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37. "The Rangers"
  
     
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 By those who set the ranks in battle order
 
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 And those who drive away the wicked with reproof,
 
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 And those who read the Word for a reminder,
 
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 Behold! thy Lord is surely One;
 
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 Lord of the heavens and of the earth and all that is between them, and Lord of the sun's risings.
 
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 Behold! We have adorned the lowest heaven with an ornament, the planets;
 
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 With security from every forward devil.
 
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 They cannot listen to the Highest Chiefs for they are pelted from every side,
 
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 Outcast, and theirs is the choice of perpetual torment;
 
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 Save him who snatches a fragment, and there pursues him a piercing flame.
 
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 Then ask them O Messenger: Are they stronger as a creation, or those others whom we have created? Behold! We created them of plastic clay.
 
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 No, but you dost marvel when they mock
 
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 And heed not when they are reminded,
 
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 And seek to scoff when they behold a omen.
 
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 And they say: Behold! this is mere magic;
 
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 When we are dead and have become dust and bones, shall we then, forsooth, be raised again?
 
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 And our forefathers?
 
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 Say O Messenger: Ye, in truth; and you will be brought low.
 
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 There is but one Shout, and Lo and Behold! They behold,
 
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 And say: Ah, woe for us! This is the Day of Judgment.
 
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 This is the Day of Separation, which you used to deny.
 
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 And it is said unto the angels: Assemble those who did wrong, together with their wives and what they used