1. By the Mount,

2. And a Scripture inscribed

3. On fine parchment unrolled,

4. And the House frequented,

5. And the roof exalted,

6. And the sea kept filled,

7. Lo! the doom of thy Lord will surely come to pass;

8. There is none that can ward it off.

9. On the day when the heaven will heave with awful heaving,

10. And the mountains move away with awful movement,

11. Then woe that day unto the deniers

12. Who play in talk of grave matters;

13. The day when they are thrust with a disdainful thrust, into the fire of hell

14. And it is said unto them: This is the Fire which ye were wont to deny.

15. Is this magic, or do ye not see?

16. Endure the heat thereof, and whether ye are patient of it or impatient of it is all one for you. Ye are only being paid for what ye used to do.

17. Lo! those who kept their duty dwell in gardens and delight,

18. Happy because of what their Lord hath given them, and because their Lord hath warded off from them the torment of hell-fire.

19. And it is said unto them: Eat and drink in health as a reward for what ye used to do,

20. Reclining on ranged couches. And we wed them unto fair ones with wide, lovely eyes.

21. And they who believe and whose seed follow them in faith, We cause their seed to join them there, and We deprive them of nought of their life's work. Every man is a pledge for that which he hath earned.

22. And We provide them with fruit and meat such as they desire.

23. There they pass from hand to hand a cup wherein is neither vanity nor cause of sin.

24. And there go round, waiting on them menservants of their own, as they were hidden pearls.

25. And some of them draw near unto others, questioning,

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