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LXXIII, 4-19. THE CHAPTER OF THE ENWRAPPED.
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add thereto, and chant the Qur'ân chanting. [5] Verily, we will cast on thee a heavy speech.
Verily, the early part of the night is stronger in impressions and more upright in speech!
Verily, thou hast by day a long employment; but mention the name of thy Lord and devote thyself thoroughly to Him, the Lord of the east and the west; there is no god but He; then take Him for a guardian !
[10] And endure patiently what they say, and fee from them with a decorous flight.
And leave me and those who say it is a lie, who are possessed of comfort; and let them bide for a while.
Verily, with us are heavy fetters and hell-fire, and food that chokes, and mighty woe!
On the day when the earth and the mountains shall tremble and the earth shall be as a crumbling sand-hill!
[15] Verily, we have sent unto you an apostle bearing witness against you, as we sent an apostle unto Pharaoh.
But Pharaoh rebelled against the apostle, and we seized him with an overpowering punishment.
Then how will ye shield yourselves if ye misbelieve from the day which shall make children greyheaded, whereon the heaven cleavés—its promise shall be fulfilled !
Verily, this is a memorial, and whoso will, let him take unto his Lord a way!
1 From verse 20 the rest of the sûrah seems from its style to belong to the Medînah period; and there is a tradition ascribed to 'Ayeshah that it was revealed a year later than the earlier part of the chapter.
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