IslamAwakened.com Qur'an Tafsir of Surah ash-Shu`ara` - The Poets as rendered by Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli
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T?. S?n. M?m
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These are verses of the Book (that makes the truth) clear
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Perhaps you will kill yourself with grief, for that they do not become Believers
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If We please, We should send down upon them a sign from the heaven to which they would bend their necks in humility
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And never comes there to them a new reminder from the Beneficent (Allah), but they turn away from it
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So they have indeed rejected (it), therefore the news of that which they used to mock shall soon come to them
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7. Do they not look at the earth - how many of every noble kind We have caused to grow in it
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Verily in that there is a sign, but most of them do not believe
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And verily, your Lord certainly is He the Mighty, the Merciful
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10. And when your Lord called out to Moses (saying): �Go to the unjust people
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The people of pharaoh; will they not fear (Allah)?
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Said (Moses): �O my Lord! Surely I fear that they will reject me?
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And my breast straitens, and my tongue is not eloquent, therefore sent for Aaron (to help me)
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And they have a crime against me, therefore I fear that they may slay me
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Said (Allah): 'By no means, so go you both with Our signs, surely We are with you, hearing'
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So go to Pharaoh and say: 'Verily we (two) are the Messengers of the Lord of the worlds
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Send you with us the Children of Israel'
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Said (Pharaoh): 'Did we not cherish you as a child among us, and you tarried among us for (many) years of your life
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And you did that your deed which you did, and you are one of the ungrateful
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Said (Moses): 'I did it then, when I was (as you think) in error'
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So I fled from you when I feared you, then my Lord granted me wisdom and made me of the messenger
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And is it a favour with which you reproach me that you have enslaved the Children of Israel
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Pharaoh said: 'And what is the Lord of the woilds?
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He said: '(He is) the Lord of the heavens and the earth and what is between them, if you have faith'
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Pharaoh said to those around him: 'Do you not hear (what he says)?
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(Moses) said: 'Your Lord and the Lord of your fathers of old'
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(Pharaoh) said: 'Bring it then, if you are of the truthful ones'
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So he cast down his rod, and behold, it was a clear serpent
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And he drew out his hand, then behold, it was radiant white to the beholders
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(Pharaoh) said to the chiefs around him: �Verily this is a skilled sorcerer
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Who intends to drive you out of your land with his sorcery, what do you command?
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They said: 'Give him (Moses) and his brother respite, and send heralds into the cities to collect'
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(That) they bring to you all skilful sorcerers
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So the sorcerers were got together for the appointment of a day well-known
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And it was said to the people: 'Will you assemble?
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Haply we may follow the sorcerers if they are victors
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Then, when the sorcerers came, they said to Pharaoh: 'Shall we have a reward if we should be the victors?
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(Pharaoh) said: 'Yes, and surely you will then be among the near-stationed'
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Moses said to them: 'Cast what you are going to Cast'
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So they cast down their ropes and their rods, and said: 'By Pharaoh's dignity we shall certainly be the victors'
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Then Moses cast down his rod, when, behold, it swallowed up that which they falsely displayed
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Then the sorcerers were flung prostrate
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They said: 'We believe in the Lord of the worlds'
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The Lord of Moses and Aaron'
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(Pharaoh) said: 'You have believed in him before I give you leave. Verily,he is the chief of you who taught you the sorcery; so, soon shall you know! Certainly I will cut off your hands and your feet on opposite sides, and certainly I will crucify you all'
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They said: 'No matter! Verily we unto our Lord shall Return'
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Verily we hope that our Lord will forgive us our faults, since we are the first of the believers'
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And We revealed unto Moses (saying): �Go you forth with My servants by night, for verily you will be pursued�
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Then Pharaoh sent heralds into the cites
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Verily these (Israelites) are only a small group
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And verily they have enraged us
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And verily we are a host on our guard
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So We expelled them from the gardens and the springs
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And treasures and a goodly dwelling
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Thus (did We drown them) and We made the Children of Israel the inheritors to them
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Then they (Pharaoh's host) pursued them at sunrise
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So when the two parties saw each other, the companions of Moses said: 'Indeed we are overtaken'
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(Moses) said: ' By no means! Verily my Lord is with me, soon will He gtiide me (to safety)'
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Then We revealed to Moses: 'Strike the sea with your staff', then it clove asunder and each part became like a huge mountain
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Then We made the other party approach thither
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And We saved Moses and those with him all together
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Then We drownedthe others
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Verily in this is a sign, yet most of them do not believe
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And verily your Lord, certainly He is the Mighty, the Merciful
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And recite unto them the story of Abraham
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When he said to his father and his people: �What do you worship?
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They said: �We worship idols, and we are ever devoted unto them�
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Said (Abraham): 'Do they hear you when you call (them)?
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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: 'Have you then considered what you have been worshipping
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You and your fathers before you?
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Surely they are enemies to me, save the Lord of the Worlds
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Who created me, and Himself guides me
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And Himself feeds me and provides me to drink
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And whenever I am sick, then He heals me
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And Who caused me to die, then gives me life
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And Who, I hope, will forgive me my mistakes on the Day of Judgment
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My Lord! Bestow wisdom on me, and join me with the righteous
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And ordain for me a goodly mention among posterity
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And make me of the heirs of the garden of bliss
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And forgive my father, verily, he is of those astray
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And abase me not on the Day when (men) will be raised up
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The Day whereon neither wealth nor sons will avail
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Except for him who comes to Allah with a pure heart
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And the Paradise shall be brought near for the pious
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And the Hell shall appear plainly to the erring ones
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And it shall be said to them: 'Where are those that you used to worship
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Besides Allah? Do they help you or help themselves?
