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1.  *     By those that winnow with a winnowing
 
2.  *     And those that bear the burden (of the rain)
 
3.  *     And those that glide with ease (upon the sea)
 
4.  *     And those who distribute (blessings) by command,
 
5.  *     Lo! that wherewith ye are threatened is indeed true,
 
6.  *     And lo! the judgment will indeed befall.
 
7.  *     By the heaven full of paths,
 
8.  *     Lo! ye, forsooth, are of various opinion (concerning the truth).
 
9.  *     He is made to turn away from it who is (himself) averse.
 
10.  *     Accursed be the conjecturers
 
11.  *     Who are careless in an abyss!
 
12.  *     They ask: When is the Day of Judgment?
 
13.  *     (It is) the day when they will be tormented at the Fire,
 
14.  *     (And it will be said unto them): Taste your torment (which ye inflicted). This is what ye sought to hasten.
 
15.  *     Lo! those who keep from evil will dwell amid gardens and watersprings,
 
16.  *     Taking that which their Lord giveth them; for lo! aforetime they were doers of good;
 
17.  *     They used to sleep but little of the night,
 
18.  *     And ere the dawning of each day would seek forgiveness,
 
19.  *     And in their wealth the beggar and the outcast had due share.
 
20.  *     And in the earth are portents for those whose faith is sure.
 
21.  *     And (also) in yourselves. Can ye then not see?
 
22.  *     And in the heaven is your providence and that which ye are promised;
 
23.  *     And by the Lord of the heavens and the earth, it is the truth, even as (it is true) that ye speak.
 
24.  *     Hath the story of Abraham's honoured guests reached thee (O Muhammad)?
 
25.  *     When they came in unto him and said: Peace! he answered, Peace! (and thought): Folk unknown (to me).
 
26.  *     Then he went apart unto his housefolk so that they brought a fatted calf;
 
27.  *     And he set it before them, saying: Will ye not eat?
 
28.  *     Then he conceived a fear of them. They said: Fear not! and gave him tidings of (the birth of) a wise son.
 
29.  *     Then his wife came forward, making moan, and smote her face, and cried: A barren old woman!
 
30.  *     They said: Even so saith thy Lord. Lo! He is the Wise, the Knower.
 
31.  *     (Abraham) said: And (afterward) what is your errand, O ye sent (from Allah)?
 
32.  *     They said: Lo! we are sent unto a guilty folk,
 
33.  *     That we may send upon them stones of clay,
 
34.  *     Marked by thy Lord for (the destruction of) the wanton.
 
35.  *     Then we brought forth such believers as were there.
 
36.  *     But We found there but one house of those surrendered (to Allah).
 
37.  *     And We left behind therein a portent for those who fear a painful doom.
 
38.  *     And in Moses (too, there is a portent) when We sent him unto Pharaoh with clear warrant,
 
39.  *     But he withdrew (confiding) in his might, and said: A wizard or a madman.
 
40.  *     So We seized him and his hosts and flung them in the sea, for he was reprobate.
 
41.  *     And in (the tribe of) A'ad (there is a portent) when we sent the fatal wind against them.
 
42.  *     It spared naught that it reached, but made it (all) as dust.
 
43.  *     And in (the tribe of) Thamud (there is a portent) when it was told them: Take your ease awhile.
 
44.  *     But they rebelled against their Lord's decree, and so the thunderbolt overtook them even while they gazed;
 
45.  *     And they were unable to rise up, nor could they help themselves.
 
46.  *     And the folk of Noah aforetime. Lo! they were licentious folk.
 
47.  *     We have built the heaven with might, and We it is Who make the vast extent (thereof).
 
48.  *     And the earth have We laid out, how gracious is the Spreader (thereof)!
 
49.  *     And all things We have created by pairs, that haply ye may reflect.
 
50.  *     Therefor flee unto Allah; lo! I am a plain warner unto you from him.
 
51.  *     And set not any other god along with Allah; lo! I am a plain warner unto you from Him.
 
52.  *     Even so there came no messenger unto those before them but they said: A wizard or a madman!
 
53.  *     Have they handed down (the saying) as an heirloom one unto another? Nay, but they are froward folk.
 
54.  *     So withdraw from them (O Muhammad), for thou art in no wise blameworthy,
 
55.  *     And warn, for warning profiteth believers.
 
56.  *     I created the jinn and humankind only that they might worship Me.
 
57.  *     I seek no livelihood from them, nor do I ask that they should feed Me.
 
58.  *     Lo! Allah! He it is that giveth livelihood, the Lord of unbreakable might.
 
59.  *     And lo! for those who (now) do wrong there is an evil day like unto the evil day (which came for) their likes (of old); so let them not ask Me to hasten on (that day).
 
60.  *     And woe unto those who disbelieve, from (that) their day which they are promised.