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In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
- O thou wrapped up (in a mantle)!
- Arise and deliver thy warning!
- And thy Lord do thou magnify!
- And thy garments keep free from stain!
- And all abomination shun!
- Nor expect in giving any increase (for thyself)!
- But for thy Lord's (Cause) be patient and constant!
- Finally when the Trumpet is sounded
- That will be that Day a Day of Distress
- Far from easy for those without Faith.
- Leave Me alone (to deal) with the (creature) whom I created (bare and) alone!
- To whom I granted resources in abundance
- And sons to be by his side!
- To whom I made (life) smooth and comfortable!
- Yet is he greedy that I should add (yet more)
- By no means! For to Our Signs he has been refractory!
- Soon will I visit him with a mount of calamities!
- For he thought and he plotted
- And woe to him! how he plotted!
- Yea woe to him! how he plotted!
- Then he looked round;
- Then he frowned and he scowled;
- Then he turned back and was haughty;
- Then said he: "This is nothing but magic derived from of old;"
- "This is nothing but the word of a mortal!"
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