We have made only angels guardians of the fire, and we have only made their number a trial to those who misbelieve; that those who have been given the Book may be certain, and that those who believe may be increased in faith; and that those who have been given the Book and the believers may not doubt; and that those in whose hearts is sickness, and the misbelievers may say, 'What does God mean by this as a parable?' Thus God leads astray whom He pleases, and guides him He pleases: and none knows the hosts of thy Lord save Himself; and it is only a reminder to mortals!
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Nay, by the moon!
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And the night when it retires!
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And the morning when it brightly dawns!
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Verily, it is one of the greatest misfortunes;
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a warning to mortals;
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for him amongst you who wishes to press forward or to tarry!
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Every soul is pledged for what it earns;
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except the fellows of the right:
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in gardens shall they ask each other
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about the sinners!-
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'What drove you into hell-fire?'
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They shall say, 'We weren't of those who prayed;
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we didn't feed the poor;
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but we did plunge into discussion with those who plunged,
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and we called the judgment day a lie
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until the certainty did come to us!'
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But there shall not profit them the intercession of the intercessors.
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What ailed them that they turned away from the memorial
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as though they were timid asses
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fleeing from a lion?
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Nay, every man of them wished that he might have given him books spread open!
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Nay, but they did not fear the hereafter!
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Nay, it is a memorial!
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and let him who will remember it;
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but none will remember it except God please. He is most worthy of fear; and he is most worthy to forgive!