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| 1. * | Recite: In the Name of thy Lord who created, |
| 2. * | created Man of a blood-clot. |
| 3. * | Recite: And thy Lord is the Most Generous, |
| 4. * | who taught by the Pen, |
| 5. * | taught Man that he knew not. |
| 6. * | No indeed; surely Man waxes insolent, |
| 7. * | for he thinks himself self-sufficient. |
| 8. * | Surely unto thy Lord is the Returning. |
| 9. * | What thinkest thou? He who forbids |
| 10. * | a servant when he prays -- |
| 11. * | What thinkest thou? If he were upon guidance |
| 12. * | or bade to godfearing -- |
| 13. * | What thinkest thou? If he cries lies, and turns away - |
| 14. * | Did he not know that God sees? |
| 15. * | No indeed; surely, if he gives not over, We shall seize him by the forelock, |
| 16. * | a lying, sinful forelock. |
| 17. * | So let him call on his concourse! |
| 18. * | We shall call on the guards of Hell. |
| 19. * | No indeed; do thou not obey him, and bow thyself, and draw nigh. |