| 026.000 The Poets
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Ta. Sin. Mim. |
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These are revelations of the Scripture that maketh plain. |
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It may be that thou tormentest thyself (O Muhammad) because they believe not. |
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If We will, We can send down on them from the sky a portent so that their necks would remain bowed before it. |
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Never cometh there unto them a fresh reminder from the Beneficent One, but they turn away from it. |
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Now they have denied (the Truth); but there will come unto them tidings of that whereat they used to scoff. |
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Have they not seen the earth, how much of every fruitful kind We make to grow therein ? |
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Lo! herein is indeed a portent; yet most of them are not believers. |
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And lo! thy Lord! He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful. |
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And when thy Lord called Moses, saying: Go unto the wrongdoing folk, |
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The folk of Pharaoh. Will they not ward off (evil) ? |
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He said: My Lord! Lo! I fear that they will deny me, |
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And I shall be embarrassed, and my tongue will not speak plainly, therefor send for Aaron (to help me). |
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And they have a crime against me, so I fear that they will kill me. |
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He said: Nay, verily. So go ye twain with Our tokens. Lo! We shall be with you, Hearing. |
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And come together unto Pharaoh and say: Lo! we bear a message of the Lord of the Worlds, |
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(Saying): Let the Children of Israel go with us. |
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(Pharaoh) said (unto Moses): Did we not rear thee among us as a child ? And thou didst dwell many years of thy life among us, |
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And thou didst that thy deed which thou didst, and thou wast one of the ingrates. |
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He said: I did it then, when I was of those who are astray. |
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Then I fled from you when I feared you, and my Lord vouchsafed me a command and appointed me (of the number) of those sent (by Him). |
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And this is the past favour wherewith thou reproachest me: that thou hast enslaved the Children of Israel. |
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Pharaoh said: And what is the Lord of the Worlds ? |
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(Moses) said: Lord of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them, if ye had but sure belief. |
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(Pharaoh) said unto those around him: Hear ye not ? |
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He said: Your Lord and the Lord of your fathers. |
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(Pharaoh) said: Lo! your messenger who hath been sent unto you is indeed a madman! |
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He said: Lord of the East and the West and all that is between them, if ye did but understand. |
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(Pharaoh) said: If thou choosest a god other than me, I assuredly shall place thee among the prisoners. |
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He said: Even though I show thee something plain ? |
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(Pharaoh) said: Produce it then, if thou art of the truthful! |
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Then he flung down his staff and it became a serpent manifest, |
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And he drew forth his hand and lo! it was white to the beholders. |
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(Pharaoh) said unto the chiefs about him: Lo! this is verily a knowing wizard, |
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Who would drive you out of your land by his magic. Now what counsel ye ? |
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They said: Put him off, (him) and his brother, and send into the cities summoners |
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Who shall bring unto thee every knowing wizard. |
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So the wizards were gathered together at a set time on a day appointed. |
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And it was said unto the people: Are ye (also) gathering ? |
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(They said): Aye, so that we may follow the wizards if they are the winners. |
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And when the wizards came they said unto Pharaoh: Will there surely be a reward for us if we are the winners ? |
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He said: Aye, and ye will then surely be of those brought near (to me). |
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Moses said unto them: Throw what ye are going to throw! |
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Then they threw down their cords and their staves and said: By Pharaoh's might, lo! we verily are the winners. |
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Then Moses threw his staff and lo! it swallowed that which they did falsely show. |
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And the wizards were flung prostrate, |
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Crying: We believe in the Lord of the Worlds, |
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The Lord of Moses and Aaron. |
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(Pharaoh) said: Ye put your faith in him before I give you leave. Lo! he doubtless is your chief who taught you magic! But verily ye shall come to know. Verily I will cut off your hands and your feet alternately, and verily I will crucify you every one. |
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They said: It is no hurt, for lo! unto our Lord we shall return. |
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Lo! we ardently hope that our Lord will forgive us our sins because we are the first of the believers. |
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And We inspired Moses, saying: Take away My slaves by night, for ye will be pursued. |
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Then Pharaoh sent into the cities summoners, |
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(Who said): Lo! these indeed are but a little troop, |
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And lo! they are offenders against us. |
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And lo! we are a ready host. |
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Thus did We take them away from gardens and watersprings, |
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And treasures and a fair estate. |
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Thus (were those things taken from them) and We caused the Children of Israel to inherit them. |
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And they overtook them at sunrise. |
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And when the two hosts saw each other, those with Moses said: Lo! we are indeed caught. |
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He said: Nay, verily! for lo! my Lord is with me. He will guide me. |
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Then We inspired Moses, saying: Smite the sea with thy staff. And it parted, and each part was as a mountain vast. |
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Then brought We near the others to that place. |
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And We saved Moses and those with him, every one; |
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And We drowned the others. |
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Lo! herein is indeed a portent, yet most of them are not believers. |
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And lo, thy Lord! He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful. |
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Recite unto them the story of Abraham: |
