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By the train of THE SENT ones,
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And the swift in their swiftness;
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By the scatterers who scatter,
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And the distinguishers who distinguish;
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And by those that give forth the word
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To excuse or warn;
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Verily that which ye are promised is imminent.
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When the stars, therefore, shall be blotted out,
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And when the heaven shall be cleft,
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And when the mountains shall be scattered in dust,
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And when the Apostles shall have a time assigned them;
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Until what day shall that time be deferred?
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To the day of severing!
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And who shall teach thee what the day of severing is?
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Woe on that day to those who charged with imposture!
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Have we not destroyed them of old?
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We will next cause those of later times to follow them.
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Thus deal we with the evil doers.
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Woe on that day to those who charged with imposture!
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Have we not created you of a sorry germ,
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Which we laid up in a secure place,
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Till the term decreed for birth?
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Such is our power! and, how powerful are We!
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Woe on that day to those who charged with imposture!
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Have we not made the earth to hold
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The living and the dead?
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And placed on it the tall firm mountains, and given you to drink of sweet water.
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Woe on that day to those who charged with imposture!
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Begone to that Hell which ye called a lie:-
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Begone to the shadows that lie in triple masses;
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But not against the flame shall they shade or help you:-
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The sparks which it casteth out are like towers-
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Like tawny camels.
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Woe on that day to those who charged with imposture!
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On that day they shall not speak,
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Nor shall it be permitted them to allege excuses.
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Woe on that day to those who charged with imposture!
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This is the day of severing, when we will assemble you and your ancestors.
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If now ye have any craft try your craft on me.
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Woe on that day to those who charged with imposture!
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But the god-fearing shall be placed amid shades and fountains,
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And fruits, whatsoever they shall desire:
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Eat and drink, with health, as the meed of your toils.
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Thus recompense we the good.
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Woe on that day to those who charged with imposture!
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Eat ye and enjoy yourselves a little while. Verily, ye are doers of evil.
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Woe on that day to those who charged with imposture!
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For when it is said to them, bend the knee, they bend it not.
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Woe on that day to those who charged with imposture
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In what other revelation after this will they believe?
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