CHAPTER 62.  THE CONGREGATION                                       SECTION 1.  PART XXVIII

IN THE NAME OF GOD 
THE MOST GRACIOUS AND MERCIFUL GOD

1  WHATEVER IS IN THE HEAVENS AND ON EARTH GLORIFIES
GOD, THE SOVEREIGN, THE HOLY, THE MIGHTY, THE WISE

2  IT IS HE WHO HAS SENT AMONG THE UNLETTERED 
FROM AMONG THEM A MESSENGER
TO RECITE TO THEM HIS MESSAGES CLEAR 
AND INSTRUCT THEM IN WISDOM AND IN SCRIPTURE
ALTHOUGH THEY HAD BEEN BEFORE IN MANIFEST ERROR

3  AS WELL AS TO CONFER 
ALL THESE BENEFITS UPON OTHERS 
WHO HAVE NOT JOINED IN THEM PRIOR 
AND HE IS ALL WISE AND HAS ALL POWER 

4  THIS IS THE BOUNTY OF GOD WHICH HE BESTOWS FREELY
 ON WHOM HE PLEASES, AND GOD IS THE LORD OF BOUNTY

5  THE SIMILITUDE OF THOSE WHO WERE CHARGED FAITHFULLY
WITH THE TORAH AND FAILED IN THOSE OBLIGATIONS SUBSEQUENTLY 
IS THAT OF BOOKS BEING CARRIED BY A DONKEY 
AND EVIL IS THE SIMILITUDE OF PEOPLE WHO FALSELY
REJECT GOD'S SIGNS INSOLENTLY
AND GOD GUIDES NOT PEOPLE OF INIQUITY

6  SAY, OH YOU THAT ARE JEWS
IF YOU THINK THAT YOU 
ARE FRIENDS TO GOD TO EXCLUDE 
OTHER MEN THEN WISH DEATH UPON YOU
IF YOU THINK WHAT YOU ARE SAYING IS TRUE

7  BUT NEVER WILL THEY EXPRESS THEIR DESIRE 
FOR DEATH BECAUSE OF THE DEEDS THEY HAVE DONE PRIOR
AND YOUR LORD SURELY KNOWS THOSE WHO ARE WRONG DOERS

8  SAY, THE DEATH FROM WHICH YOU FLEE 
WILL OVERTAKE YOU THEN WILL YOU BE 
SENT BACK TO THE KNOWER OF DEEDS
SECRET AND OPEN AND HE WILL INDEED
TELL YOU THE TRUTH OF ALL OF YOUR DEEDS

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CHAPTER 62.  THE CONGREGATION                                      SECTION 2.  PART XXVIII

9  OH YOU WHO ARE BELIEVERS 
WHEN THE CALL IS MADE FOR FRIDAY PRAYER  
HASTEN TO THE REMEMBRANCE OF YOUR MAKER
AND LEAVE OFF BUSINESS, FOR YOU THAT WILL BE  BETTER

10  AND WHEN YOU HAVE FINISHED THE PRAYER 
THEN THROUGH THE LAND YOU MAY DISPERSE 
AND SEEK OF YOUR LORD'S TREASURES 
AND CELEBRATE THE PRAISES OF THE CREATOR 
OFTEN SO THAT YOU MAY PROSPER

11  BUT WHEN THEY SEE SOME BARGAIN OR SOMETHING AMUSING
THEY DISPERSE HEADLONG INTO IT AND LEAVE YOU STANDING 
SAY, FROM THE PRESENCE OF OUR LORD, HIS BLESSING
IS BETTER THAN ANY AMUSEMENT OR BARGAINING
GOD IS THE BEST TO PROVIDE FOR ALL THINGS

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