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1.  *     By those who set the ranks in battle order
 
2.  *     And those who drive away (the wicked) with reproof
 
3.  *     And those who read (the Word) for a reminder,
 
4.  *     Lo! thy Lord is surely One;
 
5.  *     Lord of the heavens and of the earth and all that is between them, and Lord of the sun's risings.
 
6.  *     Lo! We have adorned the lowest heaven with an ornament, the planets;
 
7.  *     With security from every froward devil.
 
8.  *     They cannot listen to the Highest Chiefs for they are pelted from every side,
 
9.  *     Outcast, and theirs is a perpetual torment;
 
10.  *     Save him who snatcheth a fragment, and there pursueth him a piercing flame.
 
11.  *     Then ask them (O Muhammad): Are they stronger as a creation, or those (others) whom we have created? Lo! We created them of plastic clay.
 
12.  *     Nay, but thou dost marvel when they mock
 
13.  *     And heed not when they are reminded,
 
14.  *     And seek to scoff when they behold a portent.
 
15.  *     And they say: Lo! this is mere magic;
 
16.  *     When we are dead and have become dust and bones, shall we then, forsooth, be raised (again)?
 
17.  *     And our forefathers?
 
18.  *     Say (O Muhammad): Ye, in truth; and ye will be brought low.
 
19.  *     There is but one Shout, and lo! they behold,
 
20.  *     And say: Ah, woe for us! This is the Day of Judgment.
 
21.  *     This is the Day of Separation, which ye used to deny.
 
22.  *     (And it is said unto the angels): Assemble those who did wrong, together with their wives and what they used to worship
 
23.  *     Instead of Allah, and lead them to the path to hell;
 
24.  *     And stop them, for they must be questioned.
 
25.  *     What aileth you that ye help not one another?
 
26.  *     Nay, but this day they make full submission.
 
27.  *     And some of them draw near unto others, mutually questioning.
 
28.  *     They say: Lo! ye used to come unto us, imposing, (swearing that ye spoke the truth).
 
29.  *     They answer: Nay, but ye (yourselves) were not believers.
 
30.  *     We had no power over you, but ye were wayward folk.
 
31.  *     Now the Word of our Lord hath been fulfilled concerning us. Lo! we are about to taste (the doom).
 
32.  *     Thus we misled you. Lo! we were (ourselves) astray.
 
33.  *     Then lo! this day they (both) are sharers in the doom.
 
34.  *     Lo! thus deal We with the guilty.
 
35.  *     For when it was said unto them, There is no Allah save Allah, they were scornful
 
36.  *     And said: Shall we forsake our gods for a mad poet?
 
37.  *     Nay, but he brought the Truth, and he confirmed those sent (before him).
 
38.  *     Lo! (now) verily ye taste the painful doom -
 
39.  *     Ye are requited naught save what ye did -
 
40.  *     Save single-minded slaves of Allah;
 
41.  *     For them there is a known provision,
 
42.  *     Fruits. And they will be honoured
 
43.  *     In the Gardens of delight,
 
44.  *     On couches facing one another;
 
45.  *     A cup from a gushing spring is brought round for them,
 
46.  *     White, delicious to the drinkers,
 
47.  *     Wherein there is no headache nor are they made mad thereby.
 
48.  *     And with them are those of modest gaze, with lovely eyes,
 
49.  *     (Pure) as they were hidden eggs (of the ostrich).
 
50.  *     And some of them draw near unto others, mutually questioning.
 
51.  *     A speaker of them saith: Lo! I had a comrade
 
52.  *     Who used to say: Art thou in truth of those who put faith (in his words)?
 
53.  *     Can we, when we are dead and have become mere dust and bones - can we (then) verily be brought to book?
 
54.  *     He saith: Will ye look?
 
55.  *     Then looketh he and seeth him in the depth of hell.
 
56.  *     He saith: By Allah, thou verily didst all but cause my ruin,
 
57.  *     And had it not been for the favour of my Lord, I too had been of those haled forth (to doom).
 
