CHAPTER 18.  THE CAVE                                                                  SECTION 10.  PART XV

71  SO THEY BOTH PROCEEDED
UNTIL WHEN THEY CAME TO A BOAT AND HE SCUTTLED IT
AND MOSES SAID, HAVE YOU SCUTTLED IT
IN ORDER TO DROWN THOSE WHO USE IT?  
WHAT YOU HAVE DONE, STRANGE IS IT

72  HE ANSWERED, DID I NOT TELL YOU THAT INDEED
YOU CANNOT HAVE PATIENCE WITH ME?

73  MOSES SAID, DO NOT REBUKE ME FOR REMEMBERING NOT
 BY RAISING DIFFICULTIES IN MY CASE AND GRIEVE ME NOT

74  THEY PROCEEDED UNTIL WHEN HE MET A MAN WHO WAS YOUNG 
AND HE KILLED HIM AND MOSES SAID, HAVE YOU SLAIN ONE 
WHO IS INNOCENT AND WHO HAS KILLED NO ONE? 
A FOUL UNHEARD OF THING HAVE YOU DONE

PART  XVI

75  HE SAID, DID I NOT SAY TO YOU CLEARLY
THAT YOU COULD NOT HAVE PATIENCE WITH ME?

76  MOSES SAID, IF I ASK YOU ABOUT ANYTHING AFTER THIS 
THEN DO NOT KEEP ME IN YOUR COMPANY AFTER THIS
THEN WOULD YOU HAVE FROM ME AMPLE EXCUSES 

77  AND THEN THEY DID PROCEED UNTIL WHEN THEY CAME TO A TOWN
THEY ASKED THE PEOPLE FOR FOOD BUT THEY TURNED THEM DOWN 
THEY FOUND THERE A WALL ON THE POINT OF FALLING DOWN

BUT HE SET IT UP STRAIGHT AND MOSES SAID, IF YOU HAD PLEASED  
YOU COULD HAVE EXACTED SOME RECOMPENSE FOR IT INDEED

78  HE SAID, THIS IS THE PARTING BETWEEN YOU AND ME
NOW I WILL TELL THE INTERPRETATION TO YOU CLEARLY
OF THOSE THINGS OF WHICH YOU COULD NOT BEAR PATIENTLY

79  AS FOR THE BOAT IT BELONGED TO POOR PEOPLE
WHO WORKED ON THE WATER AND I MADE IT UNSERVICEABLE 

FOR THERE WAS AFTER THEM A KING WHO SEIZED
EVERY BOAT ON THE WATER FORCIBLY

80  AS FOR THE YOUTH, HIS PARENTS WERE OF THOSE WHO BELIEVED
AND WE FEARED THAT HE WOULD GRIEVE THEM SHAMEFULLY
BY ACTING REBELLIOUS AND UNGRATEFULLY 

81  SO WE DESIRED THAT THEIR LORD WOULD GIVE THEM A SON 
BETTER IN PURITY OF CONDUCT AND CLOSER IN AFFECTION

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82  AS FOR THE WALL IN THE TOWN
IT BELONGED TO TWO ORPHAN YOUTHS IN THE TOWN 

THERE WAS BENEATH IT A BURIED TREASURE 
AND TO WHICH THEY WERE TO BE THE INHERITORS 
FOR THEIR FATHER HAD BEEN A RIGHTEOUS BELIEVER
SO YOUR LORD HAS DESIRED THAT THEY SHOULD MATURE 
TO THEIR AGE OF FULL STRENGTH AND GET OUT THEIR TREASURE 
A MERCY FROM YOUR LORD AND A FAVOR 

SO I DID IT NOT OF MY OWN DOING
THIS IS THE INTERPRETATION OF THOSE THINGS 
OF WHICH YOU WERE UNABLE TO HOLD PATIENCE IN ASKING

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 CHAPTER 18.  THE CAVE                                                                SECTION 11.  PART  XVI

83  CONCERNING ZUL-QARNAIN, THEY ASK YOU
SAY, I WILL RECITE SOME OF HIS STORY TO YOU

84  WE GAVE ESTABLISHED POWER ON THE EARTH TO HIM
AND GAVE THE WAYS AND  MEANS TO ALL THINGS TO HIM

85  SO A COURSE WAS FOLLOWED BY HIM

86  WHEN HE REACHED THE SETTING OF THE SUN IN HIS JOURNEY 
HE FOUND IT SET IN A SPRING OF WATER THAT WAS MURKY 
AND THERE HE FOUND A PEOPLE AND WE DECREED
OH ZUL-QARNAIN, YOU HAVE AUTHORITY 
EITHER TO PUNISH THEM OR SHOW THEM MERCY

87  HE SAID, WHOEVER DOES WRONG WE WILL PUNISH HIM SEVERELY
THEN WILL HE BE SENT BACK TO HIS LORD AND HE ADDITIONALLY
WILL PUNISH HIM WITH AN EXEMPLARY PENALTY

88  BUT WHOEVER BELIEVES AND ACTS RIGHTEOUSLY
WILL BE REWARDED AND HIS TASK WILL BE EASY  
AS WE WILL ORDER IT AT OUR DECREE 

89  THEN FOLLOWED ANOTHER WAY DID HE

90  UNTIL WHEN HE CAME TO THE SUN'S RISING AND HE FOUND IT 
RISING ON A PEOPLE WHOM WE HAD GIVEN NO COVER FROM IT

91  HE LEFT THEM AS THEY WERE AND WE CERTAINLY
UNDERSTOOD WHAT WAS BEFORE HIM COMPLETELY

92  THEN FOLLOWED ANOTHER WAY DID HE

93  UNTIL HE REACHED BETWEEN TWO MOUNTAINS A VALLEY
AND HE FOUND BENEATH THEM A PEOPLE WHO SCARCELY
COULD UNDERSTAND A WORD HARDLY

94  THEY SAID, OH ZUL-QARNAIN, THE GOG AND MAGOG PEOPLE                      
DO GREAT MISCHIEF ON EARTH AND MUCH EVIL

SHALL WE RENDER TO YOU A TRIBUTE FROM US
IN ORDER THAT YOU MIGHT ERECT FOR US 
A BARRIER BETWEEN THEM AND US? 

