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O thou wrapped up (in the mantle)!

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Arise and deliver thy warning!

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And thy Lord do thou magnify!

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And thy garments keep free from stain!

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And all abomination shun!

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Nor expect, in giving, any increase (for thyself)!

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But, for thy Lord's (Cause), be patient and constant!

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Finally, when the Trumpet is sounded,

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That will be- that Day - a Day of Distress,-

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Far from easy for those without Faith.

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Leave Me alone, (to deal) with the (creature) whom I created (bare and) alone!-

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To whom I granted resources in abundance,

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And sons to be by his side!-

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To whom I made (life) smooth and comfortable!

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Yet is he greedy-that I should add (yet more);-

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By no means! For to Our Signs he has been refractory!

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Soon will I visit him with a mount of calamities!

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For he thought and he plotted;-

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And woe to him! How he plotted!-

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Yea, Woe to him; How he plotted!-

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Then he looked round;

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Then he frowned and he scowled;

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Then he turned back and was haughty;

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Then said he: "This is nothing but magic, derived from of old;

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"This is nothing but the word of a mortal!"

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Soon will I cast him into Hell-Fire!

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And what will explain to thee what Hell-Fire is?

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Naught doth it permit to endure, and naught doth it leave alone!-

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Darkening and changing the colour of man!

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Over it are Nineteen.

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And We have set none but angels as Guardians of the Fire; and We have fixed their number only as a trial for Unbelievers,- in order that the People of the Book may arrive at certainty, and the Believers may increase in Faith,- and that no doubts may be left for the People of the Book and the Believers, and that those in whose hearts is a disease and the Unbelievers may say, "What symbol doth Allah intend by this?" Thus doth Allah leave to stray whom He pleaseth, and guide whom He pleaseth: and none can know the forces of thy Lord, except He and this is no other than a warning to mankind.

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Nay, verily: By the Moon,

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And by the Night as it retreateth,

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And by the Dawn as it shineth forth,-

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This is but one of the mighty (portents),

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A warning to mankind,-

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To any of you that chooses to press forward, or to follow behind;-

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Every soul will be (held) in pledge for its deeds.

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Except the Companions of the Right Hand.

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(They will be) in Gardens (of Delight): they will question each other,

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And (ask) of the Sinners:

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"What led you into Hell Fire?"

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They will say: "We were not of those who prayed;

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"Nor were we of those who fed the indigent;

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"But we used to talk vanities with vain talkers;

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"And we used to deny the Day of Judgment,

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"Until there came to us (the Hour) that is certain."

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Then will no intercession of (any) intercessors profit them.

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Then what is the matter with them that they turn away from admonition?-

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As if they were affrighted asses,

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Fleeing from a lion!

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Forsooth, each one of them wants to be given scrolls (of revelation) spread out!

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By no means! But they fear not the Hereafter,

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Nay, this surely is an admonition:

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Let any who will, keep it in remembrance!

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But none will keep it in remembrance except as Allah wills: He is the Lord of Righteousness, and the Lord of Forgiveness.