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1.  *     By those scattering broadcast!
 
2.  *     And those bearing the load!
 
3.  *     And those running easily!
 
4.  *     And those distributing the Affair! --
 
5.  *     What you are promised is surely true,
 
6.  *     And the Judgment will surely come to pass.
 
7.  *     By the heaven full of paths!
 
8.  *     Surely you are of warying opinion --
 
9.  *     He is turned away from it who would be turned away.
 
10.  *     Cursed by the liars!
 
11.  *     Who are in an abyss, neglectful;
 
12.  *     They ask: When is the day of Judgment?
 
13.  *     (It is) the day when they are tried at the Fire.
 
14.  *     Taste your persecution! This is what you would hasten on.
 
15.  *     Surely the dutiful are amidst Gardens and fountains,
 
16.  *     Taking that which their Lord gives them. Surely they were before that the doers of good.
 
17.  *     The used to sleep but little at night.
 
18.  *     And in the morning they asked (Divine) protection.
 
19.  *     And in their wealth there was a due share for the beggar and for one who is denied (good).
 
20.  *     And in the earth are signs for those who are sure,
 
21.  *     And in yourselves -- do you not see?
 
22.  *     And in the heavens is your sustenance and that which you are promised.
 
23.  *     So by the Lord of the heavens and the earth! it is surely the truth, just as you speak.
 
24.  *     Has the story of Abraham’s honoured guests reached thee?
 
25.  *     When they came to him, they said: Peace! Peace! said he. Strangers!
 
26.  *     Then he turned aside to his family and brought a fat calf.
 
27.  *     So he placed it before them. He said: Will you not eat?
 
28.  *     So he conceived a fear of them. They said: Fear not. And they gave him the good news of a boy possessing knowledge.
 
29.  *     Then his wife came up in grief, and she smote her face and said: A barren old woman!
 
30.  *     They said: Thus says thy Lord. Surely He is the Wise, the Knowing.
 
31.  *     He said: What is your errand, O messengers!
 
32.  *     They said: We have been sent to a guilty people
 
33.  *     That we may send upon them stones of clay.
 
34.  *     Marked from thy Lord for the prodigal.
 
35.  *     Then we brought forth such believers as were there.
 
36.  *     And We found there but a (single) house of Muslims.
 
37.  *     And We left therein a sign for those who fear the painful chastisement.
 
38.  *     And in Moses, when We sent him to Pharaoh with clear authority.
 
39.  *     But he turned away on account of his might and said: An enchanter or a madman!
 
40.  *     So We seized him and his hosts and hurled them into the sea, and he was blameable.
 
41.  *     And in ‘Ad, when We sent upon them the destructive wind.
 
42.  *     It spared naught that it came against, but it made it like ashes.
 
43.  *     And in Thamud, when it was said to them: Enjoy yourselves for a while.
 
44.  *     But they revolted against the commandment of their Lord, so the punishment overtook them, while they saw.
 
45.  *     So they were unable to rise up, nor could they defend themselves;
 
46.  *     And the people of Noah before. Surely they were a transgressing people.
 
47.  *     And the heaven, We raised it high with power, and We are Makers of the vast extent.
 
48.  *     And the earth, We have spread it out. How well We prepared it!
 
49.  *     And of everything We have created pairs that you may be mindful.
 
50.  *     So flee to Allah. Surely I am a plain warner to you from Him.
 
51.  *     And do not set up with Allah another god. Surely I am a plain warner to you from Him.
 
52.  *     Thus there came not a messenger to those before them but they said: An enchanter or a madman!
 
53.  *     Have they charged each other with this? Nay, they are an inordinate people.
 
54.  *     So turn away from them, for thou art not to blame;
 
55.  *     And remind, for reminding profits the believers.
 
56.  *     And I have not created the jinn and the men except that they should serve Me.
 
57.  *     I desire no sustenance from them, nor do I desire that they should feed Me.
 
58.  *     Surely Allah is the Bestower of sustenance, the Lord of Power, the Strong.
 
59.  *     Surely the lot of the wrongdoers is as was the lot of their companions, so let them not ask Me to hasten on.
 
60.  *     Woe, then, to those who disbelieve because of that day of theirs which they are promised!