95  HE SAID, THE POWER IN WHICH MY LORD HAS ESTABLISHED ME 
IS BETTER THAN ANY TRIBUTE THAT YOU WOULD GIVE TO ME
THEREFORE WITH YOUR STRENGTH AND LABOR HELP ME
I WILL ERECT BETWEEN US A BARRIER STRONGLY

96  BRING FOR ME BLOCKS OF IRON
WHEN HE HAD FILLED UP THE SPACE BETWEEN THE TWO MOUNTAINS 

HE SAID, BLOW WITH YOUR BELLOWS, THEN WHEN IT WAS RED  
HE SAID, BRING ME THAT I MAY POUR OVER IT MOLTEN LEAD

97  SO WERE THEY MADE POWERLESS TO SCALE IT 
NOR WERE THEY ABLE TO DIG THROUGH IT

CHAPTER 18.  THE CAVE                                              SECTION 11 (CONT'D).  PART  XVI

98  HE SAID, THIS IS A MERCY FROM GOD 
BUT WHEN COMES TO PASS THE PROMISE OF GOD 

THEN HE WILL MAKE IT INTO DUST
THE PROMISE OF GOD IS TRUE AND JUST

99  ON THAT DAY WE WILL LEAVE THEM TOGETHER
AND THEY WILL SURGE LIKE WAVES ON ONE ANOTHER 
WHEN THE TRUMPET IS BLOWN WE WILL GATHER THEM TOGETHER

100  WE WILL PRESENT HELL THAT DAY TO THE DISBELIEVERS 

101  DISBELIEVERS WHOSE EYES HAD BEEN UNDER A COVER
FROM REMEMBRANCE OF ME AND HAD BEEN UNABLE  TO HEAR

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102  DO THE DISBELIEVERS THINK THAN THEY CAN REALLY  
TAKE MY SERVANTS AS PROTECTORS BESIDES ME?  

SURELY WE HAVE PREPARED HELL AS THE PUNISHMENT 
FOR THE DISBELIEVERS FOR THEIR ENTERTAINMENT

103  SAY, SHALL WE TELL YOU OF THOSE WHO LOSE 
MOST IN RESPECT OF THEIR DEEDS AMONG YOU?

104  THOSE WHOSE EFFORTS IN THIS WORLD HAVE BEEN WASTED 
THINKING THEY WERE ACQUIRING GOOD BY THE WORK THEY DID  

105  THEY ARE THOSE WHO DENY THE SIGNS OF THEIR LORD 
AND THE FACT OF THEIR HAVING TO MEET THEIR LORD 

AND VAIN WILL BE THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS
NOR WILL WE GIVE THEM WEIGHT ON THE DAY OF JUDGMENT

106  THEIR REWARD IS HELL BECAUSE THEY REJECTED FAITH IN ME 
AND TOOK MY SIGNS AND MY MESSENGERS BY WAY OF MOCKERY

107  AS TO THOSE WHO BELIEVE AND WORK RIGHTEOUS DEEDS
THEY HAVE FOR THEIR ENTERTAINMENT GARDENS OF ETERNITY

108  THEY WILL DWELL FOREVER IN THEM
NO CHANGE WILL THEY WISH FOR FROM THEM

109  SAY, IF THE OCEAN 
WERE INK FOR THE WORDS OF MY LORD TO BE WRITTEN 
THEN ASSUREDLY EXHAUSTED WOULD BE THE OCEAN
BEFORE THE WORDS OF GOD COULD BE WRITTEN 
EVEN IF WE ADDED TO IT ANOTHER OCEAN 

110  SAY, I AM BUT A MAN LIKE YOU 
BUT INSPIRATION HAS COME TO ME FOR YOU

THAT YOUR GOD IS ONE GOD 
WHOEVER EXPECTS TO MEET HIS GOD
LET HIM WORK RIGHTEOUSNESS AND IN HIS WORSHIP OF GOD
ADMIT NO ONE AS A PARTNER WITH GOD

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IN THE NAME OF GOD
THE MOST GRACIOUS AND MERCIFUL GOD

1  SUFFICIENT GUIDE, BLESSED, KNOWING, TRUTHFUL GOD

2  THIS IS A MENTION OF THE MERCY OF GOD
TO ZACHARIAH, A SERVANT OF GOD

3  HE CRIED A SECRET CALL TO GOD

4  MY LORD, WEAK ARE MY BONES AND THE HAIR OF MY HEAD 
DOES GLISTEN WITH GRAY BUT I AM NOT UNBLESSED 

5  NOW I FEAR WHAT MY RELATIVES WILL DO AFTER ME 
AND MY WIFE IS BARREN SO GIVE AN HEIR TO ME 

6  ONE THAT WILL TRULY REPRESENT ME 
AND WHO WILL REPRESENT JACOB'S POSTERITY
AND MAKE HIM ONE WITH WHOM YOU ARE PLEASED

7  HIS PRAYER WAS ANSWERED, WE GIVE YOU NEWS OF A SON
HIS NAME WILL BE JOHN AND BY THAT NAME ON NONE 
HAVE WE BEFORE CONFERRED DISTINCTION 

8  HE SAID, OH MY LORD, HOW WILL I HAVE A SON
NOW WHEN I AM OLD AND MY WIFE IS BARREN? 

9  HE SAID, SO IT WILL BE, THAT IS EASY FOR ME 
I CREATED YOU WHEN YOU WERE NOTHING PREVIOUSLY 

10  ZAKARIYA SAID, OH MY LORD, GIVE A SIGN TO ME
THE ANSWER WAS, YOUR SIGN WILL BE 
FOR THREE DAYS TO NO MAN WILL YOU SPEAK
ALTHOUGH YOU ARE NOT DUMB AND ARE ABLE TO SPEAK

11  ZAKARIYA CAME TO HIS PEOPLE AND BY SIGNS PROCLAIMING
TO GLORIFY GOD MORNING AND EVENING 

12  TO HIS SON CAME THE COMMAND, OH JOHN, TAKE HOLD FIRMLY 
TO THE BOOK WITH MIGHT, AND WE ASSUREDLY
GAVE HIM WISDOM IN HIS ADOLESCENCE

13  AND FROM US PITY FOR ALL CREATURES AND PURITY 
AND ALSO DEVOUT AND DUTIFUL WAS HE 

14  AND KIND TO HIS PARENTS AND ALSO WAS HE 
NOT OVERBEARING NOR ACTED REBELLIOUSLY

15  SO PEACE ON HIM THE DAY 
HE WAS BORN AND THE DAY 
THAT HE DIED AND THE DAY 
THAT HE WILL AGAIN BE RAISED  

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16  RELATE IN THE BOOK THE STORY OF MARY
WHEN SHE WITHDREW TO A PLACE IN THE EAST FROM HER FAMILY 

17  FROM THEM SHE PLACED A SCREEN TO SCREEN HER
THEN WE SENT OUR ANGEL TO HER 
AND HE APPEARED AS A MAN BEFORE HER 

18  SHE SAID, I SEEK REFUGE FROM YOU TO THE BENEFICENT GOD 
COME NOT NEAR ME IF YOU DO FEAR GOD

19  HE SAID, I AM ONLY A MESSENGER FROM THE HOLY ONE 
TO ANNOUNCE TO YOU THE GIFT OF A HOLY SON 

20  SHE SAID, HOW WILL I HAVE A SON
WHEN NO MAN HAS TOUCHED ME NOR AM I AN UNCHASTE ONE?

21  AND HE SAID, SO IT WILL BE, YOUR LORD SAID, THAT IS EASY FOR ME 
WE WISH TO MAKE HIM A SIGN TO MEN AND FROM US A MERCY 
AND IT IS A MATTER ALREADY DECREED 

