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| 7. And by the heaven full of tracks, 8. Truly you at variance in what you say. 9. He alone is turned away from the truth who is decreed to be turned away. 10. Cursed be the liars, 11. Who are heedless of truth in the depths of ignorance. 12. They ask, when will the Day of Judgment be ?' 13. Say, `It will be the day when they will be tormented with the torment of the Fire.' 14. And it will be said to them, `Taste ye your torment. This is what you asked to be hastened.' 15. But surely, the righteous will be in the midst of gardens and springs, 16. Taking what their Lord will bestow upon them; for they used to do good before that; 17. They slept but a little of the night; 18. And at dawn they prayed for divine pardon; 19. And in their wealth was a share for those who asked for help and for those who could not. 20. And in the earth are Signs for those who have certainty of faith, 21. And also in your ownselves. Will you not then see ? 22. And in heaven is your sustenance, and also that which you are promised. 23. And by the Lord of the heaven and the earth it is certainly the truth, just as it is true that you speak. 24. Has the story of Abraham's honoured guests reached thee ? 25. When they came to him and said, `Peace !' he said in reply, `On you be peace.' He thought that they were strangers. 26. And he went quietly to his household, and brought a fatted calf, 27. And he placed it before them and said, `Will you not eat ?' 28. And he conceived a fear of them. They said, `Fear not.' And they gave him glad tidings of the birth of a son who would be blessed with knowledge. 29. Then his wife came forward extremely embarrassed and smote her face and said, `I am but a barren old woman !' 30. They said, `Even so has thy Lord said. Surely, HE is the Wise, the All-Knowing.' |
