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THE QUR'ÂN.
LIV, 51-LV, 17.
We have destroyed the like of you—but is there any who will mind ?
And everything they do is in the books, and everything small and great is written down.
Verily, the pious shall be amid gardens and rivers, [55] in the seat of truth, with the powerful king.
THE CHAPTER OF THE MERCIFUL.
(LV. Mecca.) In the name of the merciful and compassionate God. The Merciful taught the Qur'ân; He created man, taught him plain speech. The sun and the moon have their appointed time; [5] The herbs and the trees adore; And the heavens, He raised them and set the balance,
that ye should not be outrageous in the balance; But weigh ye aright, and stint not the balance. And the earth He has set it for living creatures;
[10] therein are fruits and palms, with sheaths; and grain with chaff and frequent shoots; Then which of your Lord's bounties will ye twain
deny ? He created men of crackling clay like the potters.
And He created the ginn from smokeless fire. [15] Then which of your Lord's bounties will ye
twain deny? The Lord of the two easts and the Lord of the
two wests!
1 The books kept by the recording angels. ? See p. 214, note 1.
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