22  SO SHE CONCEIVED HIM 
AND WITHDREW TO A REMOTE PLACE WITH HIM 

23  AND THE PAINS OF CHILDBIRTH DROVE HER 
TO THE TRUNK OF A PALM TREE AND SHE CRIED AS SHE SUFFERED

AND SAID, IF ONLY BEFORE THIS I COULD HAVE DIED 
AND BEEN A THING FORGOTTEN AND OUT OF SIGHT

24  FROM BENEATH THE PALM TREE A VOICE CRIED TO HER
GRIEVE NOT FOR GOD HAS PROVIDED BENEATH YOU A RIVER

25  SHAKE THE TRUNK OF THE PALM TREE TOWARDS YOU
FRESH RIPE DATES WILL FALL UPON YOU

26  SO EAT AND DRINK AND COMFORT YOUR EYE
AND IF YOU SEE ANY MAN SAY, THAT I

HAVE VOWED TO GOD MOST GRACIOUS A DAY OF FASTING
AND I WILL NOT ENTER INTO TALK WITH ANY HUMAN BEING

27  AND AT LENGTH SHE BROUGHT TO HER PEOPLE THE BABY 
CARRYING HIM IN HER ARMS AND THEY SAID, OH MARY
A STRANGE THING HAVE YOU BROUGHT SURELY

28  OH SISTER OF AARON, YOUR FATHER WAS NOT AN EVIL  MAN 
NOR WAS YOUR MOTHER AN UNCHASTE WOMAN 

29  BUT SHE POINTED TO THE CHILD 
THEY SAID, HOW CAN WE TALK TO ONE WHO IS A CHILD? 

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30  HE SAID, I AM A SERVANT OF GOD INDEED
AND HE HAS GIVEN REVELATION TO ME 
AND HAS MADE A PROPHET OF ME 

31  HE HAS MADE ME  BLESSED WHEREVER I MAY BE 
AND HAS ENJOINED ON ME PRAYER AND CHARITY 

32  HE HAS MADE ME KIND TO MY MOTHER AND NOT TO BE 
NEITHER OVERBEARING OR UNEASY 

33  PEACE ON ME THE DAY I WAS BORN AND THE DAY I DIE
AND THE DAY THAT I AM AGAIN RAISED UP TO LIFE

34  THIS WAS JESUS, THE SON OF MARY
A STATEMENT OF TRUTH ABOUT WHICH THEY DISPUTE VAINLY   

35  IT IS NOT BEFITTING TO GOD'S MAJESTY 
THAT HE SHOULD BEGET A SON, TO HIM BE THE GLORY 

WHEN HE DETERMINES A MATTER ALL THAT HAPPENS IS
HE ONLY SAYS TO IT BE, AND IT IS

36  SURELY GOD IS MY LORD AND YOUR LORD 
SO SERVE HIM THAT IS THE STRAIGHT WAY WITH YOUR LORD

37  AMONG THEMSELVES THE SECTS DIFFER 
AND WOE BE TO THE REBELLIOUS DISBELIEVERS 
FOR THE COMING OF A MOMENTOUS DAY OF THEIRS

38  HOW PLAINLY WILL THEY SEE AND HEAR 
THE DAY THAT BEFORE US THEY WILL APPEAR 
BUT THE UNJUST ARE SURELY IN MANIFEST ERROR  

39  BUT WARN THEM OF THE DAY OF DISTRESS
WHEN THE MATTER WILL BE DECIDED WITH JUSTICE
FOR THEY ARE DISBELIEVERS AND THEY ARE HEEDLESS 

40  WE WILL INHERIT THE EARTH AND ITS BEINGS 
AND TO US WILL THEY ALL BE RETURNING

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41  ALSO MENTION IN THE BOOK ABRAHAM'S STORY
FOR HE WAS A MAN OF TRUTH AND A PROPHET WAS HE

42  HE SAID TO HIS FATHER, WHY ARE YOU WORSHIPPING 
THAT WHICH HAS NO HEARING AND NO SEEING
AND WHICH CAN PROFIT YOU NOTHING?

43  OH MY FATHER, KNOWLEDGE HAS COME TO ME 
WHICH HAS NOT REACHED YOU SO FOLLOW ME 
I WILL GUIDE YOU TO A  STRAIGHT WAY INDEED

44  OH MY FATHER, SERVE NOT SATAN 
FOR REBELLIOUS AGAINST GOD IS SATAN

45  MY FATHER, I FEAR THAT A PENALTY WILL AFFLICT YOU 
FROM GOD SO THAT SATAN BECOMES A FRIEND TO YOU 

46  THE FATHER REPLIED, OH ABRAHAM, ARE MY GODS HATED BY YOU?
AND IF YOU DO NOT DESIST I WILL INDEED STONE YOU 
NOW FOR A GOOD LONG WHILE AWAY WITH YOU

47  ABRAHAM SAID TO HIS FATHER, PEACE BE UPON YOU 
I WILL PRAY TO GOD  FOR FORGIVENESS FOR YOU
AND HE IS MOST KIND AND MERCIFUL TOO

48  AND I WILL TURN AWAY FROM YOU TO MY LORD
AND FROM ALL THOSE YOU WORSHIP BESIDES MY LORD
AND I WILL CALL ON MY LORD 
PERHAPS BY MY PRAYER TO MY LORD 
I WILL BE NOT UNBLESSED BY MY LORD

49  WHEN HE HAD TURNED AWAY FROM THEM AND THEIR GODS 
WHOM THEY WORSHIPPED BESIDES GOD
ISAAC AND JACOB WERE BESTOWED ON HIM BY GOD
AND EACH OF THEM WERE ORDAINED AS PROPHETS OF GOD

50  WE BESTOWED OF OUR MERCY ON THEM 
AND WE GRANTED HONOR AND TRUTH TO THEM 

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51  THE STORY OF MOSES IN THE BOOK WE ALSO MENTION
HE WAS A MESSENGER AND A PROPHET SPECIALLY CHOSEN

52  WE CALLED HIM FROM THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN
AND MADE HIM DRAW NEAR TO US FOR MYSTIC COMMUNION

53  OUT OF OUR MERCY WE GAVE HIM AARON HIS BROTHER 
ALSO A PROPHET AND A MESSENGER

54  AND ALSO MENTION IN THE BOOK ISHMAEL'S STORY 
FOR HE WAS TRUE TO WHAT HE PROMISED STRICTLY  
AND A MESSENGER AND A PROPHET WAS HE 

55  HE ENJOINED ON HIS PEOPLE CHARITY AND PRAYER TO GOD
AND HE WAS MOST ACCEPTABLE IN THE SIGHT OF GOD

56  ALSO MENTION IN THE BOOK IDRIS'S STORY
FOR HE WAS A PROPHET AND A MAN OF SINCERITY 

57  WE RAISED HIM TO A STATION THAT WAS LOFTY

58  THOSE WERE SOME OF THE PROPHETS ON WHOM GOD DID BESTOW 
HIS GRACE OF THE POSTERITY OF ADAM AND OF THOSE 
WHOM WE CARRIED IN THE ARK WITH NOAH AND OF THOSE
OF THE POSTERITY OF ABRAHAM AND ISRAEL WERE OF THOSE 
OF WHOM WE BLESSED AND GUIDED AND OF WHOM WE CHOSE

