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Ha. Mim. |
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By the Scripture that maketh plain |
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Lo! We revealed it on a blessed night - Lo! We are ever warning - |
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Whereon every wise command is made clear |
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As a command from Our presence - Lo! We are ever sending - |
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A mercy from thy Lord. Lo! He, even He is the Hearer, the Knower, |
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Lord of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them, if ye would be sure. |
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There is no God save Him. He quickeneth and giveth death; your Lord and Lord of your forefathers. |
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Nay, but they play in doubt. |
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But watch thou (O Muhammad) for the day when the sky will produce visible smoke |
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That will envelop the people. This will be a painful torment. |
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(Then they will say): Our Lord relieve us of the torment. Lo! we are believers. |
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How can there be remembrance for them, when a messenger making plain (the Truth) had already come unto them, |
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And they had turned away from him and said: One taught (by others), a madman ? |
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Lo! We withdraw the torment a little. Lo! ye return (to disbelief). |
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On the day when We shall seize them with the greater seizure, (then) in truth We shall punish. |
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And verily We tried before them Pharaoh's folk, when there came unto them a noble messenger, |
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Saying: Give up to me the slaves of Allah. Lo! I am a faithful messenger unto you. |
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And saying: Be not proud against Allah. Lo! I bring you a clear warrant. |
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And lo! I have sought refuge in my Lord and your Lord lest ye stone me to death. |
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And if ye put no faith in me, then let me go. |
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And he cried unto his Lord, (saying): These are guilty folk. |
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Then (his Lord commanded): Take away My slaves by night. Lo! ye will be followed, |
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And leave the sea behind at rest, for lo! they are a drowned host. |
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How many were the gardens and the watersprings that they left behind, |
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And the cornlands and the goodly sites |
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And pleasant things wherein they took delight! |
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Even so (it was), and We made it an inheritance for other folk; |
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And the heaven and the earth wept not for them, nor were they reprieved. |
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And We delivered the Children of Israel from the shameful doom; |
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(We delivered them) from Pharaoh. Lo! he was a tyrant of the wanton ones. |
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And We chose them, purposely, above (all) creatures. |
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And We gave them portents wherein was a clear trial. |
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Lo! these, forsooth, are saying: |
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There is naught but our first death, and we shall not be raised again. |
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Bring back our fathers, if ye speak the truth! |
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Are they better, or the folk of Tubb'a and those before them ? We destroyed them, for surely they were guilty. |
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And We created not the heavens and the earth, and all that is between them, in play. |
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We created them not save with truth; but most of them know not. |
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Assuredly the Day of Decision is the term for all of them, |
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A day when friend can in naught avail friend, nor can they be helped, |
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Save him on whom Allah hath mercy. Lo! He is the Mighty, the Merciful. |
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Lo! the tree of Zaqqum, |
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The food of the sinner! |
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Like molten brass, it seetheth in their bellies |
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As the seething of boiling water. |
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(And it will be said): Take him and drag him to the midst of hell, |
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Then pour upon his head the torment of boiling water. |
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(Saying): Taste! Lo! thou wast forsooth the mighty, the noble! |
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Lo! this is that whereof ye used to doubt. |
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Lo! those who kept their duty will be in a place secured. |
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Amid gardens and watersprings, |
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Attired in silk and silk embroidery, facing one another. |
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Even so (it will be). And We shall wed them unto fair ones with wide, lovely eyes. |
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They call therein for every fruit in safety. |
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They taste not death therein, save the first death. And He hath saved them from the doom of hell, |
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A bounty from thy Lord. That is the supreme triumph. |
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And We have made (this Scripture) easy in thy language only that they may heed. |
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Wait then (O Muhammad). Lo! they (too) are waiting. |
