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By those that winnow with a winnowing
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And those that bear the burden (of the rain)
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And those that glide with ease (upon the sea)
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And those who distribute (blessings) by command,
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Lo! that wherewith ye are threatened is indeed true,
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And lo! the judgment will indeed befall.
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By the heaven full of paths,
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Lo! ye, forsooth, are of various opinion (concerning the truth).
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He is made to turn away from it who is (himself) averse.
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Accursed be the conjecturers
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Who are careless in an abyss!
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They ask: When is the Day of Judgment?
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(It is) the day when they will be tormented at the Fire,
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(And it will be said unto them): Taste your torment (which ye inflicted). This is what ye sought to hasten.
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Lo! those who keep from evil will dwell amid gardens and watersprings,
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Taking that which their Lord giveth them; for lo! aforetime they were doers of good;
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They used to sleep but little of the night,
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And ere the dawning of each day would seek forgiveness,
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And in their wealth the beggar and the outcast had due share.
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And in the earth are portents for those whose faith is sure.
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And (also) in yourselves. Can ye then not see?
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And in the heaven is your providence and that which ye are promised;
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And by the Lord of the heavens and the earth, it is the truth, even as (it is true) that ye speak.
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Hath the story of Abraham’s honoured guests reached thee (O Muhammad)?
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When they came in unto him and said: Peace! he answered, Peace! (and thought): Folk unknown (to me).
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Then he went apart unto his housefolk so that they brought a fatted calf;
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And he set it before them, saying: Will ye not eat?
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Then he conceived a fear of them. They said: Fear not! and gave him tidings of (the birth of) a wise son.
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Then his wife came forward, making moan, and smote her face, and cried: A barren old woman!
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They said: Even so saith thy Lord. Lo! He is the Wise, the Knower.
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(Abraham) said: And (afterward) what is your errand, O ye sent (from Allah)?
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They said: Lo! we are sent unto a guilty folk,
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That we may send upon them stones of clay,
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Marked by thy Lord for (the destruction of) the wanton.
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Then we brought forth such believers as were there.
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But We found there but one house of those surrendered (to Allah).
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And We left behind therein a portent for those who fear a painful doom.
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And in Moses (too, there is a portent) when We sent him unto Pharaoh with clear warrant,
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But he withdrew (confiding) in his might, and said: A wizard or a madman.
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So We seized him and his hosts and flung them in the sea, for he was reprobate.
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And in (the tribe of) A’ad (there is a portent) when we sent the fatal wind against them.
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It spared naught that it reached, but made it (all) as dust.
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And in (the tribe of) Thamud (there is a portent) when it was told them: Take your ease awhile.
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But they rebelled against their Lord’s decree, and so the thunderbolt overtook them even while they gazed;
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And they were unable to rise up, nor could they help themselves.
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And the folk of Noah aforetime. Lo! they were licentious folk.
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We have built the heaven with might, and We it is Who make the vast extent (thereof).
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And the earth have We laid out, how gracious is the Spreader (thereof)!
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And all things We have created by pairs, that haply ye may reflect.
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Therefor flee unto Allah; lo! I am a plain warner unto you from him.
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And set not any other god along with Allah; lo! I am a plain warner unto you from Him.
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Even so there came no messenger unto those before them but they said: A wizard or a madman!
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Have they handed down (the saying) as an heirloom one unto another? Nay, but they are froward folk.
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So withdraw from them (O Muhammad), for thou art in no wise blameworthy,
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And warn, for warning profiteth believers.
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I created the jinn and humankind only that they might worship Me.
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I seek no livelihood from them, nor do I ask that they should feed Me.
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Lo! Allah! He it is that giveth livelihood, the Lord of unbreakable might.
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And lo! for those who (now) do wrong there is an evil day like unto the evil day (which came for) their likes (of old); so let them not ask Me to hasten on (that day).
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And woe unto those who disbelieve, from (that) their day which they are promised.