1. Praise be to God, unto Whom belongeth whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is in the earth. His is the praise in the Hereafter, and He is the Wise, the Aware.

2. He knoweth that which goeth into the earth and that which cometh forth from it, and that descendeth from the heaven and that which ascendeth into it. He is the Merciful, the Forgiving.

3. Those who disbelieve say: The Hour will never come unto us. Say: Nay, by my Lord, but it is coming unto you surely. He is the Knower of the Unseen. Not an atom's weight, or less than that or greater, escapeth Him in the heavens or in the earth, but it is in a clear Record,

4. That He may reward those who believe and do good works. For them is pardon and a rich provision.

5. But those who strive against Our revelations, challenging Us, theirs will be a painful doom of wrath.

6. Those who have been given knowledge see that what is revealed unto thee from thy Lord is the truth and leadeth unto the path of the Mighty, the Owner of Praise.

7. Those who disbelieve say: Shall we show you a man who will tell you that when ye have become dispersed in dust with most complete dispersal still, even then, ye will be created anew?

8. Hath he invented a lie concerning God, or is there in him a madness? Nay, but those who disbelieve in the Hereafter are in torment and far error.

9. Have they not observed what is before them and what is behind them of the sky and the earth? If We will, We can make the earth swallow them, or cause obliteration from the sky to fall on them. Lo! herein surely is a portent for every slave who turneth to God repentant.

10. And assuredly We gave David grace from Us, saying: O ye hills and birds, echo his psalms of praise! And We made the iron supple unto him,

11. Saying: Make thou long coats of mail and measure the links thereof. And do ye right. Lo! I am Seer of what ye do.

12. And unto Solomon We gave the wind, whereof the morning course was a month's journey and the evening course a month's journey, and We caused the fount of copper to gush forth for him, and We gave him certain of the genies who worked before him by permission of his Lord. And such of them as deviated from Our command, them We caused to taste the punishment of flaming Fire.

13. They made for him what he willed: synagogues and statues, basins like wells and boilers built into the ground. Give thanks, O House of David! Few of My bondmen are thankful.

14. And when We decreed death for him, nothing showed his death to them save a creeping creature of the earth which gnawed away his staff. And when he fell the genies saw clearly how, if they had known the Unseen, they would not have continued in despised toil.

15. There was indeed a sign for Sheba in their dwelling-place: Two gardens on the right hand and the left as who should say: Eat of the provision of your Lord and render thanks to Him. A fair land and an indulgent Lord!

16. But they were froward, so We sent on them the flood of Aram, and in exchange for their two gardens gave them two gardens bearing bitter fruit, the tamarisk and here and there a lote-tree.

17. This We awarded them because of their ingratitude. Punish We ever any save the ingrates?

18. And We set, between them and the towns which We had blessed, towns easy to be seen, and We made the stage between them easy, saying: Travel in them safely both by night and day.

19. But they said: Our Lord! Make the stage between our journeys longer. And they wronged themselves, therefore We made them bywords in the land and scattered them abroad, a total scattering. Lo! herein verily are portents for each steadfast, grateful heart.

20. And Satan indeed found his calculation true concerning them, for they follow him, all save a group of true believers.

21. And he had no warrant whatsoever against them, save that We would know him who believeth in the Hereafter from him who is in doubt thereof; and thy Lord O Mohammed taketh note of all things.

22. Say O Mohammed: Call upon those whom ye set up beside God! They possess not an atom's weight either in the heavens or in the earth, nor have they any share in either, nor hath He an auxiliary among them.

23. No intercession availeth with Him save for him whom He permitteth. Yet, when fear is banished from their hearts, they say: What was it that your Lord said? They say: The Truth. And He is the Sublime, the Great.

24. Say: Who giveth you provision from the sky and the earth? Say: God, Lo! we or you assuredly are rightly guided or in error manifest.

25. Say: Ye will not be asked of what we committed, nor shall we be asked of what ye do.

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