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    English - Chapter 67

    Translation by A. J. Arberry

    Verse 1

    Blessed be He in whose hand is the Kingdom -- He is powerful over everything

    Verse 2

    who created death and life, that He might try you which of you is fairest in works; and He is the All-mighty, the All-forgiving

    Verse 3

    who created seven heavens one upon another. Thou seest not in the creation of the All-merciful any imperfection. Return thy gaze; seest thou any fissure

    Verse 4

    Then return thy gaze again, and again, and thy gaze comes back to thee dazzled, aweary

    Verse 5

    And We adorned the lower heaven with lamps, and made them things to stone Satans; and We have prepared for them the chastisement of the Blaze

    Verse 6

    And for those who disbelieve in their Lord there awaits the chastisement of Gehenna -- an evil homecoming

    Verse 7

    When they are cast into it they will hear it sighing, the while it boils

    Verse 8

    and wellnigh bursts asunder with rage. As often as a troop is cast into it, its keepers ask them, 'Came there no warner to you

    Verse 9

    They say, 'Yes indeed, a warner came to us; but we cried lies, saying, "God has not sent down anything; you are only in great error

    Verse 10

    They also say, 'If we had only heard, or had understood, we would not have been of the inhabitants of the Blaze

    Verse 11

    So they confess their sins. Curse the inhabitants of the Blaze

    Verse 12

    Surely those who fear their Lord in the Unseen -- there awaits them forgiveness and a great wage

    Verse 13

    Be secret in your speech, or proclaim it, He knows the thoughts within the breasts

    Verse 14

    Shall He not know, who created? And He is the All-subtle, the All-aware

    Verse 15

    It is He who made the earth submissive to you; therefore walk in its tracts, and eat of His provision; to Him is the Uprising

    Verse 16

    Do you feel secure that He who is in heaven will not cause the earth to swallow you, the while it rocks

    Verse 17

    Do you feel secure that He who is in heaven will not loose against you a squall of pebbles, then you shall know how My warning is

    Verse 18

    Those that were before them also cried lies; then how was My horror

    Verse 19

    Have they not regarded the birds above them spreading their wings, and closing them? Naught holds them but the All-merciful. Surely He sees everything

    Verse 20

    Or who is this that shall be a host for you to help you, apart from the All-merciful? The unbelievers are only in delusion

    Verse 21

    Or who is this that shall provide for you if He withholds His provision? No, but they persist in disdain and aversion

    Verse 22

    What, is he who walks prone upon his face better guided than he who walks upright on a straight path

    Verse 23

    Say: 'It is He who produced you, and appointed for you hearing and sight and hearts; little thanks you show

    Verse 24

    Say: 'It is He who scattered you in the earth, and unto Him you shall be mustered

    Verse 25

    They say, 'When shall this promise come to pass, if you speak truly

    Verse 26

    Say: 'The knowledge is with God; I am only a clear warner

    Verse 27

    Then, when they see it nigh at hand, the faces of the unbelievers will be vexed, and it will be said, 'This is what you were promised

    Verse 28

    Say: 'What think you? If God destroys me and those with me, or has mercy on us, then who will protect the unbelievers from a painful chastisement

    Verse 29

    Say: 'He is the All-merciful. We believe in Him, and in Him we put all our trust. Assuredly, you will soon, know who is in manifest error

    Verse 30

    Say: 'What think you? If in the morning your water should have vanished into the earth, then who would bring you running water