish to learn?
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54:23
Thamud rejected the warnings.
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They said, "Shall we follow one of us; a human being? We will then go astray, and be in hell."
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"Has the message come down to him, instead of us? He is an evil liar."
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They will find out tomorrow who the evil liar is.
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54:27
We are sending the camel as a test for them. So observe them and be patient.
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54:28
Inform them that the water shall be divided between them; each shall be allowed to drink in the specified time.
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But they called on their friend, and he was paid to slaughter.
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So how was My retribution after the warnings!
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54:31
We sent upon them one scream, whereupon they became like harvested hay.
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54:32
We made the Quran easy to learn. Do any of you wish to learn?
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54:33
The people of Lot rejected the warners.
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We sent upon them projectiles. Except for the family of Lot, We saved them at dawn.
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A blessing from Us; it is thus that We reward those who are appreciative.
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He warned them about Our punishment, but they ridiculed the warnings.
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54:37
They sought to remove him from his guests; so We diverted their eyes. "Taste My retribution; you have been warned."
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54:38
In the early morning, a devastating retribution struck them.
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"Taste My retribution; you have been warned."
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We made the Quran easy to learn. Do any of you wish to learn?
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54:41
The warnings had come to the people of Pharaoh.
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They rejected all Our signs. So We took them, the taking of the Noble, the Able.
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Are your ingrates better than those? Or have you been absolved by the book?
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Or do they say, "We are a large group and we will win."
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The large group will be defeated; they will turn around and flee.
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The moment is their appointed time, and the moment is far worse and more painful.
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The criminals are in error and will burn.
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The day when they will be dragged upon their faces into the fire: "Taste the agony of Saqar!"
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Everything We have created in measure.
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Our commands are done at once with the blink of an eye.
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We have destroyed your counterparts. Do any of you wish to learn?
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Everything they did is in the records.
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Everything, small or large, is written down.
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The righteous will be in paradises and rivers.
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In a position of honor, at an Omnipotent King.