AND WHENEVER THEY HEARD GOD'S REVELATIONS 
THEY WOULD FALL DOWN IN PROSTRATION 
AND IN TEARS OF ADORATION

 59  BUT A POSTERITY FOLLOWED THEM AFTER
WHO FOLLOWED LUSTS AND MISSED PRAYERS 
THEREFORE SOON WILL THEY FACE DISASTER

60  EXCEPT THOSE WHO REPENT AND BELIEVE 
AND WORK RIGHTEOUSNESS FOR THESE 
WILL ENTER THE GARDEN AND WILL NOT BE 
TREATED UNJUST IN THE LEAST DEGREE

61  GARDENS OF ETERNITY THOSE WHICH GOD HAS PROMISED
TO HIS SERVANTS IN THE UNSEEN FOR HIS PROMISE 
MUST COME TO PASS AS PROMISED

62  THEY WILL NOT HEAR ANY TALKING VAINLY 
AND THEY WILL HEAR SALUTATIONS OF PEACE ONLY
AND THEY WILL HAVE SUSTENANCE DAILY AND NIGHTLY

63  THIS IS THE GARDEN WHICH WE GIVE AS AN INHERITANCE  
TO THOSE WHO GUARD AGAINST EVIL OF OUR SERVANTS 

64  THE ANGELS SAY, WE DESCEND ONLY BY OUR LORD'S ORDER 
TO HIM BELONGS WHAT IS BEFORE US AND WHAT IS AFTER 
AND WHAT IS BETWEEN AND HE FORGETS NOTHING EVER

65  LORD OF THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH IN ITS ENTIRETY
AND ALL THAT IS BETWEEN THEM, SO WORSHIP HIM ONLY
AND BE CONSTANT AND WORSHIP HIM PATIENTLY  
KNOW YOU OF ANY WHO IS WORTHY OF THE SAME NAME AS HE?

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66   MAN SAYS, WHEN I AM DEAD
WILL I REALLY BE RAISED UP ALIVE FROM THE DEAD?

67  DOES MAN NOT REMEMBER OUR CREATING
HIM BEFORE WHEN HE WAS NOTHING? 

68  BY YOUR LORD, WITHOUT DOUBT WE WILL GATHER THEM
WE WILL ALSO GATHER THE EVIL ONES WITH THEM 
THEN ON THEIR KNEES WE WILL BRING THEM 
ROUND ABOUT HELL ALL OF THEM

69  THEN WILL WE CERTAINLY DRAG OUT THE UNRIGHTEOUS
ALL OF THOSE WHO WERE WORST IN BEING REBELLIOUS 
AGAINST THEIR LORD, GOD IS MOST GRACIOUS

70  AND CERTAINLY WE KNOW BEST WHO IS IT
THAT IS MOST WORTHY OF BEING BURNED IN IT 

71  NOT ONE OF YOU BUT WILL PASS OVER IT 
THIS IS WITH GOD A DECREE WHICH MUST BE ACCOMPLISHED

72  THOSE WHO GUARDED AGAINST EVIL WE WILL SAVE FROM IT
WE WILL LEAVE THE WRONG DOERS HUMBLED TO THEIR KNEES IN IT

73  WHEN OUR MESSAGES ARE RECITED CLEAR
THE DISBELIEVERS SAY TO THE BELIEVERS

WHICH OF THE TWO SIDES IS BEST IN POINT OF POSITION 
AND WHICH MAKES THE BEST SHOW IN CONSULTATION?

74  BUT HOW MANY COUNTLESS GENERATIONS 
BEFORE THEM HAVE WE BROUGHT TO DESTRUCTION
WHO WERE EVEN BETTER IN GLITTER AND POSSESSIONS? 

75  SAY, IF ANY GO ASTRAY AMONG THEM
GOD EXTENDS THE ROPE TO THEM

UNTIL WHEN THEY SEE THEIR LORD'S WARNING 
BEING FULFILLED EITHER IN PUNISHING
OR IN THE HOUR APPROACHING 

THEN THEY WILL REALIZE AT LENGTH 
WHO IS WORST IN POSITION AND WEAKEST IN STRENGTH

76   GOD GUIDES THOSE WHO SEEK THE GUIDANCE OF THEIR LORD 
AND THE THINGS THAT ENDURE IN THE SIGHT OF YOUR LORD 
GOOD DEEDS ARE SURELY BEST AS REWARDS 
AND BEST IN RESPECT OF THEIR RETURNS FROM YOUR LORD

77  HAVE YOU SEEN HIM WHO REJECTS GOD'S MESSAGES
AND THEN SAYS, I WILL BE GIVEN CHILDREN AND RICHES?

78  HAS HE KNOWLEDGE OF THE UNSEEN EVENTS
OR HAS HE TAKEN A COVENANT WITH THE BENEFICENT?
 
79   BY NO MEANS AND WE WILL RECORD WHAT HE DECREES
AND WE WILL ADD AND ADD TO HIS PENALTIES

80  TO US WILL RETURN ALL THAT HE SPEAKS ON  
AND HE WILL APPEAR BEFORE US BARE AND ALONE 

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81  AND THEY HAVE TAKEN FOR WORSHIP GODS 
TO GIVE THEM POWER AND GLORY OTHER THAN GOD

82  INSTEAD THEY WILL REJECT THEIR WORSHIPPING THEM
AND BECOME ADVERSARIES AGAINST THEM

                                                                                                                    SECTION 6

83  SEE YOU NOT THAT WE HAVE SET THE DOERS OF INIQUITY
AGAINST THE DISBELIEVERS TO INCITE THEM WITH FURY

84  SO MAKE NO HASTE AGAINST THEM 
FOR WE COUNT OUT A NUMBER OF DAYS TO THEM 

85  THE DAY THAT WE WILL GATHER 
THE RIGHTEOUS TO GOD MOST GRACIOUS TOGETHER
LIKE A BAND PRESENTED BEFORE A KING FOR HONORS

86  AND WE WILL DRIVE THE SINNERS
TO HELL LIKE THIRSTY CATTLE DRIVEN TO WATER
 
87  NONE WILL HAVE THE POWER OF INTERCESSION 
BUT THOSE WHO HAVE RECEIVED PERMISSION 
FROM GOD THE MOST GRACIOUS ONE

88  THEY SAY, GOD THE MOST GRACIOUS ONE
THAT HE HAS BEGOTTEN A SON 

89  CERTAINLY YOUR ASSERTION
IS AN ABOMINATION

90  AT IT THE SKIES ARE READY TO BURST IN AN EXPLOSION
AND THE EARTH TO SPLIT APART IN UTTER DESTRUCTION
AND THE MOUNTAINS TO FALL DOWN IN RUINATION
 
