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CHAPTER LXXXIV.

ENTITLED, THE RENDING IN SUNDER; REVEALED AT MECCA.

IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.

WHEN the heaven shall be rent in sunder,
and shall obey its LORD, and shall be capable thereof;
and when the earth shall be stretched out,
and shall cast forth that which is therein, and shall remain empty,
and shall obey its LORD, and shall be capable thereof:
O man, verily laboring thou laborest to meet thy LORD, and thou shalt
meet him.
And he who shall have his book given into his right hand
shall be called to an easy account,
and shall turn unto his family with joy:
10 but he who shall have his book given him behind his back,
shall invoke destruction to fall upon him,
and he shall be sent into hell to be burned;
because he rejoiced insolently amidst his family on earth.
Verily he thought he should never return unto God:
yea verily, but his LORD beheld him.
Wherefore I swear by the redness of the sky after sunset,
and by the night, and the animals which it driveth together,
and by the moon when she is in the full;
ye shall surely be transferred successively from state to state.
20 What aileth them, therefore, that they believe not the resurrection;
and that, when the Koran is read unto them, they worship not?
Yea: the unbelievers accuse the same of imposture:
but GOD well knoweth the malice which they keep hidden in their breasts.
Wherefore denounce unto them a grievous punishment,
except those who believe and do good works: for them is prepared a never-
failing reward.



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CHAPTER LXXXV.

ENTITLED, THE CELESTIAL SIGNS; REVEALED AT MECCA.

IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.

BY the heaven adorned with signs;
by the promised day of judgment;
by the witness, and the witnessed;
cursed were the contrivers of the pit,
of fire supplied with fuel;
when they sat around the same,
and were witnesses of what they did against the true believers:
and they afflicted them for no other reason, but because they believed in
the mighty, the glorious GOD,
unto whom belongeth the kingdom of heaven and earth: and GOD is witness
of all things.
10 Verily for those who persecute the true believers of either sex, and
afterwards repent not, is prepared the torment of hell; and they shall suffer
the pain of burning.
But for those who believe, and do that which is right, are destined
gardens beneath which rivers flow: this shall be great felicity.
Verily the vengeance of thy LORD is severe.
He createth, and he restoreth to life:
he is inclined to forgive, and gracious;
the possessor of the glorious throne,
who effecteth that which he pleaseth.
Hath not the story of the hosts
of Pharaoh and of Thamud reached thee?
Yet the unbelievers cease not to accuse the divine revelations of
falsehood:
20 but GOD encompasseth them behind, that they cannot escape.
Verily that which they reject is a glorious Koran;
the original whereof is written in a table kept in heaven.



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CHAPTER LXXXVI.

ENTITLED, THE STAR WHICH APPEARED BY NIGHT; REVEALED AT MECCA.

IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.

BY the heaven, and that which appeareth by night:
but what shall cause thee to understand what that which appeareth by
night is?
it is the star of piercing brightness:
every soul hath a guardian set over it.
Let a man consider, therefore, of what he is created.
He is created of seed poured forth,
issuing from the loins, and the breastbones.
Verily God is able to restore him to life,
the day whereon all secret thoughts and actions shall be examined into;
10 and he shall have no power to defend himself, nor any protector.
By the heaven which returneth the rain;
and by the earth which openeth to let forth vegetables and springs:
verily this is a discourse distinguishing good from evil:
and it is not composed with lightness.
Verily the infidels are laying a plot to frustrate my designs:
but I will lay a plot for their ruin.
Wherefore, O prophet, bear with the unbelievers: let them alone a while.



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CHAPTER LXXXVII.

ENTITLED, THE MOST HIGH; REVEALED AT MECCA.

IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.

PRAISE the name of thy LORD, the most high;
who hath created, and completely formed his creatures:
and who determineth them to various ends, and directeth them to attain
the same;
and who produceth the pasture for cattle,
and afterwards rendereth the same dry stubble of a dusky hue.
We will enable thee to rehearse our revelations; and thou shalt not
forget any part thereof,
except what GOD shall please; for he knoweth that which is manifest, and
that which is hidden.
And we will facilitate unto thee the most easy way.
Wherefore admonish thy people, if thy admonition shall be profitable unto
them.
10 Whoso feareth God, he will be admonished:
but the most wretched unbeliever will turn away therefrom;
who shall be cast to be broiled in the greater fire of hell,
wherein he shall not die, neither shall he live.
Now hath he attained felicity, who is purified by faith,
and who remembereth the name of his LORD, and prayeth.
But ye prefer this present life:
yet the life to come is better, and more durable.
Verily this is written in the ancient books,
the books of Abraham and Moses.



