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| 27. But when they see it nigh, the faces of those who disbelieve will be grief-stricken, and it will be said, `This is what you repeatedly asked for.' 28. Say, `Tell me, if ALLAH should destroy me and those who are with me, or have mercy upon us, who will protect the disbelievers from a painful torment ?' 29. Say, `HE is the Beneficent God, in HIM have we believed and in HIM have we put our trust. And you will soon know who is in manifest error.' 30. Say, `Tell me, if all your water were to disappear in the depths of the earth, who then, will bring you pure running water ?' 1. By the inkstand and the pen and by that which they write; 2. Thou art not, by the grace of thy Lord, a madman. 3. And for thee, most surely, there is an unending reward. 4. And thou dost, surely, possess sublime moral excellences. 5. And thou wilt soon see and they, too, will see. 6. Which of you is afflicted with madness. 7. Surely, thy Lord knows best those who go astray from HIS way, and HE knows best those who follow guidance. 8. So comply not with the wishes of those who reject the Truth. 9. They wish that thou shouldst compromise so that they may also compromise. 10. Yield thou not to any mean swearer, 11. Backbiter, one who goes about slandering. 12. Forbidder of good, transgressor, sinful, 13. Ill-mannered and, in addition to that, of doubtful birth, 14. Only because he possesses riches and children, 15. When our Signs are recited unto him, he say, `Tales of the ancients.' |