58.  *     Are we then not to die
 
59.  *     Saving our former death, and are we not to be punished?
 
60.  *     Lo! this is the supreme triumph.
 
61.  *     For the like of this, then, let the workers work.
 
62.  *     Is this better as a welcome, or the tree of Zaqqum?
 
63.  *     Lo! We have appointed it a torment for wrong-doers.
 
64.  *     Lo! it is a tree that springeth in the heart of hell.
 
65.  *     Its crop is as it were the heads of devils
 
66.  *     And lo! they verily must eat thereof, and fill (their) bellies therewith.
 
67.  *     And afterward, lo! thereupon they have a drink of boiling water
 
68.  *     And afterward, lo! their return is surely unto hell.
 
69.  *     They indeed found their fathers astray,
 
70.  *     But they make haste (to follow) in their footsteps.
 
71.  *     And verily most of the men of old went astray before them,
 
72.  *     And verily We sent among them warners.
 
73.  *     Then see the nature of the consequence for those warned,
 
74.  *     Save single-minded slaves of Allah.
 
75.  *     And Noah verily prayed unto Us, and gracious was the Hearer of his prayer
 
76.  *     And We saved him and his household from the great distress,
 
77.  *     And made his seed the survivors,
 
78.  *     And left for him among the later folk (the salutation):
 
79.  *     Peace be unto Noah among the peoples!
 
80.  *     Lo! thus do We reward the good.
 
81.  *     Lo! he is one of Our believing slaves.
 
82.  *     Then We did drown the others.
 
83.  *     And lo! of his persuasion verily was Abraham
 
84.  *     When he came unto his Lord with a whole heart;
 
85.  *     When he said unto his father and his folk: What is it that ye worship?
 
86.  *     Is it a falsehood - gods beside Allah - that ye desire?
 
87.  *     What then is your opinion of the Lord of the Worlds?
 
88.  *     And he glanced a glance at the stars
 
89.  *     Then said: Lo! I feel sick!
 
90.  *     And they turned their backs and went away from him.
 
91.  *     Then turned he to their gods and said: Will ye not eat?
 
92.  *     What aileth you that ye speak not?
 
93.  *     Then he attacked them, striking with his right hand.
 
94.  *     And (his people) came toward him, hastening.
 
95.  *     He said: Worship ye that which ye yourselves do carve
 
96.  *     When Allah hath created you and what ye make?
 
97.  *     They said: Build for him a building and fling him in the red-hotfire.
 
98.  *     And they designed a snare for him, but We made them the undermost.
 
99.  *     And he said: Lo! I am going unto my Lord Who will guide me.
 
100.  *     My Lord! Vouchsafe me of the righteous.
 
101.  *     So We gave him tidings of a gentle son.
 
102.  *     And when (his son) was old enough to walk with him, (Abraham) said: O my dear son, I have seen in a dream that I must sacrifice thee. So look, what thinkest thou? He said: O my father! Do that which thou art commanded. Allah willing, thou shalt find me of the steadfast.
 
103.  *     Then, when they had both surrendered (to Allah), and he had flung him down upon his face,
 
104.  *     We called unto him: O Abraham!
 
105.  *     Thou hast already fulfilled the vision. Lo! thus do We reward the good.
 
106.  *     Lo! that verily was a clear test.
 
107.  *     Then We ransomed him with a tremendous victim.
 
108.  *     And We left for him among the later folk (the salutation):
 
109.  *     Peace be unto Abraham!
 
110.  *     Thus do We reward the good.
 
111.  *     Lo! he is one of Our believing slaves.
 
112.  *     And we gave him tidings of the birth of Isaac, a prophet of the righteous.
 
113.  *     And We blessed him and Isaac. And of their seed are some who do good, and some who plainly wrong themselves.
 
114.  *     And We verily gave grace unto Moses and Aaron,
 
115.  *     And saved them and their people from the great distress,
 
116.  *     And helped them so that they became the victors.
 
117.  *     And We gave them the clear Scripture
 
118.  *     And showed them the right path.
 
