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Woe to the stinters who,
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when they measure against the people, take full measure
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but, when they measure for them or weigh for them, do skimp.
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Do those not think that they shall be raised up
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unto a mighty day
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a day when mankind shall stand before the Lord of all Being?
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No indeed; the Book of the libertines is in Sijjin;
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and what shall teach thee what is Sijjin?
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A book inscribed.
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Woe that day unto those who cry it lies,
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who cry lies to the Day of Doom;
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and none cries lies to it but every guilty aggressor.
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When our signs are recited to him, he says, 'Fairy-tales of the ancients!'
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No indeed; but that they were earning has rusted upon their hearts.
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No indeed; but upon that day they shall be veiled from their Lord,
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then they shall roast in Hell.
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Then it shall be said to them, 'This is that you cried lies to.'
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No indeed; the book of the pious is in Illiyun;
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and what shall teach thee what is Illiyun?
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A book inscribed,
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witnessed by those brought nigh.
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Surely the pious shall be in bliss,
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upon couches gazing;
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thou knowest in their faces the radiancy of bliss
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as they are given to drink of a wine sealed
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whose seal is musk -- so after that let the strivers strive --
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and whose mixture is Tasnim,
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a fountain at which do drink those brought nigh.
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Behold, the sinners were laughing at the believers,
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when them passed them by winking at one another,
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and when they returned to their people they returned blithely,
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and when they saw them they said, 'Lo, these men are astray!'
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Yet they were not sent as watchers over them.
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So today the believers are laughing at the unbelievers,
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upon couches gazing.
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Have the unbelievers been rewarded what they were doing?
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