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| 1. * | CONSIDER the sky full of great constellations, |
| 2. * | and [then bethink thyself of] the promised Day,* |
| 3. * | and [of] Him who witnesses [all], and [of] that unto which witness is borne [by Him]!* |
| 4. * | THEY DESTROY [but] themselves,* they who would ready a pit |
| 5. * | of fire fiercely burning [for all who have attained to faith]!* |
| 6. * | Lo! [With glee do] they contemplate that [fire], |
| 7. * | fully conscious of what they are doing to the believers,* |
| 8. * | whom they hate for no other reason than that they believe in God, the Almighty, the One to whom all praise is due, |
| 9. * | [and] to whom the dominion of the heavens and the earth belongs. But God is witness unto everything! |
| 10. * | Verily, as for those who persecute believing men and believing women, and thereafter do not repent, hell's suffering awaits them: yea, suffering through fire awaits them!* |
| 11. * | [But,] verily, they who attain to faith and do righteous deeds shall [in the life to come] have gardens through which running waters flow - that triumph most great!* |
| 12. * | VERILY, thy Sustainer's grip is exceedingly strong! |
| 13. * | Behold, it is He who creates [man] in the first instance, and He [it is who] will bring him forth anew. |
| 14. * | And He alone is truly-forgiving, all-embracing in His love, |
| 15. * | in sublime almightiness enthroned,* |
| 16. * | a sovereign doer of whatever He wills. |
| 17. * | HAS IT ever come within thy ken, the story of the [sinful] hosts |
| 18. * | of Pharaoh, and of [the tribe of] Thamud?* |
| 19. * | And yet, they who are bent on denying the truth persist in giving it the lie: |
| 20. * | but all the while God encompasses them [with His knowledge and might] without their being aware of it.* |
| 21. * | Nay, but this [divine writ which they reject] is a discourse sublime, |
| 22. * | upon an imperishable tablet [inscribed].* |