119.  *     And We left for them among the later folk (the salutation):
 
120.  *     Peace be unto Moses and Aaron!
 
121.  *     Lo! thus do We reward the good.
 
122.  *     Lo! they are two of Our believing slaves.
 
123.  *     And lo! Elias was of those sent (to warn),
 
124.  *     When he said unto his folk: Will ye not ward off (evil)?
 
125.  *     Will ye cry unto Baal and forsake the Best of creators,
 
126.  *     Allah, your Lord and Lord of your forefathers?
 
127.  *     But they denied him, so they surely will be haled forth (to the doom)
 
128.  *     Save single-minded slaves of Allah.
 
129.  *     And we left for him among the later folk (the salutation):
 
130.  *     Peace be unto Elias!
 
131.  *     Lo! thus do We reward the good.
 
132.  *     Lo! he is one of our believing slaves.
 
133.  *     And lo! Lot verily was of those sent (to warn).
 
134.  *     When We saved him and his household, every one,
 
135.  *     Save an old woman among those who stayed behind;
 
136.  *     Then We destroyed the others.
 
137.  *     And lo! ye verily pass by (the ruin of) them in the morning
 
138.  *     And at night-time; have ye then no sense?
 
139.  *     And lo! Jonah verily was of those sent (to warn)
 
140.  *     When he fled unto the laden ship,
 
141.  *     And then drew lots and was of those rejected;
 
142.  *     And the fish swallowed him while he was blameworthy;
 
143.  *     And had he not been one of those who glorify (Allah)
 
144.  *     He would have tarried in its belly till the day when they are raised;
 
145.  *     Then We cast him on a desert shore while he was sick;
 
146.  *     And We caused a tree of gourd to grow above him;
 
147.  *     And We sent him to a hundred thousand (folk) or more
 
148.  *     And they believed, therefor We gave them comfort for a while.
 
149.  *     Now ask them (O Muhammad): Hath thy Lord daughters whereas they have sons?
 
150.  *     Or created We the angels females while they were present?
 
151.  *     Lo! it is of their falsehood that they say:
 
152.  *     Allah hath begotten. Allah! verily they tell a lie.
 
153.  *     (And again of their falsehood): He hath preferred daughters to sons.
 
154.  *     What aileth you? How judge ye?
 
155.  *     Will ye not then reflect?
 
156.  *     Or have ye a clear warrant?
 
157.  *     Then produce your writ, if ye are truthful.
 
158.  *     And they imagine kinship between him and the jinn, whereas the jinn know well that they will be brought before (Him).
 
159.  *     Glorified be Allah from that which they attribute (unto Him),
 
160.  *     Save single-minded slaves of Allah.
 
161.  *     Lo! verily, ye and that which ye worship,
 
162.  *     Ye cannot excite (anyone) against Him.
 
163.  *     Save him who is to burn in hell.
 
164.  *     There is not one of us but hath his known position.
 
165.  *     Lo! we, even we are they who set the ranks,
 
166.  *     Lo! we, even we are they who hymn His praise
 
167.  *     And indeed they used to say:
 
168.  *     If we had but a reminder from the men of old
 
169.  *     We would be single-minded slaves of Allah.
 
170.  *     Yet (now that it is come) they disbelieve therein; but they will come to know.
 
171.  *     And verily Our word went forth of old unto Our bondmen sent (to warn)
 
172.  *     That they verily would be helped,
 
173.  *     And that Our host, they verily would be the victors.
 
174.  *     So withdraw from them (O Muhammad) awhile,
 
175.  *     And watch, for they will (soon) see.
 
176.  *     Would they hasten on Our doom?
 
177.  *     But when it cometh home to them, then it will be a hapless morn for those who have been warned.
 
178.  *     Withdraw from them awhile
 
179.  *     And watch, for they will (soon) see.
 
180.  *     Glorified be thy Lord, the Lord of Majesty, from that which they attribute (unto Him)
 
181.  *     And peace be unto those sent (to warn).
 
182.  *     And praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds!