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[1] CONSIDER the sky full of great constellations,
[2] and [then bethink thyself of] the promised Day,
[3] and [of] Him who witnesses [all], and [of] that unto which witness is borne [by Him]!
[4] THEY DESTROY [but] themselves, they who would ready a pit
[5] of fire fiercely burning [for all who have attained to faith]!
[6] Lo! [With glee do] they contemplate that [fire],
[7] fully conscious of what they are doing to the believers,
[8] whom they hate for no other reason than that they believe in God, the Almighty, the One to whom all praise is due,
[9] [and] to whom the dominion of the heavens and the earth belongs. But God is witness unto everything!
[10] Verily, as for those who persecute believing men and believing women, and thereafter do not repent, hell's suffering awaits them: yea, suffering through fire awaits them!
[11] [But,] verily, they who attain to faith and do righteous deeds shall [in the life to come] have gardens through which running waters flow - that triumph most great!
[12] VERILY, thy Sustainer's grip is exceedingly strong!
[13] Behold, it is He who creates [man] in the first instance, and He [it is who] will bring him forth anew.
[14] And He alone is truly-forgiving, all-embracing in His love,
[15] in sublime almightiness enthroned,
[16] a sovereign doer of whatever He wills.
[17] HAS IT ever come within thy ken, the story of the [sinful] hosts
[18] of Pharaoh, and of [the tribe of] Thamud?
[19] And yet, they who are bent on denying the truth persist in giving it the lie:
[20] but all the while God encompasses them [with His knowledge and might] without their being aware of it.
[21] Nay, but this [divine writ which they reject] is a discourse sublime,
[22] upon an imperishable tablet [inscribed].