IslamAwakened.com Qur'an Tafsir of Surah ash-Shu`ara` - The Poets as rendered by Arthur John Arberry
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Ta Sin Mi
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Those are the signs of the Manifest Book
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Perchance thou consumest thyself that they are not believers
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If We will, We shall send down on them out of heaven a sign, so their necks will stay humbled to it
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But never fresh remembrance comes to them from the All-merciful, except they turn away from it
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So they have cried lies; therefore assuredly tidings will come to them of that they mocked at
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What, have they not regarded the earth, how many therein We have caused to grow of every generous kind
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Surely in that is a sign, yet most of them are not believers
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Surely thy Lord, He is the All-mighty, the All-compassionate
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And when thy Lord called to Moses, 'Go to the people of the evildoers
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the people of Pharaoh; will they not be godfearing?
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He said, 'My Lord, I fear they will cry me lies
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and my breast will be straitened, and my tongue will not be loosed; so send to Aaron
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They also have a sin against me, and I fear they will slay me.
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Said He, 'No indeed; but go, both of you, with Our signs, and We assuredly shall be with you, listening
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So go you to Pharaoh, and say, "Verily, I am the Messenger of the Lord of all Being
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so send forth with us the Children of Israel."
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He said, 'Did we not raise thee amongst us as a child? Didst thou not tarry among us years of thy life
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And thou didst the deed thou didst, being one of the ungrateful!
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Said he, 'Indeed I did it then, being one of those that stray
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so I fled from you, fearing you. But my Lord gave me Judgment and made me one of the Envoys
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That is a blessing thou reproachest me with, having enslaved the Children of Israel.
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Pharaoh said, 'And what is the Lord of all Being?
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He said, 'The Lord of the heavens and earth, and what between them is, if you have faith.
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Said he to those about him, 'Do you not hear?
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He said, 'Your Lord and the Lord of your fathers, the ancients.
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Said he, 'Surely your Messenger who was sent to you is possessed!
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He said, 'The Lord of the East and West, and what between them is, if you have understanding,
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Said he, 'If thou takest a god other than me, I shall surely make thee one of the imprisoned.
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He said, 'What, even though I brought thee something so manifest?
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Said he, 'Bring it then, if thou art of the truthful.
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So he cast his staff, and behold, it was 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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Said he to the Council about him, 'Surely this man is a cunning sorcere
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who desires to expel you from your land by his sorcery; what do you command?
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They said, 'Put him and his brother off a while, and send among the cities musterers
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to bring thee every cunning sorcerer
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So the sorcerers were assembled for the appointed time of a fixed day
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The people were asked, 'Will you assemble
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Haply we shall follow the sorcerers if it should be they are the victors.
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Then, when the sorcerers came, they said to Pharaoh, 'Shall we indeed have a wage, if we should be the victors?
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He said, 'Yes indeed; and you shall then be among the near-stationed.
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Moses said to them, 'Cast you down what you will cast.
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So they cast their ropes and their staffs, and said, 'By the might of Pharaoh we shall be the victors.
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Then Moses cast his staff and lo, it forthwith swallowed up their lying invention
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so the sorcerers were cast down, bowing themselves
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They said, 'We believe in the Lord of all Being
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the Lord of Moses and Aaron.
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Said Pharaoh, 'You have believed him before I gave you leave. Why, he is the chief of you, the same that taught you sorcery; now you shall know! I shall assuredly cut off alternately your hands and feet, then I shall crucify you all together.
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They said, 'There is no harm; surely unto our Lord we are turning
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We are eager that our Lord should forgive us our offences, for that we are the first of the believers.
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Also We revealed unto Moses, 'Go with My servants by night; surely you will be followed.
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Then Pharaoh sent among the cities musterers
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'Behold, these are a small troop
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and indeed they are enraging us
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and we are a host on our guard.
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So We expelled them from gardens and fountains
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and treasures and a noble station
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even so, and We bequeathed them upon the Children of Israel
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Then they followed them at the sunrise
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and, when the two hosts sighted each other, the companions of Moses said, 'We are overtaken!
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Said he, 'No indeed; surely my Lord is with me; He will guide me.
