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[Translation of 1 to 5] IN the name of the merciful and compassionate God. By the dawn and ten nights 2! And the single and the double! And the night when it travels on! Is there in that an oath for a man of sense? |
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[Translation of 6 to 10] Hast thou not seen how thy Lord did with ‘Âd?--with Iram of the columns 3? the like of which has not been created in the land? And Thamûd when they hewed the stones in the valley? And Pharaoh of the stakes 1? |
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[Translation of 11 to 15] Who were outrageous in the land, and did multiply wickedness therein, and thy Lord poured out upon them the scourge of torment. Verily, thy Lord is on a watch tower! and as for man, whenever his Lord tries him and honours him and grants him favour, then |
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[Translation of 16 to 20] he says, 'My Lord has honoured me;' but whenever he tries him and doles out to him his subsistence, then he says, 'My Lord despises me!' Nay, but ye do not honour the orphan, nor do ye urge each other to feed the poor, |
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