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THE QUR'ÂN.
XLIV, 40-XLV, 2.
[40] Verily, the day of separation is their appointed term; the day when master shall not avail client at all, nor shall they be helped; save whomsoever God shall have mercy on ; verily, He is the mighty, the merciful!
Verily, the Zaqqům tree (shall be) the food of the sinful : [45] as it were melting”, shall it boil in their bellies like the boiling of hot water !—'Take him and hale him into the midst of hell! then pour over his head the torment of hot water !—Taste! verily, thou art the mighty, the honourable! [50] Verily, this is that whereon ye did dispute!'
Verily, the pious shall be in a safe place! in gardens and springs, they shall be clad in satin and stout silk face to face. Thus !—and we will wed them to bright and large-eyed maids! [55] They shall call therein for every fruit in safety. They shall not taste therein of death save their first death, and we will keep them from the torment of hell ! Grace from thy Lord, that is the grand bliss !
And we have only made it easy for thy tongue, that haply they may be mindful. Then watch thou ; verily, they are watching too !
THE CHAPTER OF THE KNEELING.
. (XLV. Mecca.) In the name of the merciful and compassionate God.
'H.M. A revelation of the Book from God, the mighty, the wise. Verily, in the heavens and the
* Or 'like the dregs of oil.'
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