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THE QUR'ÂN. LXXXIV, 12-LXXXV,7.
shall broil in a blaze! Verily, he was amongst his family joyful. Verily, he thought that he should never return to God.
[15] Yea, verily, his Lord on him did look ! I need not swear by the evening glow, Or by the night, and what it drives together, Or by the moon when it is at its full, Ye shall be surely transferred from state to statei!
[20] What ails them that they do not believe ? and, when the Qur'ân is read to them, do not adore ? Nay, those who misbelieve do say it is a lie, but God knows best the (malice) that they hide.
So give them the glad tidings of grievous woe! [25] save those who believe and act aright, for them is hire that is not grudged !
THE CHAPTER OF THE ZODIACAL SIGNS.
(LXXXV. Mecca.) In the name of the merciful and compassionate God. By the heaven with its zodiacal signs?! And the promised day! And the witness and the witnessed 3 ! The fellows of the pit were slain; [5] And the fire with its kindling, When they sat over it And witnessed the while what they were doing with
those who believed 4.
· From life to death, and from death to the future life. 2 Literally, “towers.'
3 Various interpretations are given of these words, the most probable perhaps being that the witness' is Mohammed, and the witnessed' the faith.
• Alluding to the persecution of the Christians at Negrân by
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