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________________ LVI, 67-90. THE CHAPTER OF THE INEVITABLE. 265 Have ye considered the water which ye drink? Do ye make it come down from the clouds, or do we make it come down ? If we pleased we could make it pungent-why then do ye not give thanks ? [70] Have ye considered the fire which ye strike ? Do ye produce the tree that gives it', or do we produce it? We have made it a memorial and a chattel for the traveller of the waste ? Then celebrate the grand name of thy Lord ! So I will not swear by the positions of the stars ; [75] and, verily, it is a grand oath if ye did but know—that, verily, this is the honourable Qur'ân -in the laid-up Book ! Let none touch it but the purified ! A revelation from the Lord of the worlds. [80] What! this new discourse will ye despise ? And make for your provision, that you call it a lie? Why then—when it comes up to the throat, and ye at that time look on, though we are nearer to him than you are, but ye cannot see, [85] why, if ye are not to be judged, do ye not send it back, if ye do tell the truth ? But either, if he be of those brought nigh to God,--then rest and fragrance and the garden of pleasure ! Or, if he be of the fellows of the right! [90] then Peace to thee!' from the fellows of the right! The ancient Arabs produced fire by the friction of a stick in a hollow piece of wood. Cf. p. 167, line 25. 2 The soul of a dying man. Digitized by Digitized by Google -
SR No.007686
Book TitleQuran Part 01
Original Sutra AuthorN/A
AuthorE H Palmer
PublisherOxford
Publication Year1880
Total Pages779
LanguageEnglish
ClassificationBook_English, R000, & R999
File Size12 MB
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