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| 1. * | By the winds dispersing and scattering the dust; |
| 2. * | and by the clouds bearing a load of rain; |
| 3. * | by the ships running swiftly in the sea; |
| 4. * | and by the angels who distribute things necessary for the support of all creatures: |
| 5. * | Verily that wherewith ye are threatened is certainly true; |
| 6. * | and the last judgement will surely come. |
| 7. * | By the heaven furnished with paths; |
| 8. * | ye widely differ in what ye say. |
| 9. * | He will be turned aside from the faith, who shall be turned aside by the divine decree. |
| 10. * | Cursed be the liars; |
| 11. * | who wade in deep waters of ignorance, neglecting their salvation. |
| 12. * | They ask, when will the day of judgement come? |
| 13. * | On that day shall they be burned in hell fire; |
| 14. * | and it shall be said unto them, taste your punishment; this is what ye demanded to be hastened. |
| 15. * | But the pious shall dwell among gardens and fountains, |
| 16. * | receiving that which their Lord shall give them; because they were righteous doers before this day. |
| 17. * | They slept but a small part of the night; |
| 18. * | and early in the morning they asked pardon of God: |
| 19. * | And a due portion of their wealth was given unto him who asked, and unto him who was forbidden by shame to ask. |
| 20. * | There are signs of the divine power and goodness in the earth, unto men of sound understanding; |
| 21. * | and also in your own selves: Will ye not therefore consider? |
| 22. * | Your sustenance is in the heaven; and also that which ye are promised. |
| 23. * | Wherefore by the Lord of heaven and earth I swear that this is certainly the truth; according to what yourselves speak. |
| 24. * | Hath not the story of Abraham's honoured guests come to thy knowledge? |
| 25. * | When they went in unto him, and said, peace: He answered, peace; saying within himself, these are unknown people. |
| 26. * | And he went privately unto his family, and brought a fatted calf. |
| 27. * | And he set it before them, and when he saw they touched it not, he said, do ye not eat? |
| 28. * | And he began to entertain a fear of them. They said, fear not: And they declared unto him the promise of a wise youth. |
| 29. * | And his wife drew near with exclamation, and she smote her face, and said, I am an old woman, and barren. |
| 30. * | The angels answered, thus saith thy Lord: Verily He is the wise, the knowing. |
| 31. * | And Abraham said unto them, what is your errand, therefore of messengers of God? |
| 32. * | They answered, verily we are sent unto a wicked people: |
| 33. * | That we may send down upon them stones of baked clay, |
| 34. * | marked from thy Lord, for the destruction of transgressors. |
| 35. * | And we brought forth the true believers who were in the city: |
| 36. * | But we found not therein more than one family of Moslems. |
| 37. * | And we overthrew the same, and left a sign therein unto those who dread the severe chastisement of God. |
| 38. * | In Moses also was a sign: When We sent him unto Pharaoh with manifest power. |
| 39. * | But he turned back, with his princes, saying, this man is a sorcerer, or a madman. |
| 40. * | Wherefore We took him and his forces, and cast them into the sea: And he was one worthy of reprehension. |
| 41. * | And in the tribe of Ad also was a sign: When We sent against them a destroying wind; |
| 42. * | it touched not ought, whereon it came, but it rendered the same as a thing rotten and reduced to dust. |
| 43. * | In Thamud likewise was a sign: When it was said unto them, enjoy yourselves for a time. |
| 44. * | But they insolently transgressed the command of their Lord: Wherefore a terrible noise from heaven assailed them, while they looked on; |
| 45. * | and they were not able to stand on their feet, neither did they save themselves from destruction. |
| 46. * | And the people of Noah did We destroy before these: For they were a people who enormously transgressed. |
| 47. * | We have built the heaven with might; and We have given it a large extent: |
| 48. * | And We have stretched forth the earth beneath; and how evenly have We spread the same! |
| 49. * | And of every thing have We created two kinds, that peradventure ye may consider. |
| 50. * | Fly, therefore, unto God; verily I am a public warner unto you, from Him. |
| 51. * | And set not up another god with the true God: Verily I am a public warner unto you, from Him. |
| 52. * | In like manner there came no Apostle unto their predecessors, but they said, this man is a magician, or a madman. |
| 53. * | Have they bequeathed this behaviour successively the one to the other? Yea; they are a people who enormously transgress. |
| 54. * | Wherefore withdraw from them; and thou shalt not be blameworthy in so doing. |
| 55. * | Yet continue to admonish: For admonition profiteth the true believers. |
| 56. * | I have not created genii and men for any other end than that they should serve Me. |
| 57. * | I require not any sustenance from them; neither will I that they feed Me. |
| 58. * | Verily God is He who provideth for all creatures; possessed of mighty power. |
| 59. * | Unto those who shall injure our Apostle shall be given a portion like unto the portion of those who behaved like them in times past; and they shall not wish the same to be hastened. |
| 60. * | Woe, therefore, to the unbelievers, because of their day with which they are threatened! |