In the name of Allah,
the Beneficent,
the Merciful.
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I swear by those who draw themselves out in ranks
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Then those who drive away with reproof,
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Then those who recite,
being mindful,
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Most surely your God is One:
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The Lord of the heavens and the earth and what is between them,
and Lord of the easts.
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Surely We have adorned the nearest heaven with an adornment,
the stars,
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And (there is) a safeguard against every rebellious Shaitan.
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They cannot listen to the exalted assembly and they are thrown at from every side,
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Being driven off,
and for them is a perpetual chastisement,
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Except him who snatches off but once,
then there follows him a brightly shining flame.
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Then ask them whether they are stronger in creation or those (others) whom We have created.
Surely We created them of firm clay.
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Nay!
you wonder while they mock,
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And when they are reminded,
they mind not,
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And when they see a sign they incite one another to scoff,
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And they say:
This is nothing but clear magic:
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What!
when we are dead and have become dust and bones,
shall we then certainly be raised,
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Or our fathers of yore?
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Say:
Aye!
and you shall be abject.
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So it shall only be a single cry,
when lo!
they shall see.
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And they shall say:
O woe to us!
this is the day of requital.
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This is the day of the judgment which you called a lie.
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Gather together those who were unjust and their associates,
and what they used to worship
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Besides Allah,
then lead them to the way to hell.
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And stop them,
for they shall be questioned:
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What is the matter with you that you do not help each other?
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Nay!
on that day they shall be submissive.
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And some of them shall advance towards others,
questioning each other.
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They shall say:
Surely you used to come to us from the right side.
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They shall say:
Nay,
you (yourselves) were not believers;
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And we had no authority over you,
but you were an inordinate people;
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So the sentence of our Lord has come to pass against us:
(now) we shall surely taste;
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So we led you astray,
for we ourselves were erring.
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So they shall on that day be sharers in the chastisement one with another.
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Surely thus do We deal with the guilty.
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Surely they used to behave proudly when it was said to them:
There is no god but Allah;
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And to say:
What!
shall we indeed give up our gods for the sake of a mad poet?
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Nay:
he has come with the truth and verified the apostles.
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Most surely you will taste the painful punishment.
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And you shall not be rewarded except (for) what you did.
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Save the servants of Allah,
the purified ones.
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For them is a known sustenance,
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Fruits,
and they shall be highly honored,
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In gardens of pleasure,
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On thrones,
facing each other.
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A bowl shall be made to go round them from water running out of springs,
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White,
delicious to those who drink.
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There shall be no trouble in it,
nor shall they be exhausted therewith.
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And with them shall be those who restrain the eyes,
having beautiful eyes;
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As if they were eggs carefully protected.
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Then shall some of them advance to others,
questioning each other.
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A speaker from among them shall say:
Surely I had a comrade of mine,
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Who said:
What!
are you indeed of those who accept (the truth)?
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What!
when we are dead and have become dust and bones,
shall we then be certainly brought to judgment?
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He shall say:
Will you look on?
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Then he looked down and saw him in the midst of hell.
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He shall say:
By Allah!
you had almost caused me to perish;
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And had it not been for the favor of my Lord,
I would certainly have been among those brought up.
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Is it then that we are not going to die,
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Except our previous death?
And we shall not be chastised?
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Most surely this is the mighty achievement.
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For the like of this then let the workers work.
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Is this better as an entertainment or the tree of Zaqqum?
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Surely We have made it to be a trial to the unjust.
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Surely it is a tree that-grows in the bottom of the hell;
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Its produce is as it were the heads of the serpents.
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Then most surely they shall eat of it and fill (their) bellies with it.
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Then most surely they shall have after it to drink of a mixture prepared in boiling water.
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Then most surely their return shall be to hell.
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Surely they found their fathers going astray,
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So in their footsteps they are being hastened on.
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And certainly most of the ancients went astray before them,
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And certainly We sent among them warners.
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Then see how was the end of those warned,
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Except the servants of Allah,
the purified ones.
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And Nuh did certainly call upon Us,
and most excellent answerer of prayer are We.
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And We delivered him and his followers from the mighty distress.
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And We made his offspring the survivors.
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And We perpetuated to him (praise) among the later generations.
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Peace and salutation to Nuh among the nations.
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Thus do We surely reward the doers of good.
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Surely he was of Our believing servants.
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Then We drowned the others
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And most surely Ibrahim followed his way.
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When he came to his Lord with a free heart,
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When he said to his father and his people:
What is it that you worship?
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A lie-- gods besides Allah-- do you desire?
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What is then your idea about the Lord of the worlds?
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Then he looked at the stars,
looking up once,
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Then he said:
Surely I am sick (of your worshipping these).
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So they went away from him,
turning back.
