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1.  *     Of what do they ask one another?
 
2.  *     Of the tremendous announcement
 
3.  *     About which they differ.
 
4.  *     Nay, they will soon know;
 
5.  *     Nay, again, they will soon know.
 
6.  *     Have We not made the earth an expanse
 
7.  *     And the mountains as pegs?
 
8.  *     And we have created you in pairs,
 
9.  *     And made your sleep for rest,
 
10.  *     And made the night a covering,
 
11.  *     And made the day for seeking livelihood.
 
12.  *     And We have made above you seven strong (bodies),
 
13.  *     And made a shining lamp,
 
14.  *     And We send down from the clouds water pouring forth in abundance,
 
15.  *     That We may bring forth thereby grain and herbs,
 
16.  *     And luxuriant gardens.
 
17.  *     Surely the day of Decision is appointed --
 
18.  *     The day when the trumpet is blown, so you come forth in hosts,
 
19.  *     And the heaven is opened so it becomes as doors,
 
20.  *     And the mountains are moved off, so they remain a semblance.
 
21.  *     Surely hell lies in wait,
 
22.  *     A resort for the inordinate,
 
23.  *     Living therein for long years.
 
24.  *     They taste not therein coolness nor drink,
 
25.  *     But boiling and intensely cold water,
 
26.  *     Requital corresponding.
 
27.  *     Surely they feared not the reckoning,
 
28.  *     And rejected Our messages, giving the lie (thereto).
 
29.  *     And We have recorded everything in a book,
 
30.  *     So taste, for We shall add to you naught but chastisement.
 
31.  *     Surely for those who keep their duty is achievement,
 
32.  *     Gardens and vineyards,
 
33.  *     And youthful (companions), equals in age,
 
34.  *     And a pure cup.
 
35.  *     They hear not therein vain words, nor lying --
 
36.  *     A reward from thy Lord, a gift sufficient;
 
37.  *     The Lord of the heavens and the earth and what is between them, the Beneficent, they are not able to address Him.
 
38.  *     The day when the spirit and the angels stand in ranks; none shall speak except he whom the Beneficent permits and he speaks aright.
 
39.  *     That is the True Day, so whoever desires may take refuge with his Lord.
 
40.  *     Truly We warn you of a chastisement near at hand -- the day when man will see what his hands have sent before, and the disbeliever will say: O would that I were dust!