After him We did not send any army from heaven against his people, nor were We about to

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there was just one blast, and they fell down lifeless

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Alas for human beings! Whenever a messenger comes to them they ridicule him

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Do they not see how many generations We have destroyed before them, none of whom will ever come back to them

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[Yet] all of them will be brought before Us

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There is a sign for them in the lifeless earth: We give it life and We produce grain from it for them to eat

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We have put gardens of date palms and grapes in the earth, and We have made springs of water gush out of it

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so that they could eat its fruit. It was not their own hands that made all this. How can they not give thanks

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Glory be to Him who created all the pairs of things that the earth produces, as well as themselves and other things they do not know about

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The night is also a sign for them: We strip the daylight from it, and- lo and behold!- they are in darkness

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The sun, too, runs its determined course laid down for it by the Almighty, the All Knowing

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We have determined phases for the moon until finally it becomes like an old date-stalk

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The sun cannot overtake the moon, nor can the night outrun the day: each floats in [its own] orbit

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