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L, 43-L1, 18. THE CHAPTER OF THE SCATTERERS.
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from them swiftly;— that is a gathering together which is easy to us!
We know what they say; nor art thou over them one to compel.
[45] Wherefore remind, by the Qur'an, him who fears the threat.
THE CHAPTER OF THE SCATTERERS.
(LI, Mecca.) In the name of the merciful and compassionate God.
By the scatterers 1 who scatter! and by those pregnant? with their burden! and by those running on easily! and by the distributors 4 of affairs!--[5] verily, what ye are threatened with is surely true!
And, verily, the judgment will surely take place !
By the heaven possessed of paths! verily, ye are at variance in what ye say!
He is turned from it who is turned.
[10] Slain be the liars, who are heedless in a flood (of ignorance).
They will ask, 'When is the day of judgment ?' The day when at the fire they shall be tried. -Taste your trial! this is what ye wished to hasten on!'
[15] Verily, the pious are in gardens and springs, taking what their Lord brings them. Verily, they before that did well. But little of the night they slept; and at the dawn they asked forgiveness.
i The winds.
9 The ships.
2 The clouds. * Angels or winds.
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