(54:1-2) "The moon was rent in twain."
Muhammaed split the moon into two pieces. Beat that one, Jesus!
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And if they behold a portent they turn away and say: Prolonged illusion.
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They denied (the Truth) and followed their own lusts. Yet everything will come to a decision
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And surely there hath come unto them news whereof the purport should deter,
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Effective wisdom; but warnings avail not.
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So withdraw from them (O Muhammad) on the day when the Summoner summoneth unto a painful thing.
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With downcast eyes, they come forth from the graves as they were locusts spread abroad,
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Hastening toward the summoner; the disbelievers say: This is a hard day.
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The folk of Noah denied before them, yea, they denied Our slave and said: A madman; and he was repulsed. |
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So he cried unto his Lord, saying: I am vanquished, so give help. |
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Then opened We the gates of heaven with pouring water |
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And caused the earth to gush forth springs, so that the waters met for a predestined purpose. |
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And We carried him upon a thing of planks and nails, |
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That ran (upon the waters) in Our sight, as a reward for him who was rejected. |
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And verily We left it as a token; but is there any that remembereth ? |
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Then see how (dreadful) was My punishment after My warnings! |
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And in truth We have made the Qur'an easy to remember; but is there any that remembereth ? |
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(The tribe of) A'ad rejected warnings. Then how (dreadful) was My punishment after My warnings. |
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Lo! We let loose on them a raging wind on a day of constant calamity, |
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Sweeping men away as though they were uprooted trunks of palm-trees. |
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Then see how (dreadful) was My punishment after My warnings! |
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And in truth We have made the Qur'an easy to remember; but is there any that remembereth ? |
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(The tribe of) Thamud rejected warnings |
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For they said; Is it a mortal man, alone among us, that we are to follow ? Then indeed we should fall into error and madness. |
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Hath the remembrance been given unto him alone among us ? Nay, but he is a rash liar. |
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(Unto their warner it was said): To-morrow they will know who is the rash liar. |
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Lo! We are sending the she-camel as a test for them; so watch them and have patience; |
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And inform them that the water is to be shared between (her and) them. Every drinking will be witnessed. |
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But they call their comrade and he took and hamstrung (her). |
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Then see how (dreadful) was My punishment after My warnings! |
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Lo! We sent upon them one Shout, and they became as the dry twigs (rejected by) the builder of a cattle-fold. |
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And in truth We have made the Qur'an easy to remember; but is there any that remembereth ? |
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The folk of Lot rejected warnings. |
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Lo! We sent a storm of stones upon them (all) save the family of Lot, whom We rescued in the
last watch of the night, |
Allah sent a storm of stones on Lot's folk, killing all but Lot's family.
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As grace from Us. Thus We reward him who giveth thanks. |
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And he indeed had warned them of Our blow, but they did doubt the warnings. |
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They even asked of him his guests for an ill purpose. Then We blinded their eyes (and said): Taste now My punishment after My warnings! |
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And in truth the punishment decreed befell them early in the morning. |
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Now taste My punishment after My warnings! |
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And in truth We have made the Qur'an easy to remember; but is there any that remembereth ? |
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And warnings came in truth unto the house of Pharaoh |
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Who denied Our revelations, every one. Therefore We grasped them with the grasp of the Mighty, the Powerful. |
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Are your disbelievers better than those, or have ye some immunity in the scriptures ? |
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Or say they: We are a host victorious ? |
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The hosts will all be routed and will turn and flee. |
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Nay, but the Hour (of doom) is their appointed tryst, and the
Hour will be more wretched and more bitter (than their earthly failure).
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The Hour of doom will be more wretched and bitter than anything experienced on earth.
Doom in the Quran
For disbelievers
a painful doom
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Lo! the guilty are in error and madness.
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On the day when they are dragged into the Fire upon their faces (it is said unto them):
Feel the touch of hell. |
"They are dragged into the Fire upon their faces (it is said unto them):
Feel the touch of hell."
Hell and The Fire in the Quran
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Lo! We have created every thing by measure.
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And Our commandment is but one (commandment), as the twinkling of an eye.
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And verily We have destroyed your fellows; but is there any that
remembereth ? |
Allah destroyed many people, but does anyone remember anymore?
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And every thing they did is in the scriptures, |
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And every small and great thing is recorded. |
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Lo! the righteous will dwell among gardens and rivers, |
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Firmly established in the favour of a Mighty King. |
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