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Then We revealed to Moses, 'Strike with thy staff the sea'; and it clave, and each part was as a mighty mount
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And there We brought the others on
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and We delivered Moses and those with him all together
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then We drowned the others
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Surely in that is a sign, yet most of them are not believers
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Surely thy Lord, He is the All-mighty, the All-compassionate
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And recite to them the tiding of Abraha
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when he said to his father and his people, 'What do you serve?
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They said, 'We serve idols, and continue cleaving to them
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He said, 'Do they hear you when you call
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or do they profit you, or harm?
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They said, 'Nay, but we found our fathers so doing.
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He said, 'And have you considered what you have been serving
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you and your fathers, the elders
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They are an enemy to me, except the Lord of all Bein
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who created me, and Himself guides me
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and Himself gives me to eat and drink
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and, whenever I am sick, heals me
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who makes me to die, then gives me life
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and who I am eager shall forgive me my offence on the Day of Doom
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My Lord, give me Judgment, and join me with the righteous
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and appoint me a tongue of truthfulness among the others
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Make me one of the inheritors of the Garden of Blis
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and forgive my father, for he is one of those astray
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Degrade me not upon the day when they are raised up
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the day when neither wealth nor sons shall profi
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except for him who comes to God with a pure heart
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And Paradise shall be brought forward for the godfearing
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and Hell advanced for the perverse
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It shall be said to them, 'Where is that you were servin
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apart from God? Do they help you or help themselves?
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Then they shall be pitched into it, they and the pervers
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and the hosts of Iblis, all together
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They shall say, as they dispute there one with another
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'By God, we were certainly in manifest erro
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when we made you equal with the Lord of all Being
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It was naught but the sinners that led us astray
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so now we have no intercessors
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no loyal friend
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O that we might return again, and be among the believers!
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Surely in that is a sign, yet most of them are not believers
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Surely thy Lord, He is the All-mighty, the All-compassionate
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The people of Noah cried lies to the Envoy
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when their brother Noah said to them, 'Will you not be godfearing
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I am for you a faithful Messenger
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so serve you God, and obey you me
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I ask of you no wage for this; my wage falls only upon the Lord of all Being
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so fear you God, and obey you me.
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They said, 'Shall we believe thee, whom the vilest follow?
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He said, 'What knowledge have I of that they have been doing
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Their account falls only upon my Lord, were you but aware
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I would not drive away the believers
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'I am naught but a plain warner.
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They said, 'If thou givest not over, Noah, thou shalt assuredly be one of the stoned.
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He said, 'My Lord, my people have cried me lies
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so give true deliverance between me and them, and deliver me and the believers that are with me
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So We delivered him, and those with him, in the laden ship
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then afterwards We drowned the rest
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Surely in that is a sign, yet most of them are not believers
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Surely thy Lord, He is the All-mighty, the All-compassionate
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Ad cried lies to the Envoy
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when their brother Hood said to them, 'Will you not be godfearing
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I am for you a faithful Messenger
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so fear you God, and obey you me
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I ask of you no wage for this; my wage falls only upon the Lord of all Being
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What, do you build on every prominence a sign, sporting
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and do you take to you castles, haply to dwell forever
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When you assault, you assault like tyrants
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So fear you God, and obey you me
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and fear Him who has succoured you with what you know
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succoured you with flocks and sons
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gardens and fountains
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'Indeed, I fear for you the chastisement of a dreadful day.
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They said, 'Alike it is to us, whether thou admonishest, or art not one of the admonishers
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this is nothing but the habit of the ancients
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and we shall not be chastised.
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So they cried him lies; then We destroyed them. Surely in that is a sign, yet most of them are not believers
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Surely thy Lord, He is the All-mighty, the All-compassionate
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Thamood cried lies to the Envoy
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when their brother Salih said to them, 'Will you not be godfearing
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I am for you a faithful Messenger
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so fear you God, and obey you me.
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'I ask of you no wage for this; my wage falls only upon the Lord of all Being
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Will you be left secure in this here
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among gardens and fountains
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sown fields, and palms with slender spathes
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Will you still skilfully hew houses out of the mountains
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So fear you God, and obey you me
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and obey not the commandment of the prodiga
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who do corruption in the earth, and set not things aright.