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CHAPTER LXXXVIII.

ENTITLED, THE OVERWHELMING; REVEALED AT MECCA.

IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.

HATH the news of the overwhelming day of judgment reached thee?
The countenances of some, on that day, shall be cast down;
labouring and toiling:
they shall be cast into scorching fire to be broiled:
they shall be given to drink of a boiling fountain:
they shall have no food, but of dry thorns and thistles:
which shall not fatten, neither shall they satisfy hunger.
But the countenances of others, on that day, shall be joyful;
well pleased with their past endeavour:
10 they shall be placed in a lofty garden,
wherein thou shalt hear no vain discourse:
therein shall be a running fountain;
therein shall be raised beds,
and goblets placed before them,
and cushions laid in order,
and carpets ready spread.
Do they not consider the camels, how they are created;
and the heaven, how it is raised;
and the mountains, how they are fixed;
20 and the earth, how it is extended?
Wherefore warn thy people; for thou art a warner only:
thou art not impowered to act with authority over them.
But whoever shall turn back, and disbelieve,
GOD shall punish him with the greater punishment of the life to come.
Verily unto us shall they return:
then shall it be our part to bring them to account.



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CHAPTER LXXXIX.

ENTITLED, THE DAYBREAK; REVEALED AT MECCA.

IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.

BY the daybreak,
and ten nights;
by that which is double, and that which is single;
and by the night when it cometh on:
is there not in this an oath formed with understanding?
Hast thou not considered how thy LORD dealt with Ad,
the people of Irem, adorned with lofty buildings,
the like whereof hath not been erected in the land;
and with Thamud, who hewed the rocks in the valley into houses;
10 and with Pharaoh, the contriver of the stakes:
who had behaved insolently in the earth,
and multiplied corruption therein?
Wherefore thy LORD poured on them various kinds of chastisement:
for thy LORD is surely in a watch-tower, whence he observeth the actions
of men.
Moreover man, when his LORD trieth him by prosperity, and honoureth him,
and is bounteous unto him, saith, My LORD honoureth me;
but when he proveth him by afflictions, and withholdeth his provisions
from him, he saith, My LORD despiseth me.
By no means: but ye honour not the orphan,
neither do ye excite one another to feed the poor;
and ye devour the inheritance of the weak, with undistinguishing
greediness,
20 and ye love riches with much affection.
By no means should ye do thus. When the earth shall be minutely ground
to dust;
and thy LORD shall come, and the angels rank by rank;
and hell, on that day, shall be brought nigh: on that day shall man call
to remembrance his evil deeds; but how shall remembrance avail him?
He shall say, Would to GOD that I had heretofore done good works in my
lifetime!
On that day none shall punish with his punishment;
nor shall any bind with his bonds.
O thou soul which art at rest,
return unto thy LORD, well pleased with thy reward, and well pleasing
unto God:
enter among my servants;
30 and enter my paradise.



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CHAPTER XC.

ENTITLED, THE TERRITORY; REVEALED AT MECCA.

IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.

I SWEAR by this territory,
(and thou, O prophet, residest in this territory,)
and by the begetter, and that which he hath begotten;
verily we have created man in misery.
Doth he think that none shall prevail over him?
He saith, I have wasted plenty of riches.
Doth he think that none seeth him?
Have we not made him two eyes,
and a tongue, and two lips;
10 and shown him the two highways of good and evil?
Yet he attempteth not the cliff.
What shall make thee to understand what the cliff is?
It is to free the captive;
or to feed, in the day of famine,
the orphan who is of kin,
or the poor man who lieth on the ground.
Whoso doth this, and is one of those who believe, and recommend
perseverance unto each other, and recommend mercy unto each other;
these shall be the companions of the right hand.
But they who shall disbelieve our signs shall be the companions of
the left hand:
20 above them shall be arched fire.



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CHAPTER XCI.

ENTITLED, THE SUN; REVEALED AT MECCA.

IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.

BY the Sun, and its rising brightness;
by the moon when she followeth him;
by the day, when it showeth its splendor;
by the night, when it covereth him with darkness;
by the heaven, and him who built it;
by the earth, and him who spread it forth;
by the soul, and him who completely formed it,
and inspired into the same its faculty of distinguishing, and power of
choosing, wickedness and piety:
now is he who hath purified the same, happy;
10 but he who hath corrupted the same, is miserable.
Thamud accused their prophet Saleh of imposture, through the excess of
their wickedness:
when the wretch among them was sent to slay the camel;
and the apostle of GOD said unto them, Let alone the camel of GOD; and
hinder not her drinking.
But they charged him with imposture; and they slew her. Wherefore their
LORD destroyed them, for their crime, and made their punishment equal unto
them all:
and he feareth not the issue thereof.



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CHAPTER XCII.

ENTITLED, THE NIGHT; REVEALED AT MECCA.

IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.

BY the night, when it covereth all things with darkness;
by the day, when it shineth forth;
by his who hath created the male, and the female:
verily your endeavour is different.
Now whoso is obedient, and feareth God,
and professeth the truth of that faith which is most excellent;
unto him will we facilitate the way to happiness:
but whoso shall be covetous, and shall be wholly taken up with this
world,
and shall deny the truth of that which is most excellent;
10 unto him will we facilitate the way to misery;
and his riches shall not profit him, when he shall fall headlong into
hell.
Verily unto us appertaineth the direction of mankind:
and ours is the life to come, and the present life.
Wherefore I threaten you with fire which burneth fiercely,
which none shall enter to be burned except the most wretched;
who shall have disbelieved, and turned back.
But he who strictly bewareth idolatry and rebellion shall be removed far
from the same;
who giveth his substance in alms,
and by whom no benefit is bestowed on any, that it may be recompensed,
20 but who bestoweth the same for the sake of his LORD, the most High,
and hereafter he shall be well satisfied with his reward.



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CHAPTER XCIII.

ENTITLED, THE BRIGHTNESS; REVEALED AT MECCA.

IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.

BY the brightness of the morning;
and by the night, when it groweth dark:
thy LORD hath not forsaken thee, neither doth he hate thee.
Verily the life to come shall be better for thee than this present life:
and thy LORD shall give thee a reward wherewith thou shalt be well
pleased.
Did he not find thee an orphan, and hath he not taken care of thee?
And did he not find thee wandering in error, and hath he not guided thee
into the truth?
And did he not find thee needy, and hath he not enriched thee?
Wherefore oppress not the orphan:
10 neither repulse the beggar:
but declare the goodness of thy LORD.



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CHAPTER XCIV.

ENTITLED, HAVE WE NOT OPENED; REVEALED AT MECCA

IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.

HAVE we not opened thy breast;
and eased thee of thy burden,
which galled thy back;
and raise thy reputation for thee?
Verily a difficulty shall be attended with ease.
Verily a difficulty shall be attended with ease.
When thou shalt have ended thy preaching; labor to serve God in return
for his favours;
and make thy supplication unto thy LORD.



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CHAPTER XCV.

ENTITLED, THE FIG; WHERE IT WAS REVEALED IS DISPUTED.

IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.

BY the fig, and the olive;
and by mount Sinai,
and this territory of security;
verily we created man of a most excellent fabric;
afterwards we rendered him the vilest of the vile:
except those who believe, and work righteousness; for they shall receive
an endless reward.
What, therefore, shall cause thee to deny the day of judgment after
this?
Is not GOD the most wise judge?



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CHAPTER XCVI.

ENTITLED, CONGEALED BLOOD; REVEALED AT MECCA.

IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.

READ, in the name of thy LORD, who hath created all things;
who hath created man of congealed blood.
Read, by thy most beneficent LORD;
who taught the use of the pen;
who teacheth man that which he knoweth not.
Assuredly. Verily man becometh insolent,
because he seeth himself abound in riches.
Verily unto thy LORD shall be the return of all.
What thinkest thou as to him who forbiddeth
10 our servant, when he prayeth?
What thinkest thou; if he follow the right direction;
or command piety?
What thinkest thou; if he accuse the divine revelations of falsehood, and
turn his back?
Doth he not know that GOD seeth?
Assuredly. Verily, if he forbear not, we will drag him by the forelock,
the lying, sinful forelock.
And let him call his council to his assistance:
we also will call the infernal guards to cast him into hell.
Assuredly. Obey him not: but continue to adore God; and draw nigh unto
him.



