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penned on an unrolled parchment;
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by the Visited House,²
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and the swelling sea,
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your Lord‘s punishment shall surely come to pass!
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No power shall ward it off
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On that day the heaven will shake and reel,
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and the mountains move and pass away.
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Woe betide on that day the unbelievers
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who now divert themselves with profane talk
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On that day they shall be hurled into the fire of Hell
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This is the Fire which you denied
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Is this sorcery, or can you not see
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Burn in its flames. It is the same whether or not you show forbearance. You shall be recompensed according only to your deeds.‘
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But in fair Gardens the righteous shall dwell in bliss, rejoicing in what their Lord will give them
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Their Lord will shield them from the scourge of Hell
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Eat and drink to your hearts‘ content, in recompense for what you did.‘
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They shall recline on couches ranged in rows. To dark-eyed houris We shall wed them
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We shall unite the true believers with those of their descendants who follow them in their faith, and shall not deny them the reward of their good works; each man is the hostage of his own deeds
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Fruits We shall give them, and such meats as they desire
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They will pass from hand to hand a cup inspiring no idle talk, no sinful urge
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and there shall wait on them young boys of their own, as fair as virgin pearls
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They will approach one another, asking questions
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When we were living among our kin,‘ they will say, ‘we were troubled by many fears
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But God has been gracious to us; He has preserved us from the fiery scourge
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for we prayed to Him in days gone by. He alone is the Beneficent One, the Compassionate.‘
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Therefore give warning. By the grace of God, you are neither soothsayer nor madman
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Or do they say: ‘He is but a poet: we are waiting for the uncertainty of Fate to befall him‘
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Say: ‘Wait if you will; I will wait with you.‘
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Or does their reason bid them say this? Or is it that they are wicked people
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Or do they say: ‘He has invented it¹ himself‘? Indeed, they have no faith
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Let them produce a scripture like it, if what they say be true
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Or were they created out of the void? Or were they their own creators
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Or did they create the heavens and the earth? Surely they have no faith
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Or do they hold the treasures of your Lord, and have control absolute
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Or have they a ladder by means of which they overhear Him? Let their eavesdropper bring a positive proof
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Is He to have the daughters and you² the sons
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Or are you³ demanding payment of them, that they should fear to be weighed down with debts
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Or have they knowledge of what is hidden? Can they write it down
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Or are they scheming? It is the unbelievers‘ schemes that shall come to nothing
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Or have they a deity other than God? Exalted be God above their idols
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And if they saw a piece of heaven falling down, they would still say: ‘It is but a pile of clouds!‘
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So let them be, until they face the day when they shall stand dumbfounded
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the day when their schemes shall be of no avail to them; and they shall not be helped
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And besides this a scourge awaits the wrongdoers, though most of them do not know it
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Await with patience the judgement of your Lord: you are ever in Our sight. And give glory to your Lord when you rise
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in the night-time praise Him, and at the setting of the stars
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