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They said, 'Thou art merely one of those that are bewitched
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thou art naught but a mortal, like us; then produce a sign, if thou art one of the truthful.
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He said, 'This is a she-camel; to her a draught and to you a draught, on a day appointed
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and do not touch her with malice so that there seize you the chastisement of a dreadful day.
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But they hamstrung her, and in the morning they were remorseful
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and the chastisement seized them. Surely in that is a sign, yet most of them are not believers
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Surely thy Lord, He is the All-mighty, the All-compassionate
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The people of Lot cried lies to the Envoy
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when their brother Lot said to them, 'Will you not be godfearing
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I am for you a faithful Messenger
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so fear you God, and obey you me
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I ask of you no wage for this; my wage falls only upon the Lord of all Being
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What, do you come to male beings
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leaving your wives that your Lord created for you? Nay, but you are a people of transgressors
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They said, 'If thou givest not over, Lot, thou shalt assuredly be one of the expelled.
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He said, 'Truly I am a detester of what you do
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My Lord, deliver me and my people from that they do.
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So We delivered him and his people all together
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save an old woman among those that tarried
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then We destroyed the others
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and We rained on them a rain; and evil is the rain of them that are warned
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Surely in that is a sign, yet most of them are not believers
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Surely thy Lord, He is the All-mighty, the All-compassionate
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The men of the Thicket cried lies to the Envoy
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when Shuaib said to them, 'Will you not be godfearing
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I am for you a faithful Messenger, so fear you God, and obey you me
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I ask of you no wage for this
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my wage falls only upon the Lord of all Being
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Fill up the measure, and be not cheaters
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and weigh with the straight balance
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and diminish not the goods of the people, and do not mischief in the earth, working corruption
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Fear Him who created you, and the generations of the ancients.
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They said, 'Thou art merely one of those that are bewitched
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thou art naught but a mortal, like us; indeed, we think that thou art one of the liars
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Then drop down on us lumps from heaven, if thou art one of the truthful.
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He said, 'My Lord knows very well what you are doing.
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But they cried him lies; then there seized them the chastisement of the Day of Shadow; assuredly it was the chastisement of a dreadful day
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Surely in that is a sign, yet most of them are not believers
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Surely thy Lord, He is the All-mighty, the All-compassionate
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Truly it is the revelation of the Lord of all Being
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brought down by the Faithful Spiri
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upon thy heart, that thou mayest be one of the warners
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in a clear, Arabic tongue
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Truly it is in the Scriptures of the ancients
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Was it not a sign for them, that it is known to the learned of the Children of Israel
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If We had sent it down on a barbaria
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and he had recited it to them, they would not have believed in it
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Even so We have caused it to enter into the hearts of the sinners
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who will not believe in it, until they see the painful chastisemen
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so that it will come upon them suddenly, while they are not aware
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and they will say, 'Shall we be respited?
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What, do they seek to hasten Our chastisement
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What thinkest thou? If We give them enjoyment of days for many years
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then there comes on them that they were promised
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what will it then avail them, the enjoyment of days they were given
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Never a city We destroyed, but it had warner
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for a reminder; and never did We wrong
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Not by the Satans has it been brought down
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it behoves them not, neither are they able
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Truly, they are expelled from hearing
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So call thou not upon another god with God, lest thou shouldst be one of those that are chastised
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And warn thy clan, thy nearest kin
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Lower thy wing to those who follow thee, being believers
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then, if they disobey thee, say, 'I am quit of that you do.
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Put thy trust in the All-mighty, the All-compassionat
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who sees thee when thou standes
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and when thou turnest about among those who bow
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Surely He is the All-hearing, the All-knowing
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Shall I tell you on whom the Satans come down
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They come down on every guilty impostor
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They give ear, but most of them are liars
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And the poets -- the perverse follow them
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hast thou not seen how they wander in every valle
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and how they say that which they do not
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Save those that believe, and do righteous deeds, and remember God oft, and help themselves after being wronged; and those who do wrong shall surely know by what overturning they will he overturned
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