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When he said unto his father and his folk: What worship ye ? |
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They said: We worship idols, and are ever devoted unto them. |
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He said: Do they hear you when ye cry ? |
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Or do they benefit or harm you ? |
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They said: Nay, but we found our fathers acting on this wise. |
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He said: See now that which ye worship, |
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Ye and your forefathers! |
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Lo! they are (all) an enemy unto me, save the Lord of the Worlds, |
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Who created me, and He doth guide me, |
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And Who feedeth me and watereth me. |
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And when I sicken, then He healeth me, |
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And Who causeth me to die, then giveth me life (again), |
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And Who, I ardently hope, will forgive me my sin on the Day of Judgment. |
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My Lord! Vouchsafe me wisdom and unite me to the righteous. |
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And give unto me a good report in later generations. |
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And place me among the inheritors of the Garden of Delight, |
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And forgive my father. Lo! he is of those who err. |
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And abase me not on the day when they are raised, |
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The day when wealth and sons avail not (any man) |
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Save him who bringeth unto Allah a whole heart. |
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And the Garden will be brought nigh for those who ward off (evil). |
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And hell will appear plainly to the erring. |
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And it will be said unto them: Where is (all) that ye used to worship |
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Instead of Allah ? Can they help you or help themselves ? |
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Then will they be hurled therein, they and the seducers |
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And the hosts of Iblis, together. |
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And they will say, when they are quarrelling therein: |
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By Allah, of a truth we were in error manifest |
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When we made you equal with the Lord of the Worlds. |
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It was but the guilty who misled us. |
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Now we have no intercessors |
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Nor any loving friend. |
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Oh, that we had another turn (on earth), that we might be of the believers! |
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Lo! herein is indeed a portent, yet most of them are not believers! |
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And lo, thy Lord! He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful. |
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Noah's folk denied the messengers (of Allah), |
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When their brother Noah said unto them: Will ye not ward off (evil) ? |
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Lo! I am a faithful messenger unto you, |
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So keep your duty to Allah, and obey me. |
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And I ask of you no wage therefor; my wage is the concern only of the Lord of the Worlds. |
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So keep your duty to Allah, and obey me. |
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They said: Shall we put faith in thee, when the lowest (of the people) follow thee ? |
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He said: And what knowledge have I of what they may have been doing (in the past) ? |
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Lo! their reckoning is my Lord's concern, if ye but knew; |
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And I am not (here) to repulse believers. |
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I am only a plain warner. |
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They said: If thou cease not, O Noah, thou wilt surely be among those stoned (to death). |
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He said: My Lord! Lo! my own folk deny me. |
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Therefor judge Thou between us, a (conclusive) judgment, and save me and those believers who are with me. |
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And We saved him and those with him in the laden ship. |
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Then afterward We drowned the others. |
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Lo! herein is indeed a portent, yet most of them are not believers. |
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And lo, thy Lord, He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful. |
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(The tribe of) A'ad denied the messengers (of Allah). |
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When their brother Hud said unto them: Will ye not ward off (evil) ? |
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Lo! I am a faithful messenger unto you, |
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So keep your duty to Allah and obey me. |
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And I ask of you no wage therefor; my wage is the concern only of the Lord of the Worlds. |
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Build ye on every high place a monument for vain delight ? |
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And seek ye out strongholds, that haply ye may last for ever ? |
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And if ye seize by force, seize ye as tyrants ? |
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Rather keep your duty to Allah, and obey me. |
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Keep your duty toward Him Who hath aided you with (the good things) that ye know, |
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Hath aided you with cattle and sons. |
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And gardens and watersprings. |
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Lo! I fear for you the retribution of an awful day. |
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They said: It is all one to us whether thou preachest or art not of those who preach; |
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This is but a fable of the men of old, |
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And we shall not be doomed. |
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And they denied him; therefor We destroyed them. Lo! herein is indeed a portent, yet most of them are not believers. |
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And lo! thy Lord, He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful. |
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(The tribe of) Thamud denied the messengers (of Allah) |
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When their brother Salih said unto them: Will ye not ward off (evil) ? |
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Lo! I am a faithful messenger unto you, |
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So keep your duty to Allah and obey me. |
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And I ask of you no wage therefor; my wage is the concern only of the Lord of the Worlds. |
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Will ye be left secure in that which is here before us, |
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In gardens and watersprings. |
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And tilled fields and heavy-sheathed palm-trees, |
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Though ye hew out dwellings in the mountain, being skilful ? |
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Therefor keep your duty to Allah and obey me, |
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And obey not the command of the prodigal, |
