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from them swiftly; - that is a gathering together which is easy to us!
We know what they say; nor art thou over them one to compel.
[45] Wherefore remind, by the Qur'ân, him who fears the threat.
THE CHAPTER OF THE SCATTERERS.
(LI. Mecca.)
IN the name of the merciful and compassionate God.
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By the scatterers1 who scatter! and by those pregnant with their burden! and by those running on easily! and by the distributors of affairs! -[5] verily, what ye are threatened with is surely true! And, verily, the judgment will surely take place! By the heaven possessed of paths! verily, ye are at variance in what ye say!
He is turned from it who is turned.
[10] Slain be the liars, who are heedless in a flood (of ignorance).
They will ask, 'When is the day of judgment?' The day when at the fire they shall be tried. Taste your trial! this is what ye wished to hasten on!'
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[15] Verily, the pious are in gardens and springs, taking what their Lord brings them. Verily, they before that did well. But little of the night they slept; and at the dawn they asked forgiveness.
1 The winds.
2 The clouds. Angels or winds.
$ The ships.
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