Ad-Dukhan

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Then they turned away from him, and said, “(He is) tutored, crazy.”
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(Well,) We are going to remove the punishment for a while, (but) you will certainly go back (to your original position).
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(Then,) the day We will seize (you) with the greatest seizure, We will take vengeance.
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And We tested the people of Fir‘aun (Pharaoh) prior to them, and a noble messenger came to them
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saying, “Deliver to me the servants of Allah. I am an honest messenger to you,”
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and saying, “Do not be haughty against Allah. I bring to you a clear proof.
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And I have sought refuge with my Lord and your Lord, lest you stone me to death.
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And if you do not believe in me, then keep away from me.”
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Then he prayed to his Lord saying, “These are a guilty people.”
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(So, Allah answered his prayer saying,) “Now, take away my servants at night. You will certainly be chased,
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and leave the sea in the state of stillness; they are an army that is sure to be drowned.”
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How many gardens and fountains have they left behind-
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- and how many fields and noble sites,
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