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BY the MOUNTAIN,
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And by the Book written
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On an outspread roll,
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And by the frequented fane,
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And by the lofty vault,
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And by the swollen sea,
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Verily, a chastisement from thy Lord is imminent,
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And none shall put it back.
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Reeling on that day the Heaven shall reel,
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And stirring shall the mountains stir.
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And woe, on that day, to those who called the apostles liars,
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Who plunged for pastime into vain disputes-
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On that day shall they be thrust with thrusting to the fire of Hell:-
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This is the fire which ye treated as a lie.
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What! is this magic, then? or, do ye not see it?
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Burn ye therein: bear it patiently or impatiently 'twill be the same to you: for ye shall assuredly receive the reward of your doings.
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But mid gardens and delights shall they dwell who have feared God,
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Rejoicing in what their Lord hath given them; and that from the pain of hell- fire hath their Lord preserved them.
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Eat and drink with healthy enjoyment, in recompense for your deeds.
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On couches ranged in rows shall they recline; and to the damsels with large dark eyes will we wed them.
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And to those who have believed, whose offspring have followed them in the faith, will we again unite their offspring; nor of the meed of their works will we in the least defraud them. Pledged to God is every man for his actions and their desert.
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And fruits in abundance will we give them, and flesh as they shall desire:
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Therein shall they pass to one another the cup which shall engender no light discourse, no motive to sin:
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And youths shall go round among them beautiful as imbedded pearls:
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And shall accost one another and ask mutual questions.
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A time indeed there was, will they say, "when we were full of care as to the future lot of our families;
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But kind hath God been to us, and from the pestilential torment hath he preserved us;
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For, heretofore we called upon Him-and He is the Beneficent, the Merciful."
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Warn thou, then. For thou by the favour of thy Lord art neither soothsayer nor possessed.
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Will they say, "A poet! let us await some adverse turn of his fortune?"
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SAY, wait ye, and in sooth I too will wait with you.
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Is it their dreams which inspire them with this? or is it that they are a perverse people?
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Will they say, "He hath forged it (the Koran) himself?" Nay, rather it is that they believed not.
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Let them then produce a discourse like it, if they speak the Truth.
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Were they created by nothing? or were they the creators of themselves?
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Created they the Heavens and Earth? Nay, rather, they have no faith.
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Hold they thy Lord's treasures? Bear they the rule supreme?
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Have they a ladder for hearing the angels? Let any one who hath heard them bring a clear proof of it.
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Hath God daughters and ye sons?
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Asketh thou pay of them? they are themselves weighed down with debts.
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Have they such a knowledge of the secret things that they can write them down?
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Desire they to lay snares for thee? But the snared ones shall be they who do not believe.
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Have they any God beside God? Glory be to God above what they join with Him.
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And should they see a fragment of the heaven falling down, they would say, "It is only a dense cloud."
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Leave them then until they come face to face with the day when they shall swoon away:
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A day in which their snares shall not at all avail them, neither shall they be helped.
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And verily, beside this is there a punishment for the evildoers: but most of them know it not.
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Wait thou patiently the judgment of thy Lord, for thou art in our eye; and celebrate the praise of thy Lord when thou risest up,
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And in the night-season: Praise him when the stars are setting.
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