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1.  *     Qaf. By the Glorious Qur'an,
 
2.  *     Nay, but they marvel that a warner of their own hath come unto them; and the disbelievers say: This is a strange thing:
 
3.  *     When we are dead and have become dust (shall we be brought back again)? That would be a far return!
 
4.  *     We know that which the earth taketh of them, and with Us is a recording Book.
 
5.  *     Nay, but they have denied the truth when it came unto them, therefor they are now in troubled case.
 
6.  *     Have they not then observed the sky above them, how We have constructed it and beautified it, and how there are no rifts therein?
 
7.  *     And the earth have We spread out, and have flung firm hills therein, and have caused of every lovely kind to grow thereon,
 
8.  *     A vision and a reminder for every penitent slave.
 
9.  *     And We send down from the sky blessed water whereby We give growth unto gardens and the grain of crops,
 
10.  *     And lofty date-palms with ranged clusters,
 
11.  *     Provision (made) for men; and therewith We quicken a dead land. Even so will be the resurrection of the dead.
 
12.  *     The folk of Noah denied (the truth) before them, and (so did) the dwellers at Ar-Rass and (the tribe of) Thamud,
 
13.  *     And (the tribe of) A'ad, and Pharaoh, and the brethren of Lot,
 
14.  *     And the dwellers in the wood, and the folk of Tubb'a: every one denied their messengers, therefor My threat took effect.
 
15.  *     Were We then worn out by the first creation? Yet they are in doubt about a new creation.
 
16.  *     We verily created man and We know what his soul whispereth to him, and We are nearer to him than his jugular vein.
 
17.  *     When the two Receivers receive (him), seated on the right hand and on the left,
 
18.  *     He uttereth no word but there is with him an observer ready.
 
19.  *     And the agony of death cometh in truth. (And it is said unto him): This is that which thou wast wont to shun.
 
20.  *     And the trumpet is blown. This is the threatened Day.
 
21.  *     And every soul cometh, along with it a driver and a witness.
 
22.  *     (And unto the evil-doer it is said): Thou wast in heedlessness of this. Now We have removed from thee thy covering, and piercing is thy sight this day.
 
23.  *     And (unto the evil-doer) his comrade saith: This is that which I have ready (as testimony).
 
24.  *     (And it is said): Do ye twain hurl to hell each rebel ingrate,
 
25.  *     Hinderer of good, transgressor, doubter,
 
26.  *     Who setteth up another god along with Allah. Do ye twain hurl him to the dreadful doom.
 
27.  *     His comrade saith: Our Lord! I did not cause him to rebel, but he was (himself) far gone in error.
 
28.  *     He saith: Contend not in My presence, when I had already proffered unto you the warning.
 
29.  *     The sentence that cometh from Me cannot be changed, and I am in no wise a tyrant unto the slaves.
 
30.  *     On the day when We say unto hell: Art thou filled? and it saith: Can there be more to come?
 
31.  *     And the Garden is brought nigh for those who kept from evil, no longer distant.
 
32.  *     (And it is said): This is that which ye were promised. (It is) for every penitent and heedful one,
 
33.  *     Who feareth the Beneficent in secret and cometh with a contrite heart.
 
34.  *     Enter it in peace. This is the day of immortality.
 
35.  *     There they have all that they desire, and there is more with Us.
 
36.  *     And how many a generation We destroyed before them, who were mightier than these in prowess so that they overran the lands! Had they any place of refuge (when the judgment came)?
 
37.  *     Lo! therein verily is a reminder for him who hath a heart, or giveth ear with full intelligence.
 
38.  *     And verily We created the heavens and the earth, and all that is between them, in six Days, and naught of weariness touched Us.
 
39.  *     Therefor (O Muhammad) bear with what they say, and hymn the praise of thy Lord before the rising and before the setting of the sun;
 
40.  *     And in the night-time hymn His praise, and after the (prescribed) prostrations.
 
41.  *     And listen on the day when the crier crieth from a near place,
 
42.  *     The day when they will hear the (Awful) Cry in truth. That is the day of coming forth (from the graves).
 
43.  *     Lo! We it is Who quicken and give death, and unto Us is the journeying.
 
44.  *     On the day when the earth splitteth asunder from them, hastening forth (they come). That is a gathering easy for Us (to make).
 
45.  *     We are Best Aware of what they say, and thou (O Muhammad) art in no wise a compeller over them. But warn by the Qur'an him who feareth My threat.