91  THAT THEY SHOULD ASCRIBE A SON 
TO GOD, THE MOST GRACIOUS ONE

92  IT IS NOT IN HARMONY WITH MAJESTY OF THE HOLY ONE
THAT HE, GOD MOST GRACIOUS SHOULD BEGET A SON

93  OF THE BEINGS IN HEAVEN AND EARTH THERE IS NOT ONE
BUT MUST COME AS A SERVANT TO GOD, THE MOST GRACIOUS ONE

94  HE DOES TAKE AN ACCOUNT OF THEM ALL
AND HAS EXACTLY NUMBERED THEM ALL

95  AND EVERYONE OF THEM WILL COME TO HIM
ALONE ON JUDGMENT DAY WITH NO HELPER WITH HIM

96  ON THOSE WHO BELIEVE AND WORK DEEDS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS 
WILL GOD MOST GRACIOUS BESTOW LOVE AND KINDNESS

97  AND SO HAVE WE MADE THE QURAN EASY IN YOUR OWN TONGUE 
SO WITH IT YOU MAY GIVE GOOD NEWS TO THE RIGHTEOUS ONES 
AND ALSO GIVE WARNINGS TO THE WRONG DOING ONES

98  HOW MANY GENERATIONS HAVE WE DESTROYED BEFORE THEM 
AND CAN YOU NOW FIND EVEN A SINGLE ONE OF THEM 
OR HEAR SO MUCH AS A WHISPER FROM THEM?

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IN THE NAME OF GOD 
THE MOST GRACIOUS AND MERCIFUL GOD

1  OH MAN OF GOD

2  WE HAVE NOT SENT DOWN THE QURAN TO YOU 
TO BE AN OCCASION OF DISTRESS FOR YOU

3  BUT IT IS A REMINDER 
FOR HIM WHO FEARS 

4  IT IS A REVELATION OF INSPIRATION
FROM HIM WHO CREATED THE EARTH AND THE HEAVENS

5  GOD MOST GRACIOUS IS FIRMLY
ESTABLISHED ON THE THRONE OF AUTHORITY

6  TO HIM BELONGS ALL THAT IS IN THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH
AND ALL BETWEEN THEM AND UNDER THE SOIL OF THE EARTH

7  IF YOU PRONOUNCE THE WORD LOUDLY
IT IS NO MATTER, FOR SURELY 

HE KNOWS WHAT IS SECRET AND EVEN
WHAT IS YET MORE HIDDEN  

8  GOD, THERE IS NO GOD BUT HE
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL NAMES HAS HE

9  HAS THERE COME TO YOU MOSES' STORY? 

10  HE SAW A FIRE SO HE SAID TO HIS FAMILY 

STAY HERE I PERCEIVE A FIRE 
PERHAPS I CAN BRING YOU A BURNING BRANCH FROM THE FIRE
OR FIND SOME GUIDANCE FOR YOU AT THE FIRE

11  A VOICE WAS HEARD, OH MOSES, WHEN HE CAME TO THE FIRE

12  I AM YOUR LORD, PULL OFF YOUR SHOES BEFORE ME
FOR YOU ARE IN THE SACRED VALLEY

13  AND I HAVE CHOSEN YOU 
SO LISTEN TO THE INSPIRATION SENT TO YOU

14  I AM GOD, THERE IS NO GOD BUT ME SO SERVE ME ONLY 
AND ESTABLISH REGULAR PRAYER IN REMEMBRANCE OF ME

15  SURELY THE HOUR IS COMING 
TO KEEP IT HIDDEN IS MY CHOOSING

SO THAT EVERY SOUL MAY BE REWARDED AMPLY 
FOR WHAT IT STRIVES FOR EARNESTLY

16  THEREFORE LET NOT THOSE WHO BELIEVE NOT IN IT 
BUT FOLLOW THEIR OWN LUSTS DIVERT YOU FROM IT 
OR ELSE YOU WILL PERISH AS A RESULT OF IT

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17  AND WHAT IS THIS
IN YOUR RIGHT HAND, OH MOSES?

18  HE ANSWERED AND SAID, THIS IS MY STAFF, I LEAN ON IT
AND FOR MY SHEEP I BEAT THE LEAVES WITH IT
AND I HAVE OTHER USES FOR IT

19  GOD SAID, OH MOSES, THROW IT

20  SO HE THREW IT 
AND A SNAKE IN MOTION WAS IT

21  GOD SAID, SEIZE IT 
AND FEAR NOT, WE WILL RETURN IT 
AT ONCE TO THE FORMER CONDITION OF IT

22  NOW DRAW YOUR HAND CLOSE TO YOUR SIDE 
IT WILL COME FORTH WHITE AND WITH A SHINE 
WITHOUT HARM OR STAIN AS ANOTHER SIGN

23  THAT WE MAY SHOW YOU OF OUR GREATER SIGNS 

24  GO TO PHARAOH FOR HE HAS INDEED
TRANSGRESSED ALL BOUNDARIES

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25  MOSES SAID, OH MY LORD, EXPAND MY BREAST FOR ME

26  AND EASE MY TASK FOR ME

27  AND REMOVE THE IMPEDIMENT OF MY SPEECH FROM ME

28  SO THAT THEY MAY UNDERSTAND ME

29  AND GIVE ME A MINISTER FROM MY FAMILY

30  AARON MY BROTHER TO HELP ME

31  AND THROUGH HIM ADD STRENGTH TO ME

32  AND MAKE HIM SHARE MY TASK WITH ME

33  THAT WE MAY GLORIFY YOU GREATLY

34  AND REMEMBER YOU HONORABLY

35  FOR YOU ARE THE SEER OVER US SURELY

36  GOD SAID, OH MOSES, YOUR PRAYER IS ANSWERED 

37  AND WE CONFERRED ON YOU BEFORE ANOTHER FAVOR

38  WHEN WE SENT BY INSPIRATION THE MESSAGE TO YOUR MOTHER

39  PUT THE CHILD IN THE CHEST AND THROW IT INTO THE RIVER 

AND THE RIVER WILL CAST HIM UP ON THE BANK SAFELY
AND HE WILL BE TAKEN UP BY ONE WHO IS AN ENEMY  
AND I SHED ON YOU LOVE FROM ME AND MERCY 
AND THAT REARED UP UNDER MY EYE YOU MAY BE 

40  YOUR SISTER WENT FORTH AND SAID, SHALL I SHOW YOU 
ONE WHO WILL NURSE AND REAR THE CHILD FOR YOU

SO WE BROUGHT YOU BACK TO YOUR MOTHER
SO THAT HER EYE MIGHT FIND COMFORT
AND SO THAT SHE WOULD NOT SUFFER 
THEN YOU KILLED A MAN AND WE SAVED YOU FROM YOUR ERROR
AND WE TRIED YOU IN VARIOUS MANNERS
THEN YOU STAYED WITH THE MIDIANS FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS
THEN AS ORDAINED, OH MOSES, YOU CAME HERE

