Ayetbul | Kuran Mealleri | Quran | E. Henry Palmer meali

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Those are the signs of the perspicuous Book;

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haply thou art vexing thyself to death that they will not be believers!

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If we please we will send down upon them from the heaven a sign, and their necks shall be humbled thereto.

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But there comes not to them any recent Reminder from the Merciful One that they do not turn away from.

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They have called (thee) liar! but there shall come to them a message of that at which they mocked.

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Have they not looked to the earth, how we caused to grow therein of every noble kind?

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verily, in that is a sign; but most of them will never be believers!

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but, verily, thy Lord He is mighty and merciful.

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And when thy Lord called Moses (saying), 'Come to the unjust people,

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to the people of Pharaoh, will they not fear?'

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Said he, 'My Lord! verily, I fear that they will call me liar;

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and my breast is straitened, and my tongue is not fluent; send then unto Aaron,

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for they have a crime against me, and I fear that they may kill me. '

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Said He, 'Not so; but go with our signs, verily, we are with you listening.

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'And go to Pharaoh and say, "Verily, we are the apostles of the Lord of the worlds

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(to tell thee to) send with us the children of Israel. "'

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And he said, 'Did we not bring thee up amongst us as a child? and thou didst dwell amongst us for years of thy life;

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and thou didst do thy deed which thou hast done, and thou art of the ungrateful!'

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Said he, 'I did commit this, and I was of those who erred.

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'And I fled from you when I feared you, and my Lord granted me judgment, and made me one of His messengers;

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and this is the favour thou hast obliged me with, that thou hast enslaved the children of Israel!'

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Said Pharaoh, 'Who is the Lord of the worlds?'

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Said he, 'The Lord of the heavens and the earth and what is between the two, if ye are but sure. '

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Said he to those about him, 'Do ye not listen

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Said he, 'Your Lord and the Lord of your fathers of yore!'

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Said he, 'Verily, your apostle who is sent to you is surely mad!'

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Said he, 'The Lord of the east and of the west, and of what is between the two, if ye had but sense!'

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Said he, 'If thou dost take a god besides Me I will surely make thee one of the imprisoned!'

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Said he, 'What, if I come to thee with something obvious?'

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Said he, 'Bring it, if thou art of those who tell the truth!'

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And he threw down his rod, and, behold, it was an obvious serpent!

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and he plucked out his hand, and, behold, it was white to the spectators!

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He said to the chiefs around him, 'Verily, this is a knowing sorcerer,

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he desires to turn you out of your land! what is it then ye bid?'

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They said, 'Give him and his brother some hope, and send into the cities to collect

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and bring to thee every knowing sorcerer. '

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And the sorcerers assembled at the appointed time on a stated day,

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and it was said to the people, 'Are ye assembled?

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haply we may follow the sorcerers if we gain the upper hand. '

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And when the sorcerers came they said to Pharaoh, 'Shall we, verily, have a hire if we gain the upper hand?'

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Said he, 'Yes; and, verily, ye shall then be of those who are nigh (my throne). '

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And Moses said to them, 'Throw down what ye have to throw down. '

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So they threw down their ropes and their rods and said, 'By Pharaoh's might, verily, we it is who shall gain the upper hand!'

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And Moses threw down his rod, and, lo, it swallowed up what they falsely devised!

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And the sorcerers threw themselves down, adoring.

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Said they, 'We believe in the Lord of the worlds,

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the Lord of Moses and Aaron!'

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Said he, 'Do ye believe in Him ere I give you leave? Verily, he is your chief who has taught you sorcery, but soon ye shall know. I will surely cut off your hands and your feet from opposite sides, and I will crucify you all together!'

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They said, 'No harm; verily, unto our Lord do we return!

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verily, we hope that our Lord will forgive us our sins, for we are the first of believers!'

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And we inspired Moses, 'Journey by night with my servants; verily, ye are pursued. '

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And Pharaoh sent into the cities to collect;

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'Verily, these are a small company.

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And, verily, they are enraged with us;

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but we are a multitude, wary!

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'Turn them out of gardens and springs,

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and treasuries, and a noble station!' -

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thus, - and we made the children of Israel to inherit them.

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And they followed them at dawn;

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and when the two hosts saw each other, Moses' companions said, 'Verily, we are overtaken!'

