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15:1  Alif Lam Ra. Those are the signs of the Book and of a manifest Koran
15:2  Perchance the unbelievers will wish that they had surrendered
15:3  leave them to eat, and to take their joy, and to be bemused by hope; certainly they will soon know
15:4  Never a city have We destroyed, but it had a known decree
15:5  and no nation outstrips its term, nor do they put it back
15:6  They say: 'Thou, upon whom the Remembrance is sent down, thou art assuredly possessed
15:7  Why dost thou not bring the angels unto us, if thou speakest truly?
15:8  We send not down the angels, save with truth
15:9  then they would not be respited. It is We who have sent down the Remembrance, and We watch over it
15:10  Indeed, We sent Messengers before thee, among the factions of the ancients
15:11  and not a single Messenger came to them, but they mocked at him
15:12  even so We cause it to enter into the hearts of the sinners -
15:13  they believe not in it, though the wont of the ancients is already gone
15:14  Though We opened to them a gate in heaven, and still they mounted through it
15:15  yet would they say, 'Our eyes have been dazzled; nay, we are a people bewitched!
15:16  We have set in heaven constellations and decked them out fair to the beholders
15:17  and guarded them from every accursed Sata
15:18  excepting such as listens by stealth -- and he is pursued by a manifest flame
15:19  And the earth -- We stretched it forth, and cast on it firm mountains, and We caused to grow therein of every thing justly weighed
15:20  and there appointed for you livelihood, and for those you provide not for
15:21  Naught is there, but its treasuries are with Us, and We send it not down but in a known measure
15:22  And We loose the winds fertilising, and We send down out of heaven water, then We give it to you to drink, and you are not its treasurers
15:23  It is We who give life, and make to die, and it is We who are the inheritors
15:24  We know the ones of you who press forward, and We know the laggards
15:25  and it is thy Lord shall muster them, and He is All-wise, All-knowing
15:26  Surely We created man of a clay of mud moulded
15:27  and the jinn created We before of fire flaming
15:28  And when thy Lord said to the angels, 'See, I am creating a mortal of a clay of mud moulded
15:29  When I have shaped him, and breathed My spirit in him, fall you down, bowing before him!
15:30  Then the angels bowed themselves all together
15:31  save Iblis; he refused to be among those bowing
15:32  Said He, 'What ails thee, Iblis, that thou art not among those bowing?
15:33  Said he, 'I would never bow myself before a mortal whom Thou hast created of a clay of mud moulded.
15:34  Said He, 'Then go thou forth hence; thou art accursed
15:35  Upon thee shall rest the curse, till the Day of Doom.
15:36  Said he, 'My Lord, respite me till the day they shall be raised.
15:37  Said He, 'Thou art among the ones that are respite
15:38  unto the day of a known time.
15:39  Said he, 'My Lord, for Thy perverting me I shall deck all fair to them in the earth, and I shall pervert them, all together
15:40  excepting those Thy servants among them that are devoted
15:41  Said He, 'This is for Me a straight path
15:42  over My servants thou shalt have no authority, except those that follow thee
15:43  being perverse; Gehenna shall be their promised land all together
15:44  Seven gates it has, and unto each gate a set portion of them belongs.
15:45  But the godfearing shall be amidst gardens and fountains
15:46  'Enter you them, in peace and security!
15:47  We shall strip away all rancour that is in their breasts; as brothers they shall be upon couches set face to face
15:48  no fatigue there shall smite them, neither shall they ever be driven forth from there
15:49  Tell My servants I am the All-forgiving, the All-compassionate
15:50  and that My chastisement is the painful chastisement
15:51  And tell them of the guests of Abraham
15:52  when they entered unto him, saying, 'Peace!' He said, 'Behold, we are afraid of you.
15:53  They said, 'Be not afraid; behold, we give thee good tidings of a cunning boy.
15:54  He said, 'What, do you give me good tidings, though old age has smitten me? Of what do yo
15:55  give me good tidings?' They said, 'We give thee good tidings of truth. Be not of those that despair.
15:56  He said, 'And who despairs of the mercy of his Lord, excepting those that are astray?
15:57  He said, 'And what is your business, envoys?
15:58  They said, 'We have been sent unto a people of sinners
15:59  excepting the folk of Lot; them we shall delive
15:60  all together, excepting his wife -- we have decreed, she shall surely be of those that tarry.
15:61  So, when the envoys came to the folk of Lot
15:62  he said, 'Surely you are a people unknown to me!
15:63  They said, 'Nay, but we have brought thee that concerning which they were doubting
15:64  We have come to thee with the truth, and assuredly we speak truly
15:65  So set forth, thou with thy family, in a watch of the night, and follow after the backs of them, and let not any one of you turn round; and depart unto the place you are commanded.
15:66  And We decreed for him that commandment, that the last remnant of those should be cut off in the morning
15:67  And the people of the city came rejoicing
15:68  He said, 'These are my guests; put me not to shame
15:69  and fear God, and do not degrade me.
15:70  They said, 'Have we not forbidden thee all beings?
15:71  He said, 'These are my daughters, if you would be doing.
15:72  By thy life, they wandered blindly in their dazzlement
15:73  and the Cry seized them at the sunrise
15:74  and We turned it uppermost nethermost and rained on it stones of baked clay
15:75  Surely in that are signs for such as mark
15:76  surely it is on a way yet remaining
15:77  surely in that is a sign for believers
15:78  Certainly the dwellers in the Thicket were evildoers
15:79  and We took vengeance on them. The two of them were upon a roadway manifest
15:80  The dwellers in El-Hijr cried lies to the Envoys
15:81  We brought them. Our signs, and they turned away from them
15:82  They were hewing the mountains into houses, therein dwelling securely
15:83  and the Cry seized them in the morning
15:84  that they earned did not avail them
15:85  We created not the heavens and the earth, and all that is between them, save in truth. Surely the Hour is coming; so pardon thou, with a gracious pardoning
15:86  Surely thy Lord, He is the All-creator, the All-knowing
15:87  We have given thee seven of the oft-repeated, and the mighty Koran
15:88  Stretch not thine eyes to that We have given pairs of them to enjoy; and do not sorrow for them, and lower thy wing unto the believers
15:89  and say, 'Surely, I am the manifest warner.
15:90  So We sent it down to the partitioners
15:91  who have broken the Koran into fragments
15:92  Now by thy Lord, We shall surely question them all togethe
15:93  concerning that they were doing
15:94  So shout that thou art commanded and turn thou away from the idolaters
15:95  We suffice thee against the mockers
15:96  even against those who set up with God another god. Certainly they will soon know
15:97  We know indeed thy breast is straitened by the things they say
15:98  Proclaim thy Lord's praise, and be of those that bow
15:99  and serve thy Lord, until the Certain comes to thee