41  AND I HAVE PREPARED YOU FOR MY SERVICES

42  GO YOU AND YOUR BROTHER WITH MY MESSAGES
AND BE NOT SLACK IN MY REMEMBRANCES

43  GO BOTH OF YOU TO PHARAOH, FOR HE HAS INDEED
TRANSGRESSED BEYOND ALL BOUNDARIES

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44  BUT SPEAK TO HIM MILDLY 
PERCHANCE THAT HE MAY FEAR GOD AND TAKE HEED

45  MOSES AND AARON SAID, OUR LORD WE FEAR THAT HE 
SHOULD HASTEN AGAINST US INSOLENTLY

46  HE SAID, FEAR NOT FOR I AM WITH YOU
AND I HEAR AND SEE ALL THAT YOU DO

47  SO GO BOTH OF YOU TO HIM AND SAY, WE ARE APOSTLES 
SENT BY GOD SO SEND WITH US THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL 

AND DO NOT AFFLICT THEM FOR WE HAVE INDEED
COME FROM GOD WITH A MESSAGE OF PEACE 
TO ALL WHO FOLLOW GUIDANCE SURELY

48  IT HAS BEN REVEALED TO US THAT THE PENALTY 
AWAITS THOSE WHO REJECT AND TURN AWAY ARROGANTLY

49  WHEN THIS MESSAGE TO PHARAOH WAS DELIVERED 
HE SAID, OH MOSES, WHO IS THIS GOD YOU SERVE?

50  HE SAID, OUR LORD IS HE WHO EVERYTHING HE CREATED IT
HE GAVE FORM TO IT AND GAVE ITS NATURE TO IT
AND FURTHER HE GAVE GUIDANCE TO IT 

51  PHARAOH SAID, WHAT IS THE CONDITION 
OF FORMER GENERATIONS?

52  HE SAID, THE KNOWLEDGE OF THAT IS IN A BOOK WITH GOD
AND NEVER ERRING OR FORGETTING IS GOD

53  HE HAS MADE THE EARTH FOR YOU LIKE A CARPET SPREAD OUT
AND HAS ENABLED YOU TO BY ROADS AND CHANNELS GO ABOUT

AND HAS SENT DOWN FROM THE SKY WATERS
WITH IT HE HAS PRODUCED PAIRS OF PLANTS AND DIVERS
EACH OF THEM SEPARATE FROM THE OTHERS

54  ENJOY YOURSELVES PASTURING YOUR CATTLE AND EATING
THERE ARE SIGNS IN THIS FOR MEN OF UNDERSTANDING

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55  FROM THE EARTH WE CREATED YOU
AND INTO THE EARTH WE WILL RETURN YOU
AND FROM IT ONCE AGAIN WE WILL RAISE YOU

56  AND WE SHOWED PHARAOH ALL THE SIGNS
BUT HE REFUSED AND REJECTED THE SIGNS

57  HE SAID, HAVE YOU COME TO DRIVE US
OUT OF OUR LAND WITH YOUR MAGIC, OH MOSES

58  WE TOO CAN PRODUCE MAGIC LIKE YOU
SO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT BETWEEN US AND YOU
IN A CENTRAL PLACE WHICH WE WILL KEEP, US AND YOU

59  MOSES SAID, YOUR APPOINTMENT IS THE DAY OF THE FESTIVAL
AND LET THE PEOPLE BE GATHERED WHEN THE SUN IS UP WELL

60  PHARAOH WENT BACK AND SETTLED HIS PLAN
AND THEN HE CAME BACK AGAIN

61  MOSES SAID TO HIM, WOE TO YOU
DO NOT LIE AGAINST GOD OR HE WILL DESTROY YOU
SURELY HE FAILS WHO LIES AMONG YOU

62  SO WITH ONE ANOTHER THEY DISPUTED 
ABOUT THEIR AFFAIR AND KEPT IT SECRET

63  AND THEY SAID, THESE TWO ARE CERTAINLY EXPERT MAGICIANS
WHO WILL DRIVE YOU FROM YOUR LAND WITH THEIR ILLUSIONS
AND DO AWAY WITH YOUR MOST CHERISHED INSTITUTIONS

64  SO ASSEMBLE IN RANKS AND SETTLE YOUR PLAN 
HE SUCCEEDS WHO GAINS THE UPPER HAND

65  THEY SAID, OH MOSES, WILL YOU THROW
OR WILL WE BE THE FIRST TO THROW?

66  MOSES SAID, YOU WILL BE THE FIRST TO THROW
THEN THEIR ROPES AND THEIR RODS THEY DID THROW

AND ON ACCOUNT OF THEIR ILLUSION
IT SEEMED TO HIM TO BE IN MOTION

67  SO WHEN HE SAW THIS
FEAR ROSE IN MOSES

68  WE SAID, FEAR NOT THEIR PLAN
YOU HAVE THE UPPER HAND

69  THROW THAT WHICH IS IN YOUR RIGHT HAND
IT WILL EAT UP ALL THEY HAVE PLANNED

WHAT THEY HAVE IS ONLY A TRICK OF AN ENCHANTER
AND NEVER WILL SUCCEED THE TRICK OF AN ENCHANTER

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70  SO THE MAGICIANS FELL DOWN IN PROSTRATION
THEY SAID, WE BELIEVE IN THE GOD OF MOSES AND AARON

71  PHARAOH SAID, BELIEVE HIM BEFORE I GIVE YOU PERMISSION?
THIS MUST BE YOUR LEADER WHO TAUGHT YOU ILLUSION

I WILL CUT OFF YOUR HANDS AND YOUR FEET ON BOTH SIDES
AND ON TRUNKS OF PALM TREES HAVE YOU CRUCIFIED

SO YOU WILL KNOW SURELY
WHICH OF US CAN GIVE THE WORST PENALTY

72  THEY SAID, WE CANNOT PREFER YOU TO WHAT HAS COME TO US
OF CLEAR ARGUMENTS AND TO HIM WHO MADE US
SO DECIDE WHAT YOU WILL FOR US
YOU CAN ONLY DECIDE ABOUT THIS WORLD FOR US

73  WE BELIEVE IN OUR LORD THAT OUR FAULTS HE MAY FORGIVE US
FROM PERFORMING THE MAGIC TO WHICH YOU COMPELLED US
AND GOD IS BEST AND EVER ABIDING FOR US

74  HE WHO COMES TO HIS LORD AT JUDGMENT AS A SINNER 
FOR HIM IS HELL, IN IT HE WILL NOT DIE OR LIVE EITHER  

75  BUT THOSE WHO COME TO HIM AS BELIEVERS
WHO HAVE DONE GOOD DEEDS, THEY ARE HIGH ACHIEVERS

76  IN GARDENS OF ETERNITY WHEREIN FLOW RIVERS
THEY WILL DWELL THEREIN FOR EVER
THIS IS THE REWARD FOR THOSE WHO ARE NOT SINNERS

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77  WE  SENT TO MOSES AN INSPIRATION
TRAVEL BY NIGHT WITH MY SERVANTS