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CHAPTER XCVII.

ENTITLED, AL KADR; WHERE IT WAS REVEALED IS DISPUTED.

IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.

VERILY we sent down the Koran in the night of al Kadr.
And what shall make thee understand how excellent the night of al Kadr
is?
The night of al Kadr is better than a thousand months.
Therein do the angels descend, and the spirit of Gabriel also, by the
permission of their LORD, with his decrees concerning every matter.
It is peace until the rising of the morn.



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CHAPTER XCVIII.

ENTITLED, THE EVIDENCE; WHERE IT WAS REVEALED IS DISPUTED.

IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.

THE unbelievers among those to whom the scriptures were given, and among
the idolaters, did not stagger, until the clear evidence had come unto them:
an apostle from GOD, rehearsing unto them pure books of revelations;
wherein are contained right discourses.
Neither were they unto whom the scriptures were given divided among
themselves, until after the clear evidence had come unto them.
And they were commanded no other in the scriptures than to worship GOD,
exhibiting unto him the pure religion, and being orthodox; and to be constant
at prayer, and to give alms; and this is the right religion.
Verily those who believe not, among those who have received the
scriptures, and among the idolaters, shall be cast into the fire of hell, to
remain therein forever. These are the worst of creatures.
But they who believe, and do good works; these are the best of creatures:
their reward with their LORD shall be gardens of perpetual abode, through
which rivers flow; they shall remain therein forever. GOD will be well pleased in
them; and they shall be well pleased in him. This is prepared for him who shall
fear his LORD.



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CHAPTER XCIX.

ENTITLED, THE EARTHQUAKE; WHERE IT WAS REVEALED IS DISPUTED.

IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.

WHEN the earth shall be shaken by an earthquake;
and the earth shall cast forth her burdens;
and a man shall say, What aileth her?
On that day the earth shall declare her tidings,
for that thy LORD will inspire her.
On that day men shall go forward in distinct classes, that they may
behold their works.
And whoever shall have wrought good of the weight of an ant, shall
behold the same.
And whoever shall have wrought evil of the weight of an ant, shall behold
the same.



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CHAPTER C.

ENTITLED, THE WAR-HORSES WHICH RUN SWIFTLY; WHERE IT WAS REVEALED IS DISPUTED.

IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.

BY the war-horses which run swiftly to the battle, with a panting noise;
and by those which strike fire, by dashing their hoofs against the
stones;
and by those which make a sudden incursion on the enemy early in the
morning,
and therein raise the dust,
and therein pass through the midst of the adverse troops:
verily man is ungrateful unto his LORD;
and he is witness thereof:
and he is immoderate in the love of worldly good.
Doth he not know, therefore, when that which is in the graves shall be
taken forth,
10 and that which is in men's breasts shall be brought to light,
that their LORD will, on that day, be fully informed concerning them?



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CHAPTER CI.

ENTITLED, THE STRIKING; REVEALED AT MECCA.

IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.

THE striking!
What is the striking?
And what shall make thee to understand how terrible the striking will be?
On that day men shall be like moths scattered abroad,
and the mountains shall become like carded wool of various colours driven
by the wind.
Moreover he whose balance shall be heavy with good works,
shall lead a pleasing life:
but as to him whose balance shall be light,
his dwelling shall be the pit of hell.
10 What shall make thee to understand how frightful the pit of hell is?
It is a burning fire.



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CHAPTER CII.

ENTITLED, THE EMULOUS DESIRE OF MULTIPLYING; WHERE IT WAS REVEALED IS
DISPUTED.

IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.

THE emulous desire of multiplying riches and children employeth you,
until ye visit the graves.
By no means should ye thus employ your time: hereafter shall ye know your
folly.
Again, By no means: hereafter shall ye know your folly.
By no means: if ye knew the consequence hereof with certainty of
knowledge, ye would not act thus.
Verily ye shall see hell:
again, ye shall surely see it with the eye of certainty.
Then shall ye be examined, on that day, concerning the pleasures with
which ye have amused yourselves in this life.