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So they shall be thrown into it, - they and the erring ones
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And the hosts of 'Iblis, all together
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And they will say, when they are mutually quarrelling therein
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By Allah! We were certainly in manifest error
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When we made you equal to the Lord of the worlds
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And none but the guilty ones led us astray
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Now, then we have no intercessors
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Nor a single intimate friend
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Now if we only had a chance of return, we would be of the believers
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Verily in this is a sign but most of them do not believe
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And verily your Lord is He the Mighty, the Merciful
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And do not ask you any recompense for it, my recompense is only from the Lord of the worlds
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Then be in awe of Allah and obey me
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They said: 'Shall we believe in you while the meanest follow you?
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He said: 'No knowledge have I of what they were doing
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Their reckoning is only on my Lord, if you could (but) perceive
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And I am not going to drive away the believers
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I am naught but a plain warner
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They said: 'If you desist not, O Noah! you shall surely be one of the stoned (to death)'
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Said (Noah): 'My Lord! Verily my people have belied me
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Judge You, then, 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 Ark
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Then We drowned the rest afterwards
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Verily in that is a sign, but most of them do not believe
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And verily your Lord, He is the Mighty, the Merciful
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The �?d (people) belied the messengers
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When their brother Hud said to them: �Will you not fear (Allah)
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Verily I am unto you a trustworthy messenger
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Then be in awe of Allah and obey me
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And I do not ask you any recompense for it, my recompense is only from the Lord of the worlds
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Do you build a landmark on every height for vain delight
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And you get strong buildings in the hope of living therein for ever
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When you assault, you assault like tyrants
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Then be in awe of Allah and obey me
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And be in awe of Him Who has succoured you with what you know
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He has succoured you with cattle and Children
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And gardens and springs
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Verily I fear for you the chastisement of a Great Day
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They said: 'It is the same to us whether you admonish or be not of the admonishers
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This (preaching) is naught but a custom of the ancients
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And we are not going to be punished
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So they belied him, then We destroyed them; verily in this is a sign; but most of them do not believe
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And verily your Lord, certainly He is the Mighty,the Merciful
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And do not obey the bidding of the extravagant
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Those who make mischief in the earth, and amend not
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They said: 'You are only of the bewitched ones'
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You are no more than a mortal, like us, so bring you a sign if you are one of the truthful
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He said: 'Here is a she-camel; she shall have her portion of water (one day), and you have your portion of water on an appointed day'
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And do not touch her with evil, least the punishment of a grievous day should overtake you
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Then they hamstrung her, and became regretful
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So the punishment overtook them; verily in this there is sign, but most of them do not believe
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And verily your Lord, He is certainly the Mighty,the Merciful
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Of all the creatures in the world, do you come to the males
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And leave what your Lord has created for you of your wives? Nay, you are a people transgressing (the limits
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They said: 'If you desist not, O L?t! you shall surely be of those who are expelled'
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He said: 'I do detest your doings'
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My Lord! deliver me and my family from (the vice of) what they do
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So, We did deliver him and his family all
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Except an old woman who remained behind
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Then We destroyed the others
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We rained down on them a shower (of brimstone),and evil is the rain of them that were warned
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Verily in this is a sign, but most of them do not believe
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And verily your Lord, certainly He is the Mighty, the Merciful
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The dwellers of the Forest belied the messengers
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When Shu�ayb said to them: �Will you not fear (Allah)
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Verily I am unto you a trustworthy messenger
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Then be in awe of Allah and obey me
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And I do not ask you any recompense for it, myrecompense is only from the Lord of the worlds
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Fill up the measure, and be not of the cheaters
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And weigh (things) with a right balance
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And do not defraud people in their (due) goods, and do not act corruptly in the earth, making mischief
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And fear Him Who created you and the former generations
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They said: 'Verily you are only of those bewitched'
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And you are naught but a mortal like us; and we think that you are of the liars
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Therefore cause a piece of the sky to fall on us, if you are one of the truthful
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He (Shu'ayb) said: 'My Lord knows best what you do'
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But they belied him, then there seized them the chastisement of the Day of Shadow. Verily it was a chastisement of a grievous day
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Verily there is a sign in this, but most of them do not believe
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And verily your Lord, certainly He is the Mighty, the Merciful
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And verily this (Qur�?n) is from the Lord of the Worlds
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The Faithful Spirit has descended with it
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Upon your heart that you may be of the warners
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In the perspicuous Arabic language
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And verily it is (foretold) in the (heavenly) Books of the ancients
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Is it not a sign to them that the learned of the Children of Israel know it (as true)
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And if We had sent it down to any of the non-Arabs
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And he had recited it to them, they would not have believed in it
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Thus We caused it passing into the hearts of the sinners
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(But) they will not believe in it until they see the painful punishment
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And it shall come upon them all of a sudden, while they are not aware
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Then they will say: 'Shall we be respited?
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Do they then ask for Our Chastisement to be hastened on
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Have you then considered if We let them enjoy themselves for years
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Then there comes to them that (punishment) which they were promised
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That which they were made to enjoy shall not avail them
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And We did not destroy any town but it had its warners
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To remind (them) and never are We unjust
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And the Satans have not bring it down
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And it behooves them not, nor they can do (it)
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Verily they are banished from hearing it
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So call you not upon another god with Allah, lest you will be one of the chastised (ones)
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He Who sees you when you stand up (in prayer)
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And your movements among those who prostrate themselves
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Verily He is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing
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And the poets, follow them the erring ones
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Do you not see that they wander about be wildered in every valley
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And that they say that which they do not do
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Except those who believe and do righteous deeds, and remember Allah much, and defend themselves after being wronged; and soon those who act unjustly shall know to what final place of turning they shall turn back
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