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THE QUR'ÂN. LXXVII, 41-LXXVIII, 15.
fruit such as they love.— Eat and drink with
good digestion, for that which ye have done!' Verily, thus do we reward those who do well. [45] Woe on that day for those who say it is
a lie! *Eat and enjoy yourselves for a little ; verily, ye are
sinners!' Woe on that day for those who say it is a lie ! And when it is said to them bow down, they bow
not down. Woe on that day for those who say it is a lie! [50] And in what new discourse after it will they
believe ?
THE CHAPTER OF THE INFORMATION.
(LXXVIII. Mecca.) In the name of the merciful and compassionate God.
Of what do they ask each other?-Of the mighty information whereon they do disputel? nay, they shall know too well! [5] Again, nay, they shall know too well!
Have we not set the earth as a couch, and the mountains as stakes, and created you in pairs, and made your sleep for rest, [10] and made the night a garment, and made the day for livelihood, and built above you seven solid (heavens) and set a burning lamp, and sent down from the rain expressing clouds water pouring forth, [15] to bring out
1 I.e. the news of the resurrection.
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