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thee easily to ease; wherefore remind, for, verily, the reminder is useful.
[10] But he who fears will be mindful; but the wretch will avoid it; he who will broil on the great fire, and then therein shall neither die nor live!
Prosperous is he who purifies himself, [15] and remembers the name of his Lord and prays !
Nay! but ye prefer the life of this world, while the hereafter is better and more lasting.
Verily, this was in the books of yore,—the books of Abraham and Moses.
THE CHAPTER OF THE OVERWHELMING?.
(LXXXVIII. Mecca.) In the name of the merciful and compassionate God.
Has there come to thee the story of the overwhelming ?
Faces on that day shall be humble, labouring, toiling, shall broil upon a burning fire ; [5] shall be given to drink from a boiling spring ! no food shall they have save from the foul thorn, which shall not fatten nor avail against hunger!
Faces on that day shall be comfortable, content with their past endeavours,—[10] in a lofty garden wherein they shall hear no foolish word; wherein is a flowing fountain ; wherein are couches raised on high, and goblets set down, [15] and cushions arranged, and carpets spread !
1 Another name of the last day.
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