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ELIF. LAM. RA. These are the signs of the Book, and of a lucid recital [Koran].
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Many a time will the infidels wish that they had been Muslims.
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Let them feast and enjoy themselves, and let hope beguile them: but they shall know the truth at last.
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We never destroyed a city whose term was not perfixed:
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No people can forestall or retard its destiny.
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They say: "O thou to whom the warning hath been sent down, thou art surely possessed by a djinn:
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Wouldst thou not have come to us with the angels, if thou wert of those who assert the truth?"
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We will not send down the angels without due cause. The Infidels would not in that case have been respited.
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Verily, We have sent down the warning, and verily, We will be its guardian;
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And already have We sent Apostles, before thee, among the sects of the ancients;
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But never came Apostles to them whom they did not deride.
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In like manner will We put it into the hearts of the sinners of Mecca to do the same:
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They will not believe on him though the example of those of old hath gone before.
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Even were We to open above them a gate in Heaven, yet all the while they were mounting up to it,
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They would surely say: It is only that our eyes are drunken: nay, we are a people enchanted.
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We have set the signs of the zodiac in the Heavens, and adorned and decked them forth for the beholders,
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And We guard them from every stoned Satan,
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Save such as steal a hearing: and him doth a visible flame pursue.
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And the Earth have We spread forth, and thrown thereon the mountains, and caused everything to spring forth in it in balanced measure:
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And We have provided therein sustenance for you, and for the creatures which not ye sustain:
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And no one thing is there, but with Us are its storehouses; and We send it not down but in settled measure:
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And We send forth the fertilising winds, and cause the rain to come down from the heaven, and give you to drink of it; and it is not ye who are its storers:
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And We cause to live and We cause to die, and We are the heir of all things:
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We know those of you who flourish first and We know those who come later:
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And truly thy Lord will gather them together again, for He is Wise, Knowing.
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We created man of dried clay, of dark loam moulded;
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And the djinn had We before created of subtle fire.
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Remember when thy Lord said to the Angels, "I create man of dried clay, of dark loam moulded:
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And when I shall have fashioned him and breathed of my spirit into him, then fall ye down and worship him."
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And the Angels bowed down in worship, all of them, all together,
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Save Eblis: he refused to be with those who bowed in worship.
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O Eblis, said God, "wherefore art thou not with those who bow down in worship?"
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He said, "It beseemeth not me to bow in worship to man whom thou hast created of clay, of moulded loam."
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He said, "Begone then hence; thou art a stoned one,
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And the curse shall be on thee till the day of reckoning."
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He said, "O my Lord! respite me till the day when man shall be raised from the dead."
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He said, "One then of the respited shalt thou be
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Till the day of the predestined time."
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He said, "O my Lord! because thou hast beguiled me, I will surely make all fair seeming to them on the earth; I will surely beguile them all;
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Except such of them as shall be thy sincere servants."
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He said, "This is the right way with me;
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For over none of my servants shalt thou have power, save those beguiled ones who shall follow thee."
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And verily, Hell is the promise for them one and all.
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It hath seven Portals; at each Portal is a separate band of them;
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But 'mid gardens and fountains shall the pious dwell:
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Enter ye therein in peace, secure-
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And all rancour will We remove from their bosoms: they shall sit as brethren, face to face, on couches:
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Therein no weariness shall reach them, nor forth from it shall they be cast for ever.
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Announce to my servants that I am the Gracious, the Merciful,
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And that my chastisement is the grievous chastisement.
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And tell them of Abraham's guests.
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When they entered in unto him, and said, "Peace." Verily, said he, "We fear you."
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They said, "Fear not, for of a sage son we bring thee tidings."
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He said, "Bring ye me such tidings now that old age hath come upon me? What, therefore, are your tidings really?"
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They said, "We announce them to thee in very truth. Be not then one of the despairing."
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And who, said he, "despaireth of the mercy of his Lord, but they who err?"
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He said, "What is your business then, O ye Sent Ones?"
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They said, "We are sent unto a people who are sinners,
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Except the family of Lot, whom verily we will rescue all,
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Except his wife. We have decreed that she shall be of those who linger."
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And when the Sent Ones came to the family of Lot
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He said, "Yes; are persons unknown to me."
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They said, "Yes; but we have come to thee for a purpose about which thy people doubt:
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We have come to thee with very truth, and we are truthful envoys.
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Lead forth therefore thy family in the dead of the night; follow thou on their rear: and let no one of you turn round, but pass ye on whither ye are bidden."
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And this command we gave him because to the last man should these people be cut off at morning.
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Then came the people of the city rejoicing at the news-
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He said, "These are my guests: therefore disgrace me not.
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And fear God and put me not to shame."
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They said, "Have we not forbidden thee to entertain any one whatever?"
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He said, "Here are my daughters, if ye will thus act."
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As thou livest, O Muhammad, they were bewildered in the drunkenness of their lust.
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So a tempest overtook them at their sunrise,
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And we turned the city upside down, and we rained stones of baked clay upon them.
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Verily, in this are signs for those who scan heedfully;
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And these cities lay on the high road.
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Verily, in this are signs for the faithful.
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The inhabitants also of El Aika were sinners:
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So we took vengeance on them, and they both became a plain example.
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And the people of HEDJR treated God's messengers as liars.
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And we brought forth our signs to them, but they drew back from them:
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And they hewed them out abodes in the mountains to secure them:
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But a tempest surprised them at early morn,
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And their labours availed them nothing.
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We have not created the heavens and the earth and all that between them is, but for a worthy end. And verily, "the hour" shall surely come. Wherefore do thou, Muhammad, forgive with kindly forgiveness,
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For thy Lord! He is the Creator, the Wise.
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We have already given thee the seven verses of repetition and the glorious Koran.
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Strain not thine eyes after the good things we have bestowed on some of the unbelievers: afflict not thyself on their account, and lower thy wing to the faithful.
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And SAY: I am the only plain-spoken warner.
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We will punish those who foster divisions,
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Who break up the Koran into parts:
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By thy Lord! we will surely take account from them one and all,
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Concerning that which they have done.
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Profess publicly then what thou hast been bidden, and withdraw from those who join gods to God.
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Verily, We will maintain thy cause against those who deride thee,
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Who set up gods with God: and at last shall they know their folly.
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Now know We that thy heart is distressed at what they say:
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But do thou celebrate the praise of thy Lord, and be of those who bow down in worship;
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And serve thy Lord till the certainty o'ertake thee.
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