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| 1. * | BY the MOUNTAIN, |
| 2. * | And by the Book written |
| 3. * | On an outspread roll, |
| 4. * | And by the frequented fane, |
| 5. * | And by the lofty vault, |
| 6. * | And by the swollen sea, |
| 7. * | Verily, a chastisement from thy Lord is imminent, |
| 8. * | And none shall put it back. |
| 9. * | Reeling on that day the Heaven shall reel, |
| 10. * | And stirring shall the mountains stir. |
| 11. * | And woe, on that day, to those who called the apostles liars, |
| 12. * | Who plunged for pastime into vain disputes- |
| 13. * | On that day shall they be thrust with thrusting to the fire of Hell:- |
| 14. * | This is the fire which ye treated as a lie. |
| 15. * | What! is this magic, then? or, do ye not see it? |
| 16. * | Burn ye therein: bear it patiently or impatiently 'twill be the same to you: for ye shall assuredly receive the reward of your doings. |
| 17. * | But mid gardens and delights shall they dwell who have feared God, |
| 18. * | Rejoicing in what their Lord hath given them; and that from the pain of hell- fire hath their Lord preserved them. |
| 19. * | Eat and drink with healthy enjoyment, in recompense for your deeds. |
| 20. * | On couches ranged in rows shall they recline; and to the damsels with large dark eyes will we wed them. |
| 21. * | And to those who have believed, whose offspring have followed them in the faith, will we again unite their offspring; nor of the meed of their works will we in the least defraud them. Pledged to God is every man for his actions and their desert. |
| 22. * | And fruits in abundance will we give them, and flesh as they shall desire: |
| 23. * | Therein shall they pass to one another the cup which shall engender no light discourse, no motive to sin: |
| 24. * | And youths shall go round among them beautiful as imbedded pearls: |
| 25. * | And shall accost one another and ask mutual questions. |
| 26. * | A time indeed there was, will they say, "when we were full of care as to the future lot of our families; |
| 27. * | But kind hath God been to us, and from the pestilential torment hath he preserved us; |
| 28. * | For, heretofore we called upon Him-and He is the Beneficent, the Merciful." |
| 29. * | Warn thou, then. For thou by the favour of thy Lord art neither soothsayer nor possessed. |
| 30. * | Will they say, "A poet! let us await some adverse turn of his fortune?" |
| 31. * | SAY, wait ye, and in sooth I too will wait with you. |
| 32. * | Is it their dreams which inspire them with this? or is it that they are a perverse people? |
| 33. * | Will they say, "He hath forged it (the Koran) himself?" Nay, rather it is that they believed not. |
| 34. * | Let them then produce a discourse like it, if they speak the Truth. |
| 35. * | Were they created by nothing? or were they the creators of themselves? |
| 36. * | Created they the Heavens and Earth? Nay, rather, they have no faith. |
| 37. * | Hold they thy Lord's treasures? Bear they the rule supreme? |
| 38. * | Have they a ladder for hearing the angels? Let any one who hath heard them bring a clear proof of it. |
| 39. * | Hath God daughters and ye sons? |
| 40. * | Asketh thou pay of them? they are themselves weighed down with debts. |
| 41. * | Have they such a knowledge of the secret things that they can write them down? |
| 42. * | Desire they to lay snares for thee? But the snared ones shall be they who do not believe. |
| 43. * | Have they any God beside God? Glory be to God above what they join with Him. |
| 44. * | And should they see a fragment of the heaven falling down, they would say, "It is only a dense cloud." |
| 45. * | Leave them then until they come face to face with the day when they shall swoon away: |
| 46. * | A day in which their snares shall not at all avail them, neither shall they be helped. |
| 47. * | And verily, beside this is there a punishment for the evildoers: but most of them know it not. |
| 48. * | Wait thou patiently the judgment of thy Lord, for thou art in our eye; and celebrate the praise of thy Lord when thou risest up, |
| 49. * | And in the night-season: Praise him when the stars are setting. |