| 1. By the Mount (of 
												Revelation);
 2. By a Decree inscribed
 
 3. In a Scroll unfolded;
 
 4. By the much-frequented Fane;
 
 5. By the Canopy Raised High;
 
 6. And by the Ocean filled with 
												Swell;-
 
 7. Verily, the Doom of thy Lord 
												will indeed come to pass;-
 
 8. There is none can avert it;-
 
 9. On the Day when the firmament 
												will be in dreadful commotion.
 
 10. And the mountains will fly 
												hither and thither.
 
 11. Then woe that Day to those 
												that treat (Truth) as 
												Falsehood;-
 
 12. That play (and paddle) in 
												shallow trifles.
 
 13. That Day shall they be 
												thrust down to the Fire of Hell, 
												irresistibly.
 
 14. "This:, it will be said, "Is 
												the Fire,- which ye were wont to 
												deny!
 
 15. "Is this then a fake, or is 
												it ye that do not see?
 
 16. "Burn ye therein: the same 
												is it to you whether ye bear it 
												with patience, or not: Ye but 
												receive the recompense of your 
												(own) deeds."
 
 17. As to the Righteous, they 
												will be in Gardens, and in 
												Happiness,-
 
 18. Enjoying the (Bliss) which 
												their Lord hath bestowed on 
												them, and their Lord shall 
												deliver them from the Penalty of 
												the Fire.
 
 19. (To them will be said:) "Eat 
												and drink ye, with profit and 
												health, because of your (good) 
												deeds."
 
 20. They will recline (with 
												ease) on Thrones (of dignity) 
												arranged in ranks; and We shall 
												join them to Companions, with 
												beautiful big and lustrous eyes.
 
 21. And those who believe and 
												whose families follow them in 
												Faith,- to them shall We join 
												their families: Nor shall We 
												deprive them (of the fruit) of 
												aught of their works: (Yet) is 
												each individual in pledge for 
												his deeds.
 
 22. And We shall bestow on them, 
												of fruit and meat, anything they 
												shall desire.
 
 23. They shall there exchange, 
												one with another, a (loving) cup 
												free of frivolity, free of all 
												taint of ill.
 
 24. Round about them will serve, 
												(devoted) to them. Youths 
												(handsome) as Pearls 
												well-guarded.
 
 25. They will advance to each 
												other, engaging in mutual 
												enquiry.
 
 26. They will say: "Aforetime, 
												we were not without fear for the 
												sake of our people.
 
 27. "But Allah has been good to 
												us, and has delivered us from 
												the Penalty of the Scorching 
												Wind.
 
 28. "Truly, we did call unto Him 
												from of old: truly it is He, the 
												Beneficent, the Merciful!"
 
 29. Therefore proclaim thou the 
												praises (of thy Lord): for by 
												the Grace of thy Lord, thou art 
												no (vulgar) soothsayer, nor art 
												thou one possessed.
 
 30. Or do they say:- "A Poet! we 
												await for him some calamity 
												(hatched) by Time!"
 
 31. Say thou: "Await ye!- I too 
												will wait along with you!"
 
 32. Is it that their faculties 
												of understanding urge them to 
												this, or are they but a people 
												transgressing beyond bounds?
 
 33. Or do they say, "He 
												fabricated the (Message)"? Nay, 
												they have no faith!
 
 34. Let them then produce a 
												recital like unto it,- If (it 
												be) they speak the truth!
 
 35. Were they created of 
												nothing, or were they themselves 
												the creators?
 
 36. Or did they create the 
												heavens and the earth? Nay, they 
												have no firm belief.
 
 37. Or are the Treasures of thy 
												Lord with them, or are they the 
												managers (of affairs)?
 
 38. Or have they a ladder, by 
												which they can (climb up to 
												heaven and) listen (to its 
												secrets)? Then let (such a) 
												listener of theirs produce a 
												manifest proof.
 
 39. Or has He only daughters and 
												ye have sons?
 
 40. Or is it that thou dost ask 
												for a reward, so that they are 
												burdened with a load of debt?-
 
 41. Or that the Unseen in it 
												their hands, and they write it 
												down?
 
 42. Or do they intend a plot 
												(against thee)? But those who 
												defy Allah are themselves 
												involved in a Plot!
 
 43. Or have they a god other 
												than Allah. Exalted is Allah far 
												above the things they associate 
												with Him!
 
 44. Were they to see a piece of 
												the sky falling (on them), they 
												would (only) say: "Clouds 
												gathered in heaps!"
 
 45. So leave them alone until 
												they encounter that Day of 
												theirs, wherein they shall 
												(perforce) swoon (with terror),-
 
 46. The Day when their plotting 
												will avail them nothing and no 
												help shall be given them.
 
 47. And verily, for those who do 
												wrong, there is another 
												punishment besides this: But 
												most of them understand not.
 
 48. Now await in patience the 
												command of thy Lord: for verily 
												thou art in Our eyes: and 
												celebrate the praises of thy 
												Lord the while thou standest 
												forth,
 
 49. And for part of the night 
												also praise thou Him,- and at 
												the retreat of the stars!
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