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| 1. * | WOE UNTO THOSE who give short measure: |
| 2. * | those who, when they are to receive their due from [other] people, demand that it be given in full - |
| 3. * | but when they have to measure or weigh whatever they owe to others, give less than what is due!* |
| 4. * | Do they not know that they are bound to be raised from the dead |
| 5. * | [and called to account] on an awesome Day - |
| 6. * | the Day when all men shall stand before the Sustainer of all the worlds? |
| 7. * | NAY, VERILY, the record of the wicked is indeed [set down] in a mode inescapable!* |
| 8. * | And what could make thee conceive what that that mode inescapable will be? |
| 9. * | A record [indelibly] inscribed! |
| 10. * | Woe on that Day unto those who give the lie to the truth - |
| 11. * | those who give the lie to the [coming of] Judgment Day: |
| 12. * | for, none gives the lie to it but such as are wont to transgress against all that is [and are] immersed in sin:* |
| 13. * | [and so,] whenever Our messages are conveyed to them, they but say, "Fables of ancient times!" |
| 14. * | Nay, but their hearts are corroded by all [the evil] that they were wont to do!* |
| 15. * | Nay, verily, from [the grace of] their Sustainer shall they on that Day be debarred; |
| 16. * | and then, behold, they shall enter the blazing fire |
| 17. * | and be told: "This is the [very thing] to which you were wont to give the lie!" |
| 18. * | NAY, VERILY - the record of the truly virtuous is [set down] in a mode most lofty!* |
| 19. * | And what could make thee conceive what that mode most lofty will be? |
| 20. * | A record [indelibly] inscribed, |
| 21. * | witnessed by all who have [ever] been drawn close unto God.* |
| 22. * | Behold, [in the life to come] the truly virtuous will indeed be in bliss: |
| 23. * | [restingJ on couches, they will look up [to God]:* |
| 24. * | upon their faces thou wilt see the brightness of bliss. |
| 25. * | They will be given a drink of pure wine whereon the seal [of God] will have been set, |
| 26. * | pouring forth with a fragrance of musk.* To that [wine of paradise], then, let all such aspire as [are willing to] aspire to things of high account: |
| 27. * | for it is composed of all that is most exalting* |
| 28. * | a source [of bliss] whereof those who are drawn close unto God shall drink.* |
| 29. * | BEHOLD, those who have abandoned themselves to sin are wont to laugh at such as have attained to faith* |
| 30. * | and whenever they pass by them, they wink at one another [derisively]; |
| 31. * | and whenever they return to people of their own kind,* they return full of jests; |
| 32. * | and whenever they see those [who believe,] they say, "Behold, these [people] have indeed gone astray!" |
| 33. * | And, withal, they have no call to watch over [the beliefs of] others. . .* |
| 34. * | But on the Day [of Judgment], they who had attained to faith will [be able to] laugh at the [erstwhile] deniers of the truth:* |
| 35. * | [for, resting in paradise] on couches, they will look on [and say to themselves]: |
| 36. * | "Are these deniers of the truth being [thus] requited for [aught but] what they were wont to do?" |