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1.  *     I, Allah, am the Seer. These are the verses of the Book and (of) a Qur’an that makes manifest.
 
2.  *     Often will those who disbelieve wish that they were Muslims.
 
3.  *     Leave them to eat and enjoy themselves, and let (false) hope beguile them, for they will soon know.
 
4.  *     And never did We destroy a town but it had a decree made known.
 
5.  *     No people can hasten on their doom, nor can they postpone (it).
 
6.  *     And they say: O thou to whom the Reminder is revealed, thou art indeed mad.
 
7.  *     Why bringest thou not the angels to us, if thou art of the truthful?
 
8.  *     We send not angels but with truth, and then they would not be respited.
 
9.  *     Surely We have revealed the Reminder, and surely We are its Guardian.
 
10.  *     And certainly We sent (messengers) before thee among the sects of yore.
 
11.  *     And there never came a messenger to them but they mocked him.
 
12.  *     Thus do We make it enter the hearts of the guilty --
 
13.  *     They believe not in it; and the example of the ancients has gone before.
 
14.  *     And even if We open to them a gate of heaven, and they keep on ascending into it,
 
15.  *     They would say: Only our eyes have been covered over, rather we are an enchanted people.
 
16.  *     And certainly We have made strongholds in the heaven, and We have made it fair-seeming to the beholders,
 
17.  *     And We guard it against every accursed devil,
 
18.  *     But he who steals a hearing; so there follows him a visible flame.
 
19.  *     And the earth -- We have spread it out and made in it firm mountains and caused to grow in it of every suitable thing.
 
20.  *     And We have made in it means of subsistence for you and for him for whom you provide not.
 
21.  *     And there is not a thing but with Us are the treasures of it, and We send it not down but in a known measure.
 
22.  *     And We send the winds fertilizing, then send down water from the clouds, so We give it to you to drink; not is it you who store it up.
 
23.  *     And surely it is We, Who give life and cause death, and We are the Inheritors.
 
24.  *     And certainly We know those among you who go forward and We certainly know those who lag behind.
 
25.  *     And surely thy Lord will gather them together. He indeed is Wise, Knowing.
 
26.  *     And surely We created man of sounding clay, of black mud fashioned into shape.
 
27.  *     And the jinn, We created before of intensely hot fire.
 
28.  *     And when thy Lord said to the angels: I am going to create a mortal of sounding clay, of black mud fashioned into shape.
 
29.  *     So when I have made him complete and breathed into him of My spirit, fall down making obeisance to him.
 
30.  *     So the angels made obeisance, all of them together --
 
31.  *     But Iblis (did it not). He refused to be with those who made obeisance.
 
32.  *     He said: O Iblis, what is the reason that thou art not with those who make obeisance?
 
33.  *     He said: I am not going to make obeisance to a mortal, whom Thou has created of sounding clay, of black mud fashioned into shape.
 
34.  *     He said: Then go forth, for surely thou art driven away,
 
35.  *     And surely on thee is a curse till the day of Judgment.
 
36.  *     He said: My Lord, respite me till the time when they are raised.
 
37.  *     He said: Surely thou art of the respited one,
 
38.  *     Till the period of the time made known.
 
39.  *     He said: My Lord, as Thou has judged me erring, I shall certainly make (evil) fair-seeming to them on earth, and I shall cause them all to deviate,
 
40.  *     Except Thy servants from among them, the purified ones.
 
41.  *     He said: This is a right way with Me.
 
42.  *     As regards My servants, thou has no authority over them except such of the deviators as follow thee.
 
43.  *     And surely hell is the promised place for them all --
 
44.  *     It has seven gates. For each gate is an appointed portion of them.
 
45.  *     Surely those who keep their duty are in Gardens and fountains.
 
46.  *     Enter them in peace, secure.
 
47.  *     And We shall root out whatever of rancour is in their breasts -- as brethren, on raised couches, face to face.
 
48.  *     Toil afflicts them not therein, nor will they be ejected therefrom.
 
49.  *     Inform My servants that I am the Forgiving, the Merciful,
 
50.  *     And that My chastisement -- that is the painful chastisement.
 
51.  *     And inform them of the guests of Abraham.
 
52.  *     When they entered upon him, they said, Please! He said: We are afraid of you.
 
53.  *     They said: Be not afraid, we give thee good news of a boy, possessing knowledge.
 
54.  *     He said: Do you give me good news when old age has come upon me? Of what then do you give me good news?
 
55.  *     They said: We give thee good news with truth, so be not thou of the despairing ones.
 
56.  *     He said: And who despairs of the mercy of his Lord but the erring ones?
 
57.  *     He said: What is your business, then, O messengers?
 
58.  *     They said: We have been sent to a guilty people,
 
59.  *     Except Lot’s followers. We shall deliver them all,
 
60.  *     Except his wife: We ordained that she shall surely be of those who remain behind.
 
61.  *     So when the messengers came to Lot’s followers,
 
62.  *     He said: Surely you are an unknown people.
 
63.  *     They said: Nay, we have come to thee with that about which they disputed.
 
64.  *     And we have come to thee with the truth, and we are surely truthful.
 
65.  *     So travel with thy followers for a part of the night and thyself follow their rear; and let not any one of you turn round, and go whither you are commanded.
 
66.  *     And We made known to him this decree, that the roots of these should be cut off in the morning.
 
67.  *     And the people of the town came rejoicing.
 
68.  *     He said: These are my guests, so disgrace me not,
 
69.  *     And keep your duty to Allah and shame me not.
 
70.  *     They said: Did we not forbid thee from (entertaining) people?
 
71.  *     He said: These are my daughters, if you will do (aught).
 
72.  *     By thy life! they blindly wandered on in their frenzy.
 
73.  *     So the cry overtook them at sunrise;
 
74.  *     Thus We turned it upside down and rained upon them hard stones.
 
75.  *     Surely in this are signs for those who take a lesson.
 
76.  *     And it is on a road that still abides.
 
77.  *     Verily therein is a sign for the believers.
 
78.  *     And the dwellers of the thicket were indeed iniquitous:
 
79.  *     So We inflicted retribution on them. And they are both on an open high road.
 
80.  *     And the dwellers of the Rock indeed rejected the messengers;
 
81.  *     And We gave them Our messages, but they turned away from them:
 
82.  *     And they hewed houses in the mountains, in security.
 
83.  *     So the cry overtook them in the morning;
 
84.  *     And what they earned availed them not.
 
85.  *     And We created not the heavens and the earth and what is between them but with truth. And the Hour is surely coming, so turn away with kindly forgiveness.
 
86.  *     Surely thy Lord -- He is the Creator, the Knower.
 
87.  *     And certainly We have given thee seven oft-repeated (verses) and the grand Qur’an.
 
88.  *     Strain not thine eyes at what We have given certain classes of them to enjoy, and grieve not for them, and make thyself gentle to the believers.
 
89.  *     And say: I am indeed the plain Wagner.
 
90.  *     Like as We sent down on them who took oaths,
 
91.  *     Those who divided the Qur’an into parts.
 
92.  *     So, by thy Lord! We shall question them all.
 
93.  *     As to what they did.
 
94.  *     Therefore declare openly what thou art commanded, and turn away from he polytheists.
 
95.  *     Surely We are sufficient for thee against the scoffers --
 
96.  *     Those who set up another god with Allah; so they will come to know.
 
97.  *     And We know indeed that thy breast straitens at what they say;
 
98.  *     So celebrate the praise of thy Lord, and be of those who make obeisance.
 
99.  *     And serve thy Lord, until there comes to thee that which is certain.