| 1. The Hour (of 
												Judgment) is nigh, and the moon 
												is cleft asunder.
 2. But if they see a Sign, they 
												turn away, and say, "This is 
												(but) transient magic."
 
 3. They reject (the warning) and 
												follow their (own) lusts but 
												every matter has its appointed 
												time.
 
 4. There have already come to 
												them Recitals wherein there is 
												(enough) to check (them),
 
 5. Mature wisdom;- but (the 
												preaching of) Warners profits 
												them not.
 
 6. Therefore, (O Prophet,) turn 
												away from them. The Day that the 
												Caller will call (them) to a 
												terrible affair,
 
 7. They will come forth,- their 
												eyes humbled - from (their) 
												graves, (torpid) like locusts 
												scattered abroad,
 
 8. Hastening, with eyes 
												transfixed, towards the Caller!- 
												"Hard is this Day!", the 
												Unbelievers will say.
 
 9. Before them the People of 
												Noah rejected (their apostle): 
												they rejected Our servant, and 
												said, "Here is one possessed!", 
												and he was driven out.
 
 10. Then he called on his Lord: 
												"I am one overcome: do Thou then 
												help (me)!"
 
 11. So We opened the gates of 
												heaven, with water pouring 
												forth.
 
 12. And We caused the earth to 
												gush forth with springs, so the 
												waters met (and rose) to the 
												extent decreed.
 
 13. But We bore him on an (Ark) 
												made of broad planks and caulked 
												with palm- fibre:
 
 14. She floats under our eyes 
												(and care): a recompense to one 
												who had been rejected (with 
												scorn)!
 
 15. And We have left this as a 
												Sign (for all time): then is 
												there any that will receive 
												admonition?
 
 16. But how (terrible) was My 
												Penalty and My Warning?
 
 17. And We have indeed made the 
												Qur'an easy to understand and 
												remember: then is there any that 
												will receive admonition?
 
 18. The 'Ad (people) (too) 
												rejected (Truth): then how 
												terrible was My Penalty and My 
												Warning?
 
 19. For We sent against them a 
												furious wind, on a Day of 
												violent Disaster,
 
 20. Plucking out men as if they 
												were roots of palm-trees torn up 
												(from the ground).
 
 21. Yea, how (terrible) was My 
												Penalty and My Warning!
 
 22. But We have indeed made the 
												Qur'an easy to understand and 
												remember: then is there any that 
												will receive admonition?
 
 23. The Thamud (also) rejected 
												(their) Warners.
 
 24. For they said: "What! a man! 
												a Solitary one from among 
												ourselves! shall we follow such 
												a one? Truly should we then be 
												straying in mind, and mad!
 
 25. "Is it that the Message is 
												sent to him, of all people 
												amongst us? Nay, he is a liar, 
												an insolent one!"
 
 26. Ah! they will know on the 
												morrow, which is the liar, the 
												insolent one!
 
 27. For We will send the 
												she-camel by way of trial for 
												them. So watch them, (O Salih), 
												and possess thyself in patience!
 
 28. And tell them that the water 
												is to be divided between them: 
												Each one's right to drink being 
												brought forward (by suitable 
												turns).
 
 29. But they called to their 
												companion, and he took a sword 
												in hand, and hamstrung (her).
 
 30. Ah! how (terrible) was My 
												Penalty and My Warning!
 
 31. For We sent against them a 
												single Mighty Blast, and they 
												became like the dry stubble used 
												by one who pens cattle.
 
 32. And We have indeed made the 
												Qur'an easy to understand and 
												remember: then is there any that 
												will receive admonition?
 
 33. The people of Lut rejected 
												(his) warning.
 
 34. We sent against them a 
												violent Tornado with showers of 
												stones, (which destroyed them), 
												except Lut's household: them We 
												delivered by early Dawn,-
 
 35. As a Grace from Us: thus do 
												We reward those who give thanks.
 
 36. And (Lut) did warn them of 
												Our Punishment, but they 
												disputed about the Warning.
 
 37. And they even sought to 
												snatch away his guests from him, 
												but We blinded their eyes. (They 
												heard:) "Now taste ye My Wrath 
												and My Warning."
 
 38. Early on the morrow an 
												abiding Punishment seized them:
 
 39. "So taste ye My Wrath and My 
												Warning."
 
 40. And We have indeed made the 
												Qur'an easy to understand and 
												remember: then is there any that 
												will receive admonition?
 
 41. To the People of Pharaoh, 
												too, aforetime, came Warners 
												(from Allah..
 
 42. The (people) rejected all 
												Our Signs; but We seized them 
												with such Penalty (as comes) 
												from One Exalted in Power, able 
												to carry out His Will.
 
 43. Are your Unbelievers, (O 
												Quraish), better than they? Or 
												have ye an immunity in the 
												Sacred Books?
 
 44. Or do they say: "We acting 
												together can defend ourselves"?
 
 45. Soon will their multitude be 
												put to flight, and they will 
												show their backs.
 
 46. Nay, the Hour (of Judgment) 
												is the time promised them (for 
												their full recompense): And that 
												Hour will be most grievous and 
												most bitter.
 
 47. Truly those in sin are the 
												ones straying in mind, and mad.
 
 48. The Day they will be dragged 
												through the Fire on their faces, 
												(they will hear:) "Taste ye the 
												touch of Hell!"
 
 49. Verily, all things have We 
												created in proportion and 
												measure.
 
 50. And Our Command is but a 
												single (Act),- like the 
												twinkling of an eye.
 
 51. And (oft) in the past, have 
												We destroyed gangs like unto 
												you: then is there any that will 
												receive admonition?
 
 52. All that they do is noted in 
												(their) Books (of Deeds):
 
 53. Every matter, small and 
												great, is on record.
 
 54. As to the Righteous, they 
												will be in the midst of Gardens 
												and Rivers,
 
 55. In an Assembly of Truth, in 
												the Presence of a Sovereign 
												Omnipotent.
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