the Holy Quran in English Surat ASY SYU'ARAA' 121:272 Translation: Mamdouk

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Lo! herein is indeed a portent, yet most of them are not believers.
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And lo, thy Lord, He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful.
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(The tribe of) A’ad denied the messengers (of Allah).
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When their brother Hud said unto them: Will ye not ward off (evil) ?
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Lo! I am a faithful messenger unto you,
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So keep your duty to Allah and obey me.
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And I ask of you no wage therefor; my wage is the concern only of the Lord of the Worlds.
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Build ye on every high place a monument for vain delight ?
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And seek ye out strongholds, that haply ye may last for ever ?
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And if ye seize by force, seize ye as tyrants ?
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Rather keep your duty to Allah, and obey me.
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Keep your duty toward Him Who hath aided you with (the good things) that ye know,
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Hath aided you with cattle and sons.
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And gardens and watersprings.
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Lo! I fear for you the retribution of an awful day.
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They said: It is all one to us whether thou preachest or art not of those who preach;
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This is but a fable of the men of old,
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And we shall not be doomed.
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And they denied him; therefor We destroyed them. Lo! herein is indeed a portent, yet most of them are not believers.
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And lo! thy Lord, He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful.
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(The tribe of) Thamud denied the messengers (of Allah)
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When their brother Salih said unto them: Will ye not ward off (evil) ?
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Lo! I am a faithful messenger unto you,
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So keep your duty to Allah and obey me.
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And I ask of you no wage therefor; my wage is the concern only of the Lord of the Worlds.
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Will ye be left secure in that which is here before us,
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In gardens and watersprings.
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And tilled fields and heavy-sheathed palm-trees,
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Though ye hew out dwellings in the mountain, being skilful ?
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Therefor keep your duty to Allah and obey me,
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And obey not the command of the prodigal,
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Who spread corruption in the earth, and reform not.
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They said: Thou art but one of the bewitched;
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Thou art but a mortal like us. So bring some token if thou art of the truthful.
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He said: (Behold) this she-camel. She hath the right to drink (at the well), and ye have the right to drink, (each) on an appointed day.
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And touch her not with ill lest there come on you the retribution of an awful day.
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But they hamstrung her, and then were penitent.
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So the retribution came on them. Lo! herein is indeed a portent, yet most of them are not believers.
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And lo! thy Lord! He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful.
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The folk of Lot denied the messengers (of Allah),
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When their brother Lot said unto them: Will ye not ward off (evil) ?
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Lo! I am a faithful messenger unto you,
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So keep your duty to Allah and obey me.
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And I ask of you no wage therefor; my wage is the concern only of the Lord of the Worlds.
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What! Of all creatures do ye come unto the males,
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And leave the wives your Lord created for you ? Nay, but ye are froward folk.
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They said: If thou cease not, O Lot, thou wilt soon be of the outcast.
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He said: I am in truth of those who hate your conduct.
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My Lord! Save me and my household from what they do.
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So We saved him and his household, every one,
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Save an old woman among those who stayed behind.
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Then afterward We destroyed the others.
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And We rained on them a rain. And dreadful is the rain of those who have been warned.
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Lo! herein is indeed a portent, yet most of them are not believers.
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And lo! thy Lord, He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful.
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The dwellers in the wood (of Midian) denied the messengers (of Allah),
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When Shu’eyb said unto them: Will ye not ward off (evil) ?
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Lo! I am a faithful messenger unto you,
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So keep your duty to Allah and obey me.
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And I ask of you no wage for it; my wage is the concern only of the Lord of the Worlds.
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Give full measure, and be not of those who give less (than the due).
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And weigh with the true balance.
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Wrong not mankind in their goods, and do not evil, making mischief, in the earth.
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And keep your duty unto Him Who created you and the generations of the men of old.
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They said: Thou art but one of the bewitched;
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Thou art but a mortal like us, and lo! we deem thee of the liars.
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Then make fragments of the heaven fall upon us, if thou art of the truthful.
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He said: My Lord is Best Aware of what ye do.
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But they denied him, so there came on them the retribution of the day of gloom. Lo! it was the retribution of an awful day.
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Lo! herein is indeed a portent; yet most of them are not believers.
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And lo! thy Lord! He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful.
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And lo! it is a revelation of the Lord of the Worlds,
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Which the True Spirit hath brought down
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Upon thy heart, that thou mayst be (one) of the warners,
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In plain Arabic speech.
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And lo! it is in the Scriptures of the men of old.
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Is it not a token for them that the doctors of the Children of Israel know it ?
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And if We had revealed it unto one of any other nation than the Arabs,
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And he had read it unto them, they would not have believed in it.
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Thus do We make it traverse the hearts of the guilty.
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They will not believe in it till they behold the painful doom,
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So that it will come upon them suddenly, when they perceive not.
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Then they will say: Are we to be reprieved ?
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Would they (now) hasten on Our doom ?
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Hast thou then seen, if We content them for (long) years,
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And then cometh that which they were promised,
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(How) that wherewith they were contented naught availeth them ?
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And We destroyed no township but it had its warners
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For reminder, for We never were oppressors.
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The devils did not bring it down.
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It is not meet for them, nor is it in their power,
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Lo! verily they are banished from the hearing.
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Therefor invoke not with Allah another god, lest thou be one of the doomed.
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And warn thy tribe of near kindred,
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And lower thy wing (in kindness) unto those believers who follow thee.
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And if they (thy kinsfolk) disobey thee, say: Lo! I am innocent of what they do.
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And put thy trust in the Mighty, the Merciful.
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Who seeth thee when thou standest up (to pray)
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And (seeth) thine abasement among those who fall prostrate (in worship).
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Lo! He, only He, is the Hearer, the Knower.
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Shall I inform you upon whom the devils descend ?
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They descend on every sinful, false one.
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They listen eagerly, but most of them are liars.
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As for poets, the erring follow them.
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Hast thou not seen how they stray in every valley,
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And how they say that which they do not ?
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Save those who believe and do good works, and remember Allah much, and vindicate themselves after they have been wronged. Those who do wrong will come to know by what a (great) reverse they will be overturned!