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1.  *     By those ranging in ranks,
 
2.  *     And those who restrain holding in restraint,
 
3.  *     And those who recite the Reminder,
 
4.  *     Surely your God is One.
 
5.  *     The Lord of the heavens and the earth and what is between them, and the Lord of the eastern lands.
 
6.  *     Surely We have adorned the lower heaven with an adornment, the stars,
 
7.  *     And (there is) a safeguard against every rebellious devil.
 
8.  *     They cannot listen to the exalted assembly and they are reproached from every side,
 
9.  *     Driven off; and for them is a perpetual chastisement,
 
10.  *     Except him who snatches away but once, then there follows him a brightly shining flame.
 
11.  *     So ask them whether they are stronger in creation or those (others) whom We have created. Surely We created them of firm clay.
 
12.  *     Nay, thou wonderest, while they mock,
 
13.  *     And when they are reminded, they mind not,
 
14.  *     And when they see a sign, they seek to scoff,
 
15.  *     And say: This is nothing but clear enchantment.
 
16.  *     When we are dead and have become dust and bones, shall we then be raised,
 
17.  *     Or our fathers of yore?
 
18.  *     Say: Yea, and you will be humiliated.
 
19.  *     So it will be but one cry, when lo! they will see.
 
20.  *     And they will say: O woe to us! This is the day of Requital.
 
21.  *     This is the day of Judgment, which you called a lie.
 
22.  *     Gather together those who did wrong and their associates, and what they worshipped
 
23.  *     Besides Allah, then lead them to the way to hell.
 
24.  *     And stop them, for they shall be questioned:
 
25.  *     What is the matter with you that you help not one another?
 
26.  *     Nay, on that day they will be submissive.
 
27.  *     And some of them will turn to others mutually questioning --
 
28.  *     Saying: Surely you used to come to us from the right side.
 
29.  *     They will say: Nay, you (yourselves) were not believers.
 
30.  *     And we had no authority over you, but you were an inordinate people.
 
31.  *     So the word of our Lord has proved true against us: we shall surely taste.
 
32.  *     We led you astray, for we ourselves were erring.
 
33.  *     So, that day they will be sharers in the chastisement.
 
34.  *     Thus do We deal with the guilty.
 
35.  *     They indeed were arrogant, when it was said to them: There is no god but Allah;
 
36.  *     And said: Shall we give up our gods for a mad poet?
 
37.  *     Nay, he has brought the Truth and verifies the messengers.
 
38.  *     Surely you will taste the painful chastisement.
 
39.  *     And you are requited naught but for what you did --
 
40.  *     Save the servants of Allah, the purified ones.
 
41.  *     For them is a known sustenance:
 
42.  *     Fruits. And they are honoured,
 
43.  *     In Gardens of delight,
 
44.  *     On thrones, facing each other.
 
45.  *     A bowl of running water will be made to go round them,
 
46.  *     White, delicious to those who drink.
 
47.  *     It deprives not of reason, nor are they exhausted therewith.
 
48.  *     And with them are those modest in gaze, having beautiful eyes,
 
49.  *     As if they were eggs, carefully protected.
 
50.  *     Then some of them will turn to others, questioning mutually.
 
51.  *     A speaker of them will say: Surely I had a comrade,
 
52.  *     Who said: Art thou indeed of those who accept?
 
53.  *     When we are dead and have become dust and bones, shall we then be requited?
 
54.  *     He will say: Will you look?
 
55.  *     Then he looked down and saw him in the midst of hell.
 
56.  *     He will say: By Allah! thou hadst almost caused me to perish;
 
57.  *     And had it not been for favour of my Lord, I should have been among those brought up.
 
58.  *     Are we not to die,
 
59.  *     Except our previous death? And are we not to be chastised?
 
60.  *     Surely this is the mighty achievement.
 
61.  *     For the like of this, then, let the workers work.
 
62.  *     Is this the better entertainment or the tree of Zaqqum?
 
63.  *     Surely We have made it a trial for the wrongdoers.
 
64.  *     It is a tree that grows in the bottom of hell --
 
65.  *     Then truly they will eat of it and fill (their) bellies with it.
 
66.  *     Then surely they shall have after it a drink of boiling water.
 
67.  *     Then their return is surely to the flaming Fire.
 
68.  *     They indeed found their fathers astray,
 
69.  *     So in their footsteps they are hastening on.
 
70.  *     And most of the ancients surely went astray before them,
 
71.  *     And indeed We sent among them warners.
 
72.  *     Then see what was the end of those warned --
 
73.  *     Except the servants of Allah, the purified ones.
 
74.  *     And Noah certainly called upon Us, and excellent Answerer of prayers are We!
 
75.  *     Its produce is as it were the heads of serpents.
 
76.  *     And We delivered him and his people from the great distress;
 
77.  *     And made his offspring the survivors,
 
78.  *     And left for him (praise) among the later generations,
 
79.  *     Peace be to Noah among the nations!
 
80.  *     Thus indeed do We reward the doers of good.
 
81.  *     Surely he was of Our believing servants.
 
82.  *     Then We drowned the others.
 
83.  *     And surely of his party was Abraham.
 
84.  *     When he came to his Lord with a secure heart.
 
85.  *     When he said to his sire and his people: What is it that you worship?
 
86.  *     A lie -- gods besides Allah do you desire?
 
87.  *     What is then your idea about the Lord of the worlds?
 
88.  *     Then he glanced a glance at the stars,
 
89.  *     And said: Surely I am sick (of your deities).
 
90.  *     So they turned their backs on him, going away.
 
91.  *     Then he turned to their gods and said: Do you not eat?
 