AND STRIKE A DRY PATH FOR THEM THROUGH THE SEA 
WITHOUT FEAR OF BEING OVERTAKEN BY PHARAOH'S ARMY

78  THEN WITH HIS FORCES PHARAOH PURSUED THEM 
BUT THE WATERS OVERWHELMED THEM AND COVERED THEM 

79  PHARAOH LED HIS PEOPLE ASTRAY 
INSTEAD OF LEADING THEM TO THE RIGHT WAY

80  OH CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, FROM YOUR ENEMY WE DELIVERED YOU 
AND WE MADE A COVENANT ON MOUNT SINAI WITH YOU 
AND WE SENT DOWN MANNA AND QUAILS TO YOU 

81  SO EAT OF THE GOOD THINGS WE HAVE PROVIDED FOR YOU
BE NOT INORDINATE OR MY WRATH WILL COME UPON YOU
THOSE ON WHOM MY WRATH DESCENDS PERISH THROUGH 

82  BUT WITHOUT DOUBT, I AM ALSO HE
WHO FORGIVES THOSE WHO REPENT AND BELIEVE
AND THOSE WHO ARE READY TO BE GUIDED RIGHTLY

83  WHEN HE WAS UP ON THE MOUNTAIN GOD SAID TO MOSES
WHAT MADE YOU HASTEN BEFORE YOUR PEOPLE MOSES?

84  HE SAID, THEY ARE CLOSE BEHIND AND I HASTENED TO YOU
OH MY LORD, THAT I MAY PLEASE YOU

85  GOD SAID, WE HAVE TESTED YOUR PEOPLE WHILE YOU WERE AWAY
AND THE SAMIRI HAS LED THEM ASTRAY

86  SO MOSES RETURNED TO HIS PEOPLE 
IN A STATE OF SORROW AND SAID, OH MY PEOPLE 

DID NOT GOD MAKE A HANDSOME PROMISE TO YOU
DID THEN THE PROMISE SEEM TOO LONG IN COMING TO YOU 
OR DID YOU DESIRE THAT HIS WRATH SHOULD DESCEND ON YOU  
SO YOUR PROMISE TO ME WAS BROKEN BY YOU?

87  THEY SAID, WE BROKE NOT THE PROMISE TO YOU 
AS FAR AS LAY IN OUR POWER TO DO

BUT WE WERE MADE TO CARRY THE BURDENS
OF THE PEOPLE'S ORNAMENTS 

AND WE THREW THEM INTO THE FIRE
ACCORDING TO THE SIMIRI'S ORDER

88  HE BROUGHT FORTH FROM THE FIRE A CALF FOR THEM
WHICH HAD A HOLLOW SOUND TO THEM

HE SAID, THIS IS YOUR GOD AND THE GOD OF MOSES
BUT THIS HAS BEEN FORGOTTEN BY MOSES

89  COULD THEY NOT SEE THAT IT COULD NOT RETURN A WORD TO THEM 
AND THAT IT HAD NO POWER EITHER TO HARM OR PROFIT THEM?

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90  AARON HAD SAID TO THEM PRIOR 
OH MY PEOPLE, YOU ARE BEING TESTED IN THIS MATTER
FOR GOD MOST GRACIOUS IS YOUR LORD AND CHERISHER
SO FOLLOW ME AND OBEY MY ORDERS

91  THEY SAID, WE WILL NOT ABANDON THIS CULT, BUT IN TURN
WE WILL DEVOTE OURSELVES TO IT UNTIL MOSES RETURNS 
 
92  MOSES SAID, OH AARON, WHAT KEPT YOU 
BACK WHEN THEIR WRONG DOING WAS SEEN BY YOU? 

93  AND YOU FOLLOWED NOT MY ADVICE TO YOU
HAVE YOU THEN DISOBEYED MY ORDERS TOO?

94  AARON REPLIED, SON OF MY MOTHER, SEIZE ME NOT BY MY BEARD 
NOR BY THE HAIR OF MY HEAD FOR TRULY I FEARED 

UNLESS YOU SHOULD SAY, YOU HAVE CAUSED A DIVISION 
AMONG THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL AND DID NOT LISTEN
OR RESPECT MY WORD EVEN

95  MOSES SAID, OH SAMIRI, WHAT WAS YOUR CASE THEN

96  HE REPLIED, I SAW WHAT THEY SAW NOT SO I TOOK A HANDFUL
OF DUST FROM THE FOOTPRINT OF THE APOSTLE 

THEN IT WAS THROWN INTO THE CALF BY ME
SO DID MY SOUL SUGGEST TO ME

97  MOSES SAID, GET OUT BUT YOUR PUNISHMENT WILL BE 
IN THIS LIFE. YOU WILL SAY TO MEN, DO NOT TOUCH ME
AND MOREOVER FOR A FUTURE PENALTY 
YOU HAVE A PROMISE THAT WILL NOT FAIL INDEED
LOOK AT YOUR GOD WHOM YOU WORSHIPPED DEVOTEDLY
FOR WE WILL MELT IT IN A FIRE BLAZING FIERCELY
AND SCATTER IT BROADCAST INTO THE SEA

98  THE GOD OF YOU ALL IS THE ONE GOD, THERE IS NO GOD BUT HE 
ALL THINGS HE COMPREHENDS IN HIS KNOWLEDGE COMPLETELY

99  SO DO WE RELATE TO YOU 
SOME STORIES OF WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE YOU
WE HAVE SENT THE MESSAGE FROM OUR OWN PRESENCE TO YOU

100  IF FROM IT ANY DO TURN AWAY 
THEY WILL BEAR A BURDEN ON JUDGMENT DAY 

101  THEY WILL ABIDE IN THIS STATE AND GRIEVOUS THE BURDEN 
WILL BE TO THEM ON THAT DAY FOR CERTAIN

102  THE DAY WHEN THE TRUMPET IS BLOWN WE WILL GATHER 
THE GUILTY BLUE EYED ON THAT DAY ALL TOGETHER

103  IN WHISPERS TO EACH OTHER WILL THEY SAY 
YOU STAYED NOT LONGER THAN TEN DAYS

104  WE KNOW BEST WHAT THEY WILL SAY 
THEIR LEADER MOST EMINENT IN CONDUCT WILL SAY 
YOU STAYED LONGER THAN JUST A DAY

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105  THEY ASK YOU ABOUT THE MOUNTAINS, SAY TO THEM
MY LORD WILL UPROOT THEM AND LIKE DUST SCATTER THEM

106  AND LIKE PLAINS SMOOTH AND LEVEL HE WILL LEAVE THEM

107  YOU WILL SEE NO CROOKEDNESS
IN THEIR PLACE AND NO UNEVENNESS

108  ON THAT DAY THE CALLER THEY WILL FOLLOW HIM
STRAIGHT AND NO CROOKEDNESS CAN THEY SHOW HIM 

AND ALL SOUNDS WILL BE HUMBLING
IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD MOST GRACIOUS AND NOTHING 
WILL YOU HEAR BUT THE TRAMPLING OF THEIR FEET WHILE MARCHING

