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By the wise Quran.
You are one of the messengers.
Upon a straight path.
The revelation of the Honorable, the Compassionate.
To warn a people whose fathers were not warned, for they are unaware.
The retribution has been deserved by most of them, for they do not affirm.
We have placed shackles around their necks, up to their chins, so that their head tilted upward.
We have placed a barrier in front of them, and a barrier behind them, thus We shielded them so they cannot see.
Whether you warn them or do not warn them, they will not affirm.
You can only warn him who follows the reminder and reveres the Gracious while unseen. Give him good news of forgiveness and a generous reward.
It is indeed Us who resurrect the dead, and We record what they have done and left behind. Everything We have counted in a clear ledger.
Cite for them the example of the people of the town, when the messengers came to it.
Where We sent two to them, but they rejected them, so We supported them with a third one, thus they said, "We are messengers to you."
They replied: "You are but human beings like us, and the Gracious did not send down anything, you are only telling lies."
They said, "Our Lord knows that we have been sent to you."
"We are only required to give a clear delivery."
They replied: "We have welcomed you better than you deserve. If you do not cease, we will stone/excommunicate you, and you will receive a painful retribution from us!"
They said, "Keep your welcome with you, for you have been reminded. Indeed, you are transgressing people."
A man came running from the farthest part of the city, saying: "O my people, follow the messengers."
"Follow those who do not ask you for any wage and they are guided."
"Why should I not serve the One who initiated me, and to Him is your ultimate return?"
"Shall I take gods besides Him? If the Gracious intends any harm for me, their intercession cannot help me in the least, nor can they save me."
"Then I would be clearly astray."
"I have affirmed your Lord, so listen to me!"
It was said, "Enter Paradise." He said "Oh, how I wish my people only knew!"
"Of what my Lord has forgiven me and made me of the honored ones."
We did not send down upon his people after him soldiers from the sky; for there was no need to send them down.
For all it took was one blast, whereupon they were stilled.
Alas for the servants. For every time a messenger went to them, they would ridicule him.
Did they not see how many generations We destroyed before them; do they not go back to them?
How every one of them will be summoned before Us.
A sign for them is the dead land, We revive it and produce from it seeds from which they eat.
We made in it gardens of date palms, and grapes, and We cause springs to gush forth therein.
So that they may eat from its fruits, and what they manufacture with their own hands. Would they be thankful?
Praise be to the One who created all pairs from what the earth sprouts out and from themselves, and from what they do not know.
A sign for them is the night, We remove the daylight from it, whereupon they are in darkness.
The Sun runs to a specific destination, such is the design of the Noble, the Knowledgeable.
The moon: We have measured it to appear in stages, until it returns to being like an old, curved sheath.
The Sun is not required to overtake the Moon, nor will the night precede the day; each of them is swimming in its own orbit.
A sign for them is that We carried their ancestors on the charged Ship.
We created for them of its similarity, to ride in.
If We wished, We could drown them, so that their screaming would not be heard, nor could they be saved.
Except through a mercy from Us, and as an enjoyment for a while.
When they are told: "Be aware of your present and your past, that you may attain mercy."
No matter what sign comes to them from the signs of their Lord, they turn away from it.
When they are told: "Spend from what God has provisioned you." Those who reject say to those who affirm: "Shall we feed those whom God could feed, if He so willed? You are clearly misguided!"
They say, "When is this promise to come, if you are truthful?"
They will not realize it when one blast overwhelms them, while they dispute.
They will not even be able to leave a will, nor will they be able to return to their people.
The horn will be blown, whereupon they will rise from the graves rushing towards their Lord.
They will say, "Woe to us. Who has resurrected us from our resting place? This is what the Gracious had promised. The messengers were truthful!"
It only took one blast, whereupon they are summoned before Us.
On this day, no person will be wronged in the least. You will be recompensed precisely for whatever you did.
The dwellers of Paradise will be, on that day, joyfully busy.
They and their spouses, both will be shaded, reclining on high furnishings.
They will have fruits therein; they will have in it whatever they ask for.
"Peace," a word from a Compassionate Lord.
"As for you, O criminals, you are singled out."
"Did I not pledge to you, O Children of Adam, that you should not serve the devil for he is your most ardent enemy?"
"That you should serve Me? That is a straight path."
"He has misled mountain loads of you. Did you not possess any understanding?"
"This is hell that you have been promised!"
"Burn in it today, as a consequence of your rejection."
Today, We shall seal their mouths, and their hands will speak to Us, and their feet will bear witness to everything they had done.
If We wished, We could blind their eyes, and they would race towards the path, but how would they see?
If We wished, We could freeze them in their place; thus, they can neither move forward, nor go back.
For whomever We grant a long life, We weaken him in body. Do they not understand?
We did not teach him poetry, nor does he need it. This is a reminder and a clear Quran.
To warn those who are alive, and so that the retribution will be deserved by the ingrates.
Did they not see that We created for them with Our own hands livestock which they own?
They were subdued by Us for them. So, some they ride, and some they eat.
They have in them other benefits, as well as drinks. Would they not be appreciative?
They have taken besides God other gods, perhaps they will help them!
They cannot help them. They become to them as foot-soldiers.
So do not be saddened by what they say. We are fully aware of what they conceal and what they declare.
Has the human being not seen that We have created him from a seed, and yet he would become a clear enemy?
He cites an example for Us, while forgetting his own creation! He says: "Who can resurrect the bones while they are dust?"
Say, "The One who made them in the first place will resurrect them. He is fully aware of every creation."
The One who produces for you a fire from the green tree, which you burn.
Is not the One who created the heavens and the earth able to create the like of them? Yes indeed; He is the Creator, the Knowledgeable.
His command, when He wants anything, is to say to it: "Be" and it is!
Therefore, praise be to the One in whose Hand is the sovereignty of all things, and to Him you will be returned.