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| 1. * | By those that pluck out vehemently |
| 2. * | and those that draw out violently, |
| 3. * | by those that swim serenely |
| 4. * | and those that outstrip suddenly |
| 5. * | by those that direct an affair! |
| 6. * | Upon the day when the first blast shivers |
| 7. * | and the second blast follows it, |
| 8. * | hearts upon that day shall be athrob |
| 9. * | and their eyes shall be humbled. |
| 10. * | They shall say, 'What, are we being restored as we were before? |
| 11. * | What, when we are bones old and wasted?' |
| 12. * | They shall say, 'That then were a losing return!' |
| 13. * | But it shall be only a single scare, |
| 14. * | and behold, they are awakened. |
| 15. * | Hast thou received the story of Moses? |
| 16. * | When his Lord called to him in the holy valley, Towa: |
| 17. * | 'Go to Pharaoh; he has waxed insolent. |
| 18. * | And say, "Hast thou the will to purify thyself; |
| 19. * | and that I should guide thee to thy Lord, then thou shalt fear?"' |
| 20. * | So he showed him the great sign, |
| 21. * | but he cried lies, and rebelled, |
| 22. * | then he turned away hastily, |
| 23. * | then he mustered |
| 24. * | and proclaimed, and he said, 'I am your Lord, the Most High!' |
| 25. * | So God seized him with the chastisement of the Last World and the First. |
| 26. * | Surely in that is a lesson for him who fears! |
| 27. * | What, are you stronger in constitution or the heaven He built? |
| 28. * | He lifted up its vault, and levelled it, |
| 29. * | and darkened its night, and brought forth its forenoon; |
| 30. * | and the earth-after that He spread it out, |
| 31. * | therefrom brought forth its waters and its pastures, |
| 32. * | and the mountains He set firm, |
| 33. * | an enjoyment for you and your flocks. |
| 34. * | Then, when the Great Catastrophe comes |
| 35. * | upon the day when man shall remember what he has striven, |
| 36. * | and Hell is advanced for whoever sees, |
| 37. * | then as for him who was insolent |
| 38. * | and preferred the present life, |
| 39. * | surely Hell shall be the refuge. |
| 40. * | But as for him who feared the Station of his Lord and forbade the soul its caprice, |
| 41. * | surely Paradise shall be the refuge. |
| 42. * | They will question thee concerning the Hour, when it shall berth. |
| 43. * | What art thou about, to mention it? |
| 44. * | Unto thy Lord is the final end of it. |
| 45. * | Thou art only the warner of him who fears it. |
| 46. * | It shall be as if; on the day they see it, they have but tarried for an evening, or its forenoon. |