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THE QUR'ÂN.
LV, 70-LVI, 9.
[70] In them maidens best and fairest! Then which of your Lord's bounties will ye twain
deny ? Bright and large-eyed maids kept in their tents. Then which of your Lord's bounties will ye twain
deny ? Whom no man nor ginn has deflowered before
them. [75] Then which of your Lord's bounties will ye
twain deny ? Reclining on green cushions and beautiful carpets. Then which of your Lord's bounties will ye twain
deny ? Blessed be the name of thy Lord possessed of majesty and honour !
The CHAPTER OF THE INEVITABLE.
(LVI. Mecca.) In the name of the merciful and compassionate God. When the inevitable 1 happens; none shall call its
happening a lie !-abasing-exalting! When the earth shall quake, quaking! [5] and the
mountains shall crumble, crumbling, and become
like motes dispersed! And ye shall be three sorts ; And the fellows of the right hand-what right lucky
fellows! And the fellows of the left hand—what unlucky
fellows !
* I. e. the day of judgment.
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