Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd in (the tribe of) A'ad (there is a portent) when we sent the fatal wind against them.
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Adh-Dhariyat · The Winnowing Winds
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallIt spared naught that it reached, but made it (all) as dust.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd in (the tribe of) Thamud (there is a portent) when it was told them: Take your ease awhile.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallBut they rebelled against their Lord's decree, and so the thunderbolt overtook them even while they gazed;
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd they were unable to rise up, nor could they help themselves.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd the folk of Noah aforetime. Lo! they were licentious folk.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWe have built the heaven with might, and We it is Who make the vast extent (thereof).
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd the earth have We laid out, how gracious is the Spreader (thereof)!
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd all things We have created by pairs, that haply ye may reflect.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallTherefor flee unto Allah; lo! I am a plain warner unto you from him.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd set not any other god along with Allah; lo! I am a plain warner unto you from Him.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallEven so there came no messenger unto those before them but they said: A wizard or a madman!
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallHave they handed down (the saying) as an heirloom one unto another? Nay, but they are froward folk.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallSo withdraw from them (O Muhammad), for thou art in no wise blameworthy,
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd warn, for warning profiteth believers.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallI created the jinn and humankind only that they might worship Me.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallI seek no livelihood from them, nor do I ask that they should feed Me.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallLo! Allah! He it is that giveth livelihood, the Lord of unbreakable might.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd lo! for those who (now) do wrong there is an evil day like unto the evil day (which came for) their likes (of old); so let them not ask Me to hasten on (that day).
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd woe unto those who disbelieve, from (that) their day which they are promised.
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Quran text: Tanzil Quran Text (Uthmani), tanzil.net – CC BY 3.0, unchanged. Translation: The Meaning of the Glorious Koran, Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall – Public domain (published 1930).