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Said he, 'Not so; verily, with me is my Lord, He will guide me. '

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And we inspired Moses, 'Strike with thy rod the sea;' and it was cleft asunder, and each part was like a mighty mountain.

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And then we brought the others.

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And we saved Moses and those with him all together;

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then we drowned the others;

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and that is a sign: but most of them will never be believers!

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And, verily, thy Lord He is mighty, merciful.

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And recite to them the story of Abraham;

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when he said to his father and his people, 'What do ye serve?'

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They said, 'We serve idols, and we are still devoted to them.

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He said, 'Can they hear you when ye call,

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or profit you, or harm?'

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They said, 'No; but we found our fathers doing thus. '

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He said, 'Have ye considered what ye have been serving,

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ye and your fathers before you?

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Verily, they are foes to me, save only the Lord of the worlds,

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who created me and guides me,

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and who gives me food and drink.

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And when I am sick He heals me;

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He who will kill me, and then bring me to life;

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and who I hope will forgive me my sins on the day of judgment!

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Lord, grant me judgment, and let me reach the righteous;

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and give me a tongue of good report amongst posterity;

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and make me of the heirs of the paradise of pleasure;

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and pardon my father, verily, he is of those who err;

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and disgrace me not on the day when they are raised up again;

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the day when wealth shall profit not, nor sons,

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but only he who comes to God with a sound heart.

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And paradise shall be brought near to the pious;

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and hell shall be brought forth to those who go astray,

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and it shall be said to them, "Where is what ye used to worship

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beside God? can they help you, or get help themselves? "

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And they shall fall headlong into it, they and those who have gone astray,

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and the hosts of Iblis all together!

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'They shall say, while they quarrel therein,

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"By God! we were surely in an obvious error,

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when we made you equal to the Lord of the worlds!

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but it was only sinners who led us astray.

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But we have no intercessors

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and no warm friend;

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but had we a turn we would be of the believers. "' -

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Verily, in that is a sign, but most of them will never be believers;

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and, verily, thy Lord He is mighty and merciful.

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The people of Noah said the apostles were liars,

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when their brother Noah said to them, 'Will ye not fear?

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verily, I am a faithful apostle to you;

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then fear God and obey me.

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I do not ask you for it any hire; my hire is only with the Lord of the worlds.

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So fear God and obey me. '

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They said, 'Shall we believe in thee, when the reprobates follow thee?'

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He said, 'I did not know what they were doing;

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their account is only with my Lord, if ye but perceive.

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And I am not one to drive away the believers,

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I am only a plain warner. '

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They said, 'Verily, if thou desist not, O Noah! thou shalt surely be of those who are stoned!'

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Said he, 'My Lord! verily, my people call me liar;

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open between me and between them an opening, and save me and those of the believers who are with me!'

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So we saved him and those with him in the laden ark,

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then we drowned the rest;

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verily, in that is a sign, but most of them will never be believers;

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and, verily, thy Lord He is mighty and merciful.

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And 'Ad called the apostles liars;

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when their brother Hud said to them, 'Will ye not fear?

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Verily, I am to you a faithful apostle;

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then fear God and obey me.

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I do not ask you for it any hire; my hire is only with the Lord of the worlds.

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Do ye build on every height a landmark in sport,

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and take to works that haply ye may be immortal?

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'And when ye assault ye assault like tyrants;

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but fear God and obey me;

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and fear Him who hath

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given you an extent of cattle and sons,

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and gardens and springs.

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Verily, fear for you the torment of a mighty day!'

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They said, 'It is the same to us if thou admonish or art not of those who do admonish;

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this is nothing but old folks' fictions, for we shall not be tormented!'

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And they called him liar!

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but we destroyed them. Verily, in that is a sign, but most of them will never be believers.

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And, verily, thy Lord is mighty, merciful.

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Thamud called the apostles liars;

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when their brother Zalih said to them, 'Do ye not fear?

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verily, I am to you a faithful apostle;

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so fear God and obey me.

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I do not ask you for it any hire; my hire is only with the Lord of the worlds.

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Shall ye be left here in safety

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with gardens and springs,

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and corn-fields and palms,

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the spathes whereof are fine? and ye hew out of the mountains houses skillfully.