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CHAPTER CIII.

ENTITLED, THE AFTERNOON; REVEALED AT MECCA.

IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.

BY the afternoon;
verily man employeth himself in that which will prove of loss:
except those who believe, and do that which is right; and who mutually
recommend the truth, and mutually recommend perseverance unto each other.



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CHAPTER CIV.

ENTITLED, THE SLANDERER; REVEALED AT MECCA.

IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.

WOE unto every slanderer, and backbiter:
who heapeth up riches, and prepareth the same for the time to come!
He thinketh that his riches will render him immortal.
By no means. He shall surely be cast into Al Hotama.
And who shall cause thee to understand what Al Hotama is?
It is the kindled fire of GOD;
which shall mount above the hearts of those who shall be cast therein.
Verily it shall be as an arched vault above them
on columns of vast extent.



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CHAPTER CV.

ENTITLED, THE ELEPHANT; REVEALED AT MECCA.

IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.

HAST thou not seen how thy LORD dealt with the masters of the elephant?
Did he not make their treacherous design an occasion of drawing them into
error;
and send against them flocks of birds,
which casts down upon them stones of baked clay;
and render them like the leaves of corn eaten by cattle?



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CHAPTER CVI.

ENTITLED, KOREISH; REVEALED AT MECCA.

IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.

FOR the uniting of the tribe of Koreish;
their uniting in sending forth the caravan of merchants and purveyors in
winter and summer;
let them serve the LORD of this house;
who supplieth them with food against hunger,
and hath rendered them secure from fear.



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CHAPTER CVII.

ENTITLED, NECESSARIES; WHERE IT WAS REVEALED IS DISPUTED.

IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.

WHAT thinkest thou of him who denieth the future judgment as a falsehood?
It is he who pusheth away the orphan;
and stirreth not up others to feed the poor.
Woe be unto those who pray,
and who are negligent at their prayer:
who play the hypocrites,
and deny necessaries to the needy.



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CHAPTER CVIII.

ENTITLED, AL CAWTHAR; REVEALED AT MECCA.

IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.

VERILY we have given thee al Cawthar.
Wherefore pray unto thy LORD, and slay the victims.
Verily he who hateth thee shall be childless.



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CHAPTER CIX.

ENTITLED, THE UNBELIEVERS; REVEALED AT MECCA.

IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.

SAY: O unbelievers,
I will not worship that which ye worship;
nor will ye worship that which I worship.
Neither do I worship that which ye worship;
neither do ye worship that which I worship.
Ye have your religion, and I my religion.



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CHAPTER CX.

ENTITLED, ASSISTANCE; REVEALED AT MECCA.

IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.

WHEN the assistance of GOD shall come, and the victory;
and thou shalt see the people enter into the religion of GOD by troops:
celebrate the praise of thy LORD, and ask pardon of him; for he is
inclined to forgive.



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CHAPTER CXI.

ENTITLED, ABU LAHEB; REVEALED AT MECCA.

IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.

THE hands of Abu Laheb shall perish, and he shall perish.
His riches shall not profit him, neither that which he hath gained.
He shall go down to be burned into flaming fire;
and his wife also, bearing wood,
having on her neck a cord of twisted fibres of a palm-tree.



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CHAPTER CXII.

ENTITLED, THE DECLARATION OF GOD'S UNITY;
WHERE IT WAS REVEALED IS DISPUTED.

IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.

SAY, God is one GOD;
the eternal GOD:
be begetteth not, neither is he begotten:
and there is not any one like unto him.



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CHAPTER CXIII.

ENTITLED, THE DAYBREAK; WHERE IT WAS REVEALED IS DISPUTED.

IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.

SAY, I fly for refuge unto the LORD of the daybreak,
that he may deliver me from the mischief of those things which he hath
created;
and from the mischief of the night, when it cometh on;
and from the mischief of women blowing on knots;
and from the mischief of the envious, when he envieth.



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CHAPTER CXIV.

ENTITLED, MEN; WHERE IT WAS REVEALED IS DISPUTED.

IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.

SAY, I fly for refuge unto the LORD of men,
the king of men,
the GOD of men,
that he may deliver me from the mischief of the whisperer who slyly
withdraweth,
who whispereth evil suggestions into the breasts of men:
from genii and men.




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