92.  *     What is the matter with you that you speak not?
 
93.  *     So he turned upon them, smiting with the right hand.
 
94.  *     Then they came to him, hastening.
 
95.  *     He said: Do you worship that which you hew out?
 
96.  *     And Allah has created you and what you make.
 
97.  *     They said: Build for him a building, then cast him into the flaming fire.
 
98.  *     And they designed a plan against him, but We brought them low.
 
99.  *     And he said: Surely I flee to my Lord -- He will guide me.
 
100.  *     My Lord, grant me a doer of good deeds.
 
101.  *     So We gave him the good news of a forbearing son.
 
102.  *     But when he became of (age to) work with him, he said: O my son, I have seen in a dream that I should sacrifice thee: so consider what thou seest. He said: O my father, do as thou art commanded; if Allah please, thou wilt find me patient.
 
103.  *     So when they both submitted and he had thrown him down upon his forehead,
 
104.  *     And We called out to him saying, O Abraham,
 
105.  *     Thou has indeed fulfilled the vision. Thus do We reward the doers of good.
 
106.  *     Surely this is a manifest trial.
 
107.  *     And We ransomed him with a great sacrifice.
 
108.  *     And We granted him among the later generations (the salutation),
 
109.  *     Peace to be Abraham!
 
110.  *     Thus do We reward the doers of good.
 
111.  *     Surely he was one of Our believing servants.
 
112.  *     And We gave him the good news of Isaac, a prophet, a righteous one.
 
113.  *     And We blessed him and Isaac. And of their offspring some are doers of good, but some are clearly unjust to themselves.
 
114.  *     And certainly We conferred a favour on Moses and Aaron.
 
115.  *     And We delivered them, and their people from the mighty distress.
 
116.  *     And We helped them, so they were the vanquishers.
 
117.  *     And We gave them both the clear Book.
 
118.  *     And We guided them on the right way.
 
119.  *     And We granted them among the later generations (the salutation),
 
120.  *     Peace be to Moses and Aaron!
 
121.  *     Thus do We reward the doers of good.
 
122.  *     Surely they were both of Our believing servants.
 
123.  *     And Elias was surely of those sent.
 
124.  *     When he said to his people: Will you not guard against evil?
 
125.  *     Do you call upon Ba’l and forsake the Best of the creators,
 
126.  *     Allah, your Lord and the Lord of your fathers of yore?
 
127.  *     But they rejected him, so they shall be brought up,
 
128.  *     But not the servants of Allah, the purified ones.
 
129.  *     And We granted him among the later generations (the salutation),
 
130.  *     Peace be to Elias!
 
131.  *     Even thus We reward the doers of good.
 
132.  *     Surely he was one of Our believing servants.
 
133.  *     And Lot was surely of those sent.
 
134.  *     When We delivered him and his people, all --
 
135.  *     Except an old woman among those who remained behind.
 
136.  *     Then We destroyed the others.
 
137.  *     And surely you pass by them in the morning,
 
138.  *     And at night. Do you not then understand?
 
139.  *     And Jonah was surely of those sent.
 
140.  *     When he fled to the laden ship,
 
141.  *     So he shared with others but was of those cast away.
 
142.  *     So the fish took him into its mouth while he was blamable.
 
143.  *     But had he not been of those who glorify (Us),
 
144.  *     He would have tarried in its belly till the day when they are raised.
 
145.  *     Then We cast him on the naked shore, while he was sick.
 
146.  *     And We caused a gourd to grow up for him.
 
147.  *     And We sent him to a hundred thousand or more.
 
148.  *     And they believed, so We gave them provision till a time.
 
149.  *     Now ask them whether thy Lord has daughters and they have sons?
 
150.  *     Or did We create the angels females, while they witnessed?
 
151.  *     Now surely it is of their own lie that they say:
 
152.  *     Allah has begotten. And truly they are liars.
 
153.  *     Has He preferred daughters to sons?
 
154.  *     What is the matter with you? How you judge!
 
155.  *     Will you not then mind?
 
156.  *     Or have you a clear authority?
 
157.  *     Then bring your Book, if you are truthful.
 
158.  *     And they assert a relationship between Him and the jinn. And certainly the jinn know that they will be brought up (for judgment) --
 
159.  *     Glory be to Allah from what they describe! --
 
160.  *     But not so the servants of Allah, the purified ones.
 
161.  *     So surely you and that which you serve,
 
162.  *     Not against Him can you cause (any) to fall into trial,
 
163.  *     Save him who will burn in the flaming Fire.
 
164.  *     And there is none of us but has an assigned place,
 
165.  *     And we truly glorify (Him).
 
166.  *     And surely they used to say:
 
167.  *     Had we a reminder from those of yore,
 
168.  *     We would have been sincere servants of Allah.
 
169.  *     But (now) they disbelieve in it, so they will come to know.
 
170.  *     And certainly Our word has already gone forth to Our servants, to those sent,
 
171.  *     That they, surely they, will be helped,
 
172.  *     And Our hosts, surely they, will be triumphant.
 
173.  *     So turn away from them till a time,
 
174.  *     And watch them, they too will see.
 
175.  *     Would they hasten on Our chastisement?
 
176.  *     So when it descends in their court, evil will be the morning of the warned ones.
 
177.  *     And turn away from them till a time,
 
178.  *     And watch, for they too will see.
 
179.  *     Glory be to thy Lord, the Lord of Might, above what they describe!
 
180.  *     And peace be to those sent!
 
181.  *     And praise be to Allah, the Lord of the worlds!
 
182.  *     And verily we are ranged in ranks,