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But fear God and obey me;

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and obey not the bidding of the extravagant,

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who do evil in the earth and do not act aright!'

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They said, 'Thou art only of the infatuated;

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thou art but mortal like ourselves; so bring us a sign, if thou be of those who speak the truth!'

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He said, 'This she-camel shall have her drink and you your drink on a certain day;

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but touch her not with evil, or there will seize you the torment of a mighty day!'

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But they hamstrung her, and on the morrow they repented;

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and the torment seized them; verily, in that is a sign; but most of them will never be believers:

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but verily, thy Lord He is mighty, merciful.

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The people of Lot called the apostles liars;

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when their brother Lot said to them, 'Do ye not fear?

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verily, I am to you a faithful apostle;

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then fear God and obey me.

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I do not ask you for it any hire; my hire is only with the Lord of the worlds.

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Do ye approach males of all the world

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and leave what God your Lord has created for you of your wives? nay, but ye are people who transgress!'

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They said, 'Surely, if thou dost not desist, O Lot! thou shalt be of those who are expelled!'

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Said he, 'Verily, I am of those who hate your deed;

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my Lord! save me and my people from what they do. '

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And we saved him and his people all together,

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except an old woman amongst those who lingered.

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Then we destroyed the others;

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and we rained down upon them a rain; and evil was the rain of those who were warned.

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Verily, in that is a sign; but most, of them will never be believers.

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And, verily, thy Lord He is mighty, merciful, compassionate.

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The fellows of the Grove called the apostles liars;

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Sho'haib said to them, 'Will ye not fear?

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verily, I am to you a faithful apostle,

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then fear God and obey me.

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I do not ask you for it any hire; my hire is only with the Lord of the worlds.

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Give good measure, and be not of those who diminish;

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and weigh with a fair balance,

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and do not cheat men of their goods; and waste not the land, despoiling it;

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and fear Him who created you and the races of yore!'

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Said they, 'Thou art only of the infatuated;

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and thou art only a mortal like ourselves; and, verily, we think that thou art surely of the liars;

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so make a portion of the heaven to fall down upon us, if thou art of those who tell the truth!'

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Said he, 'My Lord knows best what ye do!'

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but they called him liar, and the torment of the day of the shadow seized them; for it was the torment of a mighty day:

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verily, in that is a sign; but most of them will never be believers;

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but, verily, thy Lord He is mighty, merciful!

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And, verily, it is a revelation from the Lord of the worlds;

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the Faithful Spirit came down with it

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upon thy heart, that thou shouldst be of those who warn;-

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in plain Arabic language,

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and, verily, it is (foretold) in the scriptures of yore!

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Have they not a sign, that the learned men of the children of Israel recognise it?

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Had we sent it down to any barbarian,

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and he had read it to them, they would not have believed therein.

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Thus have we made for it a way into the hearts of the sinners;

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they will not believe therein until they see the grievous woe!

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and it shall come to them suddenly while they do not perceive!

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They will say, 'Shall we be respited?-

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What! do they wish to hasten on our torment?'

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What thinkest thou? if we let them enjoy themselves for years,

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and then there come to them what they are threatened,

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that will not avail them which they had to enjoy!

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But we do not destroy any city without its having warners

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as a reminder, for we are never unjust.

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The devils did not descend therewith;

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it is not fit work for them; nor are they able to do it.

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Verily, they are deposed from listening;

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call not then with God upon other gods, or thou wilt be of the tormented;

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but warn thy clansmen who are near of kin.

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And lower thy wing to those of the believers who follow thee;

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but if they rebel against thee, say, 'Verily, I am clear of what ye do,'

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and rely thou upon the mighty, merciful One,

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who sees thee when thou dost stand up,

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and thy posturing amongst those who adore'.

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Verily, He both bears and knows!

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Shall I inform you upon whom the devils descend?

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they descend upon every sinful liar,

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and impart what they have heard; but most of them are liars.

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And the poets do those follow who go astray!

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Dost thou not see that they wander distraught in every vale?

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and that they say that which they do not do?

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save those who believe, and do right, and remember God much, and defend themselves after they are wronged; but those who do wrong shall know with what a turn they shall be turned.

Şuara Suresi