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| 1. * | By the angels which are sent by God, following one another in a continual series; and those which move swiftly, |
| 2. * | with a rapid motion, |
| 3. * | and by those which disperse his commands, by divulging them through the earth; |
| 4. * | and by those which separate truth from falsehood, by distinguishing the same; |
| 5. * | and by those which communicate the divine admonitions, |
| 6. * | to excuse, or to threaten: |
| 7. * | Verily that which ye are promised is inevitable. |
| 8. * | When the stars, therefore, shall be put out, |
| 9. * | and when the heaven shall be cloven in sunder, |
| 10. * | and when the mountains shall be winnowed, |
| 11. * | and when the Apostles shall have a time assigned them to appear and bear testimony against their respective people; |
| 12. * | to what a day shall that appointment be deferred! |
| 13. * | To the day of separation: |
| 14. * | And what shall cause thee to understand what the day of separation is? |
| 15. * | On that day, wo be unto them who accused the prophets of imposture! |
| 16. * | Have We not destroyed the obstinate unbelievers of old? |
| 17. * | We will also cause those of the latter times to follow them. |
| 18. * | Thus do We deal with the wicked. |
| 19. * | Woe be, on that day, unto them who accused the prophets of imposture! |
| 20. * | Have We not created you of a contemptible drop of seed, |
| 21. * | which We placed in a sure repository, |
| 22. * | until the fixed term of delivery? |
| 23. * | And We were able to do this: For We are most powerful. |
| 24. * | On that day, wo be unto those who accused the prophets of imposture! |
| 25. * | Have We not made the earth to contain |
| 26. * | the living and the dead, |
| 27. * | and placed therein stable and lofty mountains, and given you fresh water to drink? |
| 28. * | Woe be, on that day, unto those who accused the prophets of imposture! |
| 29. * | It shall be said unto them, go ye to the punishment which ye denied as a falsehood: |
| 30. * | Go ye into the shadow of the smoke of hell, which shall ascend in three columns, |
| 31. * | and shall not shade you from the heat, neither shall it be of service against the flame; |
| 32. * | but it shall cast forth sparks as big as towers, |
| 33. * | resembling yellow camels in colour. |
| 34. * | Woe be, on that day, unto those who accused the prophets of imposture! |
| 35. * | This shall be a day whereon they shall not speak to any purpose; |
| 36. * | neither shall they be permitted to excuse themselves. |
| 37. * | Woe be, on that day, unto those who accused the prophets of imposture! |
| 38. * | This shall be the day of separation: We will assemble both you and your predecessors. |
| 39. * | Whereofore, if ye have any cunning stratagem, employ stratagems against Me. |
| 40. * | Woe be, on that day, unto those who accused the prophets of imposture! |
| 41. * | But the pious shall dwell amidst shades and fountains, |
| 42. * | and fruits of the kinds which they shall desire: |
| 43. * | And it shall be said unto them, eat and drink with easy digestion, in recompense for that which ye have wrought; |
| 44. * | for thus do We reward the righteous doers. |
| 45. * | Woe be, on that day, unto those who accused the prophets of imposture! |
| 46. * | Eat, O unbelievers, and enjoy the pleasures of this life, for a little while: Verily ye are wicked men. |
| 47. * | Woe be, on that day, unto those who accused the prophets of imposture! |
| 48. * | And when it is said unto them, bow down; they do not bow down. |
| 49. * | Woe be, on that day, unto those who accused the prophets of imposture! |
| 50. * | In what new revelation will they believe, after this? |