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Then he turned aside to their gods secretly and said:
What!
do you not eat?
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What is the matter with you that you do not speak?
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Then he turned against them secretly,
smiting them with the right hand.
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So they (people) advanced towards him,
hastening.
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Said he:
What!
do you worship what you hew out?
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And Allah has created you and what you make.
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They said:
Build for him a furnace,
then cast him into the burning fire.
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And they desired a war against him,
but We brought them low.
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And he said:
Surely I fly to my lord;
He will guide me.
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My Lord!
grant me of the doers of good deeds.
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So We gave him the good news of a boy,
possessing forbearance.
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And when he attained to working with him,
he said:
O my son!
surely I have seen in a dream that I should sacrifice you;
consider then what you see.
He said:
O my father!
do what you are commanded;
if Allah please,
you will find me of the patient ones.
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So when they both submitted and he threw him down upon his forehead,
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And We called out to him saying:
O Ibrahim!
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You have indeed shown the truth of the vision;
surely thus do We reward the doers of good:
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Most surely this is a manifest trial.
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And We ransomed him with a Feat sacrifice.
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And We perpetuated (praise) to him among the later generations.
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Thus do We reward the doers of good.
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Surely he was one of Our believing servants.
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And We gave him the good news of Ishaq,
a prophet among the good ones.
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And We showered Our blessings on him and on Ishaq;
and of their offspring are the doers of good,
and (also) those who are clearly unjust to their own souls.
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And certainly We conferred a favor on Musa and Haroun.
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And We delivered them both and their people from the mighty distress.
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And We helped them,
so they were the vanquishers.
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And We gave them both the Book that made (things) clear.
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And We guided them both on the right way.
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And We perpetuated (praise) to them among the later generations.
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Peace be on Musa and Haroun.
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Even thus do We reward the doers of good.
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Surely they were both of Our believing servants.
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And Ilyas was most surely of the apostles.
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When he said to his people:
Do you not guard (against evil)?
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What!
do you call upon Ba'l and forsake the best of the creators,
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Allah,
your Lord and the Lord of your fathers of yore?
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But they called him a liar,
therefore they shall most surely be brought up.
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But not the servants of Allah,
the purified ones.
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And We perpetuated to him (praise) among the later generations.
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Even thus do We reward the doers of good.
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Surely he was one of Our believing servants.
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And Lut was most surely of the apostles.
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When We delivered him and his followers,
all--
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Except an old woman (who was) amongst those who tarried.
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Then We destroyed the others.
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And most surely you pass by them in the morning,
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And at night;
do you not then understand?
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And Yunus was most surely of the apostles.
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When he ran away to a ship completely laden,
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So he shared (with them),
but was of those who are cast off.
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So the fish swallowed him while he did that for which he blamed himself
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But had it not been that he was of those who glorify (Us),
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He would certainly have tarried in its belly to the day when they are raised.
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Then We cast him on to the vacant surface of the earth while he was sick.
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And We caused to grow up for him a gourdplant.
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And We sent him to a hundred thousand,
rather they exceeded.
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And they believed,
so We gave them provision till a time.
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Then ask them whether your Lord has daughters and they have sons.
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Or did We create the angels females while they were witnesses?
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Now surely it is of their own lie that they say:
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Allah has begotten;
and most surely they are liars.
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Has He chosen daughters in preference to sons?
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What is the matter with you,
how is it that you judge?
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Will you not then mind?
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Or have you a clear authority?
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Then bring your book,
if you are truthful.
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And they assert a relationship between Him and the jinn;
and certainly the jinn do know that they shall surely be brought up;
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Glory be to Allah (for freedom) from what they describe;
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But not so the servants of Allah,
the purified ones.
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So surely you and what you worship,
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Not against Him can you cause (any) to fall into trial,
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Save him who will go to hell.
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And there is none of us but has an assigned place,
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And most surely we are they who draw themselves out in ranks,
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And we are most surely they who declare the glory (of Allah).
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And surely they used to say:
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Had we a reminder from those of yore,
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We would certainly have been the servants of Allah-- the purified ones.
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But (now) they disbelieve in it,
so they will come to know.
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And certainly Our word has already gone forth in respect of Our servants,
the apostles:
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Most surely they shall be the assisted ones
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And most surely Our host alone shall be the victorious ones.
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Therefore turn away from them till a time,
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And (then) see them,
so they too shall see.
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What!
would they then hasten on Our chastisement?
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But when it shall descend in their court,
evil shall then be the morning of the warned ones.
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And turn away from them till a time
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And (then) see,
for they too shall see.
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Glory be to your Lord,
the Lord of Honor,
above what they describe.
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And peace be on the apostles.
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And all praise is due to Allah,
the Lord of the worlds.