109  ON THAT DAY NO INTERCESSION
WILL AVAIL EXCEPT FOR THOSE WHOM GOD GIVES PERMISSION 
AND WHOSE WORD BY HIM HAS FOUND RECEPTION

110  HE KNOWS WHAT APPEARS 
TO HIS CREATURES BEFORE THEM OR AFTER 
BUT THEY WILL NOT COMPASS IT WITH KNOWLEDGE OF THEIRS

111  ALL FACES WILL BE HUMBLED BEFORE HIM, THE LIVING 
THE ETERNAL, THE SELF SUBSISTING 

112  HOPELESS INDEED WILL BE 
THE MAN THAT CARRIES ON HIS BACK INIQUITY 
BUT HE WHO IS A BELIEVER AND DOES GOOD DEEDS 
WILL HAVE NO FEAR NOR WILL HE GRIEVE

113  WE SENT DOWN AN ARABIC QURAN EXPLAINING
IN IT IN DETAIL SOME OF THE WARNINGS 
IN ORDER THAT THEY MAY BE GOD FEARING 
AND MAY REMEMBER GOD IN THEIR REMEMBERING

114  HIGH ABOVE ALL IS GOD, THE TRUTH, THE KING 
BE NOT IN HASTE WITH THE QURAN BEFORE ITS REVEALING 
TO YOU IS COMPLETED BUT SAY, MY LORD, ADVANCE ME IN LEARNING 

115  WE HAD BEFORE TAKEN THE COVENANT OF ADAM ALREADY 
BUT HE FORGOT AND WE FOUND ON HIS PART NO FIRM CERTAINTY

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116  WHEN WE SAID TO THE ANGELS, BOW DOWN TO ADAM
AND THEY ALL BOWED DOWN, ALL EXCEPT SATAN
HE REFUSED TO BOW DOWN IN SUBMISSION

116  THEN WE SAID, OH ADAM, SURELY THIS IS AN ENEMY 
TO YOU AND YOUR WIFE SO LET HIM NOT WITH HIS TRICKERY
GET YOU BOTH OUT OF THIS GARDEN AND CAUSE YOU MISERY 

118  THERE ARE PROVISIONS IN IT AMPLY
FOR YOU NOT TO BE NAKED OR HUNGRY 

119  NOR TO SUFFER FROM THE SUN'S HEAT OR BE THIRSTY

120  BUT SATAN WHISPERED EVIL TO HIM AND SAID SEDUCTIVELY
OH ADAM, SHALL I LEAD YOU TO THE TREE OF ETERNITY 
AND TO A KINGDOM THAT DECAYS NOT ETERNALLY?

121  THEY ATE OF THE TREE AND THEIR EVIL INCLINATIONS
APPEARED TO THEM IN MANIFESTATION
THEY COVERED THEMSELVES WITH LEAVES FROM THE GARDEN 
SO ADAM DISOBEYED HIS LORD YIELDING TO SEDUCTION  

122  BUT HIS LORD CHOSE HIM 
FOR HIS GRACE AND HE TURNED TO HIM 
AND HE DID GIVE CLEAR GUIDANCE TO HIM 

123  HE SAID, GET OUT BOTH OF YOU ALL TOGETHER 
FROM THE GARDEN WITH ENMITY TO ONE ANOTHER 

BUT WHEN THERE COMES TO YOU GUIDANCE FROM ME
WHOSOEVER FOLLOWS MY GUIDANCE WILL SURELY
NOT LOSE HIS WAY NOR FALL INTO MISERY

124  BUT WHOEVER TURNS AWAY FROM MY MESSAGE HAUGHTILY
FOR HIM IS A LIFE NARROWED DOWN AND WE WILL SURELY
ON THE DAY OF JUDGMENT RAISE HIM UP BLINDLY

125  HE WILL SAY, OH MY LORD, WHY HAVE YOU RAISED ME 
UP BLIND WHILE BEFORE I COULD SEE

126  GOD WILL SAY, OUR SIGNS WERE DISREGARDED BY YOU 
SO THIS DAY WE WILL DISREGARD YOU

127  SO DO WE RECOMPENSE HE WHO TRANSGRESSES 
BEYOND BOUNDS AND BELIEVES NOT IN GOD'S MESSAGES

AND THE PENALTY OF THE HEREAFTER 
IS FAR MORE ENDURING AND SEVERE 

128  IS IT NOT TO SUCH MEN A WARNING TO THEM
TO CALL TO MIND HOW MANY GENERATIONS BEFORE THEM 
 
WE DESTROYED IN WHOSE DWELLINGS THEY ARE NOW LIVING? 
IN THIS IS A SIGN FOR MEN WITH UNDERSTANDING

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129  HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR A WORD THAT WENT 
BEFORE FROM YOUR LORD? THEIR PUNISHMENT 

MUST NECESSARILY HAVE COME TO THEM
BUT THERE IS A TERM APPOINTED FOR THEM

130  THEREFORE BEAR WITH WHAT THEY SAY PATIENTLY
AND CELEBRATE THE PRAISES OF YOUR LORD CONSTANTLY 

BEFORE THE SUN'S RISING 
AND BEFORE ITS SETTING 

CELEBRATE THEM FOR PART OF THE HOURS OF THE NIGHT 
AND AT THE SIDES OF THE DAY IN SO THAT YOU MIGHT 
HAVE INCREASE IN WISDOM AND SPIRITUAL DELIGHT

131  NOR STRAIN YOUR EYES IN LONGING FOR THE THINGS 
WE HAVE GIVEN TO PARTIES OF THEM FOR FUN LOVING
OF WHICH WE GIVE TO THEM FOR TESTING  
BUT THE PROVISION OF YOUR LORD IS LONGER LASTING 

132  ENJOIN PRAYER ON YOUR PEOPLE, BE CONSTANT AND BE TRUE
WE DO NOT ASK YOU TO PROVIDE FOR US, WE PROVIDE FOR YOU 

BUT THE FRUIT OF THE HEREAFTER 
IS FOR THE RIGHTEOUS BELIEVERS

133  AND THEY SAY, WHY DOES HE NOT BRING US A SIGN FROM GOD
HAS THERE NOT COME TO THEM CLEAR INDICATIONS FROM GOD
OF ALL THAT WAS IN THE FORMER REVELATIONS FROM GOD?

134  AND IF WE HAD INFLICTED ON THEM A PENALTY 
BEFORE THIS THEY WOULD HAVE SAID, OUR LORD, IF ONLY 
YOU HAD SENT US AN APOSTLE WE WOULD HAVE CERTAINLY  
FOLLOWED YOUR SIGNS BEFORE WE WERE PUT INTO HUMILITY

135  SAY, EACH ONE OF US IS WAITING, SO WAIT
SOON YOU WILL KNOW WHO IS ON THE WAY THAT IS STRAIGHT   
AND WHO IT IS THAT HAS RECEIVED GUIDANCE TO THE RIGHT WAY

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