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ﱁAnd fearﱂthe One Whoﱃcreated youﱄand the generationsﱅthe formerﱆ(184)
And fear the One Who created you and ˹all˺ earlier peoples.”
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ﱇThey saidﱈOnlyﱉyouﱊ(are) ofﱋthose bewitchedﱌ(185)
They replied, “You are simply bewitched!
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ﱍAnd notﱎyouﱏ(are) exceptﱐa manﱑlike usﱒand indeedﱓwe think youﱔsurely (are) ofﱕthe liarsﱖ(186)
Also, you are only a human being like us, and we think you are indeed a liar.
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ﱗThen cause to fallﱘupon usﱙfragmentsﱚofﱛthe skyﱜifﱝyou areﱞofﱟthe truthfulﱠ(187)
So cause ˹deadly˺ pieces of the sky to fall upon us, if what you say is true.”
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ﱡHe saidﱢMy Lordﱣknows bestﱤof whatﱥyou doﱦ(188)
Shu’aib responded, “My Lord knows best whatever you do.”
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ﱧBut they denied himﱨso seized themﱩ(the) punishmentﱪ(of the) dayﱫﱬ(of) the shadowﱭIndeed, itﱮwasﱯ(the) punishmentﱰ(of) a DayﱱGreatﱲ(189)
So they rejected him, and ˹so˺ were overtaken by the torment of the day of the ˹deadly˺ cloud.1 That was really a torment of a tremendous day.
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ﱳIndeedﱴinﱵthatﱶﱷsurely, is a signﱸbut notﱹareﱺmost of themﱻbelieversﱼ(190)
Surely in this is a sign. Yet most of them would not believe.
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ﱽAnd indeedﱾyour Lordﱿsurely, Heﲀ(is) the All-Mightyﲁthe Most Mercifulﲂ(191)
And your Lord is certainly the Almighty, Most Merciful.
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ﲃAnd indeed, itﲄsurely, is a Revelationﲅ(of the) Lordﲆ(of) the worldsﲇ(192)
This is certainly a revelation from the Lord of all worlds,
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ﲈHas brought it downﲉHas brought it downﲊthe Spiritﲋ[the] Trustworthyﲌ(193)
which the trustworthy spirit ˹Gabriel˺ brought down
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ﲍUponﲎyour heartﲏthat you may beﲐofﲑthe warnersﲒ(194)
into your heart ˹O Prophet˺—so that you may be one of the warners—
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ﲓIn languageﲔArabicﲕclearﲖ(195)
in a clear Arabic tongue.
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ﲗAnd indeed, itﲘsurely, (is) inﲙ(the) Scripturesﲚ(of) the former (people)ﲛ(196)
And it has indeed been ˹foretold˺ in the Scriptures of those before.
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ﲜIs it notﲝIs it notﲞto themﲟa signﲠthatﲡknow itﲢ(the) scholarsﲣ(of the) Childrenﲤ(of) Israelﲥ(197)
Was it not sufficient proof for the deniers that it has been recognized by the knowledgeable among the Children of Israel?1
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ﲦAnd ifﲧWe (had) revealed itﲨtoﲩanyﲪ(of) the non-Arabsﲫ(198)
Had We revealed it to a non-Arab,
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ﲬAnd he (had) recited itﲭto themﲮnotﲯthey wouldﲰin itﲱ(be) believersﲲ(199)
who would then recite it to the deniers ˹in fluent Arabic˺, still they would not have believed in it!
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ﲳThusﲴWe have inserted itﲵintoﲶ(the) heartsﲷ(of) the criminalsﲸ(200)
This is how We allow denial ˹to steep˺ into the hearts of the wicked.
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ﲹNotﲺthey will believeﲻin itﲼuntilﲽthey seeﲾthe punishmentﲿ[the] painfulﳀ(201)
They will not believe in it until they see the painful punishment,
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ﳁAnd it will come to themﳂsuddenlyﳃwhile theyﳄ(do) notﳅperceiveﳆ(202)
which will take them by surprise when they least expect ˹it˺.
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ﳇThen they will sayﳈAreﳉweﳊ(to be) reprievedﳋ(203)
Then they will cry, “Can we be allowed more time?”
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ﳌSo is it for Our punishmentﳍthey wish to hastenﳎ(204)
Do they ˹really˺ seek to hasten Our torment?
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ﳏThen have you seenﳐifﳑWe let them enjoyﳒ(for) yearsﳓ(205)
Imagine ˹O Prophet˺ if We allowed them enjoyment for years,
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ﳔThenﳕcomes to themﳖwhatﳗthey wereﳘpromisedﳙ(206)
then there came to them what they had been threatened with: