1. By those who set the ranks in battle order

2. And those who drive away the wicked with reproof

3. And those who read the Word for a reminder,

4. Lo! thy Lord is surely One;

5. Lord of the heavens and of the earth and all that is between them, and Lord of the sun's risings.

6. Lo! We have adorned the lowest heaven with an ornament, the planets;

7. With security from every froward devil.

8. They cannot listen to the Highest Chiefs for they are pelted from every side,

9. Outcast, and theirs is a perpetual torment;

10. Save him who snatcheth a fragment, and there pursueth him a piercing flame.

11. Then ask them O Mohammed: Are they stronger as a creation, or those others whom we have created? Lo! We created them of plastic clay.

12. Nay, but thou dost marvel when they mock

13. And heed not when they are reminded,

14. And seek to scoff when they behold a portent.

15. And they say: Lo! this is mere magic;

16. When we are dead and have become dust and bones, shall we then, forsooth, be raised again?

17. And our forefathers?

18. Say O Mohammed: Ye, in truth; and ye will be brought low.

19. There is but one Shout, and lo! they behold,

20. And say: Ah, woe for us! This is the Day of Judgment.

21. This is the Day of Separation, which ye used to deny.

22. And it is said unto the angels: Assemble those who did wrong, together with their wives and what they used to worship

23. Instead of God, and lead them to the path to hell;

24. And stop them, for they must be questioned.

25. What aileth you that ye help not one another?

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