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1.  *     BY the MOUNTAIN,
 
2.  *     And by the Book written
 
3.  *     On an outspread roll,
 
4.  *     And by the frequented fane,
 
5.  *     And by the lofty vault,
 
6.  *     And by the swollen sea,
 
7.  *     Verily, a chastisement from thy Lord is imminent,
 
8.  *     And none shall put it back.
 
9.  *     Reeling on that day the Heaven shall reel,
 
10.  *     And stirring shall the mountains stir.
 
11.  *     And woe, on that day, to those who called the apostles liars,
 
12.  *     Who plunged for pastime into vain disputes-
 
13.  *     On that day shall they be thrust with thrusting to the fire of Hell:-
 
14.  *     This is the fire which ye treated as a lie.
 
15.  *     What! is this magic, then? or, do ye not see it?
 
16.  *     Burn ye therein: bear it patiently or impatiently 'twill be the same to you: for ye shall assuredly receive the reward of your doings.
 
17.  *     But mid gardens and delights shall they dwell who have feared God,
 
18.  *     Rejoicing in what their Lord hath given them; and that from the pain of hell- fire hath their Lord preserved them.
 
19.  *     Eat and drink with healthy enjoyment, in recompense for your deeds.
 
20.  *     On couches ranged in rows shall they recline; and to the damsels with large dark eyes will we wed them.
 
21.  *     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.
 
22.  *     And fruits in abundance will we give them, and flesh as they shall desire:
 
23.  *     Therein shall they pass to one another the cup which shall engender no light discourse, no motive to sin:
 
24.  *     And youths shall go round among them beautiful as imbedded pearls:
 
25.  *     And shall accost one another and ask mutual questions.
 
26.  *     A time indeed there was, will they say, "when we were full of care as to the future lot of our families;
 
27.  *     But kind hath God been to us, and from the pestilential torment hath he preserved us;
 
28.  *     For, heretofore we called upon Him-and He is the Beneficent, the Merciful."
 
29.  *     Warn thou, then. For thou by the favour of thy Lord art neither soothsayer nor possessed.
 
30.  *     Will they say, "A poet! let us await some adverse turn of his fortune?"
 
31.  *     SAY, wait ye, and in sooth I too will wait with you.
 
32.  *     Is it their dreams which inspire them with this? or is it that they are a perverse people?
 
33.  *     Will they say, "He hath forged it (the Koran) himself?" Nay, rather it is that they believed not.
 
34.  *     Let them then produce a discourse like it, if they speak the Truth.
 
35.  *     Were they created by nothing? or were they the creators of themselves?
 
36.  *     Created they the Heavens and Earth? Nay, rather, they have no faith.
 
37.  *     Hold they thy Lord's treasures? Bear they the rule supreme?
 
38.  *     Have they a ladder for hearing the angels? Let any one who hath heard them bring a clear proof of it.
 
39.  *     Hath God daughters and ye sons?
 
40.  *     Asketh thou pay of them? they are themselves weighed down with debts.
 
41.  *     Have they such a knowledge of the secret things that they can write them down?
 
42.  *     Desire they to lay snares for thee? But the snared ones shall be they who do not believe.
 
43.  *     Have they any God beside God? Glory be to God above what they join with Him.
 
44.  *     And should they see a fragment of the heaven falling down, they would say, "It is only a dense cloud."
 
45.  *     Leave them then until they come face to face with the day when they shall swoon away:
 
46.  *     A day in which their snares shall not at all avail them, neither shall they be helped.
 
47.  *     And verily, beside this is there a punishment for the evildoers: but most of them know it not.
 
48.  *     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,
 
49.  *     And in the night-season: Praise him when the stars are setting.