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LV, 18-33. THE CHAPTER OF THE MERCIFUL.
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Then which of your Lord's bounties will ye twain
deny ? He has let loose the two seas that meet together;
[20] between them is a barrier they cannot pass ! Then which of your Lord's bounties will ye twain
deny ? He brings forth from each pearls both large and
small ! Then which of your Lord's bounties will ye twain
deny ? His are the ships which rear aloft in the sea like
mountains. [25] Then which of your Lord's bounties will ye
twain deny ? Every one upon it is transient, but the face of thy
Lord endowed with majesty and honour shall
endure. Then which of your Lord's bounties will ye twain
deny ? Of Him whosoever is in the heaven and the earth
does beg; every day He is in (some fresh)
business! [30] Then which of your Lord's bounties will ye
twain deny ? We shall be at leisure for you, O ye two weighty
ones?! Then which of your Lord's bounties will ye twain
deny ? O assembly of ginns and mankind ! if ye are able
to pass through the confines of heaven and earth
1 The earth.
2 I.e. mankind and the ginn; the meaning is, that God will have leisure to judge them both.
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