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Sura Liv. Qamar, Or The Moon. Section 2

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"The Holy Quran", tr. by Yusuf Ali, [1934],

Sra Liv.: Qamar, Or The Moon.

Section 2

23.
Kaththabat thamoodu biALnnuthurI

23.
The Thamd (also)

Rejected (their) Warners.

24.
Faqaloo abasharan minna wahidan nattabiAAuhu inna ithan lafee dalalin wasuAAurIn

24.
For they said: "What!

A man! a solitary one

From among ourselves!

Shall we follow such a one?

Truly should we then be

Straying in mind, and mad!

25.
Aolqiya aLththikru AAalayhi min baynina bal huwa kaththabun ashirUn

25.
\"Is it that the Message

Is sent to him,

Of all people amongst us?

Nay, he is a liar,

An insolent one!"

26. SayaAAlamoona ghadan mani alkaththabu al-ashirU

26.
Ah! they will know

On the morrow, which is

The liar, the insolent one!

27.
Inna mursiloo aLnnaqati fitnatan lahum faIrtaqibhum waIstabir

27.
For We will send

The she-camel

By way of trial for them.

So watch them, (O li),

And possess thyself in patience!

28.
Wanabbi/hum anna almaa qismatun baynahum kullu shirbin muhtadarUn

28.
And tell them that

The water is to be

Divided between them:


Each one's right to drink

Being brought forward

(By suitable turns).

29.
Fanadaw sahibahum fataAAata faAAaqarA

29.
But they called

To their companion,

And he took a sword

In hand, and hamstrung (her).

30.
Fakayfa kana AAathabee wanuthurI

30.
Ah! how (terrible) was

My Penalty and My Warning!

31.
Inna arsalna AAalayhim sayhatan wahidatan fakanoo kahasheemi almuhta"th"irI

31.
For We sent against them

A single Mighty Blast,

And they became

Like the dry stubble used

By one who pens cattle.

32.
Walaqad yassarna alqur-ana liLththikri fahal min muddakirIn

32.
And we have indeed

Made the Qur-n easy

To understand and remember:


Then is there any that

Will receive admonition?

33.
Kaththabat qawmu lootin biALnnuthurI

33.
The People of L

Rejected (his) Warning.

34.
Inna arsalna AAalayhim hasiban illa ala lootin najjaynahum bisaharIn

34.
We sent against them

A violent tornado

With showers of stones,

(Which destroyed them), except

L's household: them We

Delivered by early Dawn,--

35.
NiAAmatan min AAindina kathalika najzee man shakarA

35. As a Grace from Us:


Thus do We reward

Those who give thanks.

36.
Walaqad antharahum batshatana fatamaraw biALnnuthurI

36.
And (L) did warn them

Of Our Punishment, but

They disputed about the Warning.

37.
Walaqad rawadoohu AAan dayfihi fatamasna aAAyunahum fathooqoo AAathabee wanuthurI

37.
And they even sought

To snatch away his guests

From him, but We blinded

Their eyes. (They heard:)

"Now taste ye My Wrath

And My Warning.
"

38. Walaqad sabbahahum bukratan AAathabun mustaqirrUn

38.
Early on the morrow

An abiding Punishment

Seized them:


39.
Fathooqoo AAathabee wanuthurI

39.
\"So taste ye My Wrath

And My Warning."

40. Walaqad yassarna alqur-ana liLththikri fahal min muddakirIn

40.
And We have indeed

Made the Qur-n easy

To understand and remember:


Then is there any that

Will receive admonition?

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