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| 1. * | BY the NIGHT when she spreads her veil; |
| 2. * | By the Day when it brightly shineth; |
| 3. * | By Him who made male and female; |
| 4. * | At different ends truly do ye aim! |
| 5. * | But as to him who giveth alms and feareth God, |
| 6. * | And yieldeth assent to the Good; |
| 7. * | To him will we make easy the path to happiness. |
| 8. * | But as to him who is covetous and bent on riches, |
| 9. * | And calleth the Good a lie, |
| 10. * | To him will we make easy the path to misery: |
| 11. * | And what shall his wealth avail him when he goeth down? |
| 12. * | Truly man’s guidance is with Us |
| 13. * | And Our’s, the Future and the Past. |
| 14. * | I warn you therefore of the flaming fire; |
| 15. * | None shall be cast to it but the most wretched,- |
| 16. * | Who hath called the truth a lie and turned his back. |
| 17. * | But the God-fearing shall escape it,- |
| 18. * | Who giveth away his substance that he may become pure; |
| 19. * | And who offereth not favours to any one for the sake of recompense, |
| 20. * | But only as seeking the face of his Lord the Most High. |
| 21. * | And surely in the end he shall be well content. |