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| 1. Ha Mim. 2. By this perspicuous Book. 3. Truly, WE revealed it in a blessed night. Truly, WE have ever been warning. 4. Therein are decided all matters of wisdom 5. By our own command. Verily, WE have ever been sending Messengers, 6. As a mercy from thy Lord. Verily, HE is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing, 7. The Lord of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them, if you would only be inclined to believe. 8. There is no god but HE. HE gives life and HE causes death. HE is your Lord and the Lord of your forefathers. 9. Yet they play about in doubt. 10. So watch thou for the day when the sky will bring forth a visible smoke, 11. That will envelope the people. This will be a painful torment. 12. On seeing it the people will cry, `Our Lord, remove from us the torment; truly, we are believers.' 13. How can they benefit by admonition, when there has already come to them a Messenger explaining things clearly, 14. And yet they turned away from him and said, `He is tutored, a man possessed !' 15. WE shall remove the punishment for a little while, but you will certainly revert to mischief. 16. On the day when WE shall seize you with the great seizure, you will know that WE will, certainly, exact retribution. 17. And WE tried the people of Pharaoh before them, and there came to them a noble Messenger, 18. Who said to them, `Deliver to me the servants of ALLAH. Truly, I am to you a Messenger, faithful to my trust; |
