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Ya, Seen. ^[1]

By the wise Qur'an. ^[2]

Indeed you, [O Muhammad], are from among the messengers, ^[3]

On a straight path. ^[4]

[This is] a revelation of the Exalted in Might, the Merciful, ^[5]

That you may warn a people whose forefathers were not warned, so they are unaware. ^[6]

Already the word has come into effect upon most of them, so they do not believe. ^[7]

Indeed, We have put shackles on their necks, and they are to their chins, so they are with heads [kept] aloft. ^[8]

And We have put before them a barrier and behind them a barrier and covered them, so they do not see. ^[9]

And it is all the same for them whether you warn them or do not warn them - they will not believe. ^[10]

You can only warn one who follows the message and fears the Most Merciful unseen. So give him good tidings of forgiveness and noble reward. ^[11]

Indeed, it is We who bring the dead to life and record what they have put forth and what they left behind, and all things We have enumerated in a clear register. ^[12]

And present to them an example: the people of the city, when the messengers came to it - ^[13]

When We sent to them two but they denied them, so We strengthened them with a third, and they said, "Indeed, we are messengers to you." ^[14]

They said, "You are not but human beings like us, and the Most Merciful has not revealed a thing. You are only telling lies." ^[15]

They said, "Our Lord knows that we are messengers to you, ^[16]

And we are not responsible except for clear notification." ^[17]

They said, "Indeed, we consider you a bad omen. If you do not desist, we will surely stone you, and there will surely touch you, from us, a painful punishment." ^[18]

They said, "Your omen is with yourselves. Is it because you were reminded? Rather, you are a transgressing people." ^[19]

And there came from the farthest end of the city a man, running. He said, "O my people, follow the messengers. ^[20]