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| 18. Lo ! he reflected and calculated ! 19. Ruin seize him ! how he calculated ! 20. Ruin seize him again ! how he calculated ! 21. Then he looked around him, 22. Then he frowned and scowled, 23. Then he turned away and was disdainful, 24. And said, `This is nothing but magic handed down; 25. `This is nothing but the word of a man. 26. Soon shall I cast him into the fire of Hell. 27. And what will make thee know what Hell-fire is ? 28. It spares not and it leaves naught. 29. It scorches the face. 30. Over it are nineteen angels. 31. And none but angels have we made wardens of the Fire. And WE have not fixed their number except as a trial for those who disbelieve, so that those, who have been given the Book, may attain certainty and those who believe may increase in faith, and those, who have been given the Book as well as the believers, may not doubt, and that those in whose hearts is disease and the disbelievers may say, `What does ALLAH mean by such an illustration ?' Thus does ALLAH leave to go astray whom HE pleases and guide whom HE pleases. And none knows the host of thy Lord but HE. And this is nothing but a reminder for man. 32. Nay, by the moon, 33. And by the night when it departs, 34. And by the dawn when it shines forth, 35. Verily, it is one of the greatest calamities. 36. A warning to man, 37. To him among you who wishes to advance in virtue or hang back. 38. Every soul is pledged for what it has earned; 39. Except those on the right hand. 40. They will be in Gardens enquiring 41. From the guilty ones, 42. `What has brought you into Hell ?' 43. They will say, `We were not of those who offered Prayer, 44. `Nor did we feed the poor, 45. `And we indulged in idle talk with those who indulge therein. 46. `And we continued to deny the Day of Judgment, 47. `Until death overtook us.' |