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Who spread corruption in the earth, and reform not. |
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They said: Thou art but one of the bewitched; |
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Thou art but a mortal like us. So bring some token if thou art of the truthful. |
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He said: (Behold) this she-camel. She hath the right to drink (at the well), and ye have the right to drink, (each) on an appointed day. |
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And touch her not with ill lest there come on you the retribution of an awful day. |
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But they hamstrung her, and then were penitent. |
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So the retribution came on them. Lo! herein is indeed a portent, yet most of them are not believers. |
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And lo! thy Lord! He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful. |
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The folk of Lot denied the messengers (of Allah), |
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When their brother Lot said unto them: Will ye not ward off (evil) ? |
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Lo! I am a faithful messenger unto you, |
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So keep your duty to Allah and obey me. |
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And I ask of you no wage therefor; my wage is the concern only of the Lord of the Worlds. |
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What! Of all creatures do ye come unto the males, |
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And leave the wives your Lord created for you ? Nay, but ye are froward folk. |
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They said: If thou cease not, O Lot, thou wilt soon be of the outcast. |
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He said: I am in truth of those who hate your conduct. |
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My Lord! Save me and my household from what they do. |
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So We saved him and his household, every one, |
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Save an old woman among those who stayed behind. |
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Then afterward We destroyed the others. |
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And We rained on them a rain. And dreadful is the rain of those who have been warned. |
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Lo! herein is indeed a portent, yet most of them are not believers. |
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And lo! thy Lord, He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful. |
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The dwellers in the wood (of Midian) denied the messengers (of Allah), |
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When Shu'eyb said unto them: Will ye not ward off (evil) ? |
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Lo! I am a faithful messenger unto you, |
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So keep your duty to Allah and obey me. |
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And I ask of you no wage for it; my wage is the concern only of the Lord of the Worlds. |
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Give full measure, and be not of those who give less (than the due). |
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And weigh with the true balance. |
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Wrong not mankind in their goods, and do not evil, making mischief, in the earth. |
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And keep your duty unto Him Who created you and the generations of the men of old. |
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They said: Thou art but one of the bewitched; |
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Thou art but a mortal like us, and lo! we deem thee of the liars. |
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Then make fragments of the heaven fall upon us, if thou art of the truthful. |
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He said: My Lord is Best Aware of what ye do. |
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But they denied him, so there came on them the retribution of the day of gloom. Lo! it was the retribution of an awful day. |
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Lo! herein is indeed a portent; yet most of them are not believers. |
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And lo! thy Lord! He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful. |
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And lo! it is a revelation of the Lord of the Worlds, |
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Which the True Spirit hath brought down |
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Upon thy heart, that thou mayst be (one) of the warners, |
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In plain Arabic speech. |
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And lo! it is in the Scriptures of the men of old. |
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Is it not a token for them that the doctors of the Children of Israel know it ? |
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And if We had revealed it unto one of any other nation than the Arabs, |
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And he had read it unto them, they would not have believed in it. |
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Thus do We make it traverse the hearts of the guilty. |
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They will not believe in it till they behold the painful doom, |
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So that it will come upon them suddenly, when they perceive not. |
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Then they will say: Are we to be reprieved ? |
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Would they (now) hasten on Our doom ? |
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Hast thou then seen, if We content them for (long) years, |
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And then cometh that which they were promised, |
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(How) that wherewith they were contented naught availeth them ? |
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And We destroyed no township but it had its warners |
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For reminder, for We never were oppressors. |
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The devils did not bring it down. |
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It is not meet for them, nor is it in their power, |
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Lo! verily they are banished from the hearing. |
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Therefor invoke not with Allah another god, lest thou be one of the doomed. |
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And warn thy tribe of near kindred, |
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And lower thy wing (in kindness) unto those believers who follow thee. |
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And if they (thy kinsfolk) disobey thee, say: Lo! I am innocent of what they do. |
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And put thy trust in the Mighty, the Merciful. |
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Who seeth thee when thou standest up (to pray) |
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And (seeth) thine abasement among those who fall prostrate (in worship). |
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Lo! He, only He, is the Hearer, the Knower. |
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Shall I inform you upon whom the devils descend ? |
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They descend on every sinful, false one. |
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They listen eagerly, but most of them are liars. |
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As for poets, the erring follow them. |
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Hast thou not seen how they stray in every valley, |
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And how they say that which they do not ? |
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Save those who believe and do good works, and remember Allah much, and vindicate themselves after they have been wronged. Those who do wrong will come to know by what a (great) reverse they will be overturned! |
