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1.  *     By the train of THE SENT ones,
 
2.  *     And the swift in their swiftness;
 
3.  *     By the scatterers who scatter,
 
4.  *     And the distinguishers who distinguish;
 
5.  *     And by those that give forth the word
 
6.  *     To excuse or warn;
 
7.  *     Verily that which ye are promised is imminent.
 
8.  *     When the stars, therefore, shall be blotted out,
 
9.  *     And when the heaven shall be cleft,
 
10.  *     And when the mountains shall be scattered in dust,
 
11.  *     And when the Apostles shall have a time assigned them;
 
12.  *     Until what day shall that time be deferred?
 
13.  *     To the day of severing!
 
14.  *     And who shall teach thee what the day of severing is?
 
15.  *     Woe on that day to those who charged with imposture!
 
16.  *     Have we not destroyed them of old?
 
17.  *     We will next cause those of later times to follow them.
 
18.  *     Thus deal we with the evil doers.
 
19.  *     Woe on that day to those who charged with imposture!
 
20.  *     Have we not created you of a sorry germ,
 
21.  *     Which we laid up in a secure place,
 
22.  *     Till the term decreed for birth?
 
23.  *     Such is our power! and, how powerful are We!
 
24.  *     Woe on that day to those who charged with imposture!
 
25.  *     Have we not made the earth to hold
 
26.  *     The living and the dead?
 
27.  *     And placed on it the tall firm mountains, and given you to drink of sweet water.
 
28.  *     Woe on that day to those who charged with imposture!
 
29.  *     Begone to that Hell which ye called a lie:-
 
30.  *     Begone to the shadows that lie in triple masses;
 
31.  *     But not against the flame shall they shade or help you:-
 
32.  *     The sparks which it casteth out are like towers-
 
33.  *     Like tawny camels.
 
34.  *     Woe on that day to those who charged with imposture!
 
35.  *     On that day they shall not speak,
 
36.  *     Nor shall it be permitted them to allege excuses.
 
37.  *     Woe on that day to those who charged with imposture!
 
38.  *     This is the day of severing, when we will assemble you and your ancestors.
 
39.  *     If now ye have any craft try your craft on me.
 
40.  *     Woe on that day to those who charged with imposture!
 
41.  *     But the god-fearing shall be placed amid shades and fountains,
 
42.  *     And fruits, whatsoever they shall desire:
 
43.  *     Eat and drink, with health, as the meed of your toils.
 
44.  *     Thus recompense we the good.
 
45.  *     Woe on that day to those who charged with imposture!
 
46.  *     Eat ye and enjoy yourselves a little while. Verily, ye are doers of evil.
 
47.  *     Woe on that day to those who charged with imposture!
 
48.  *     For when it is said to them, bend the knee, they bend it not.
 
49.  *     Woe on that day to those who charged with imposture
 
50.  *     In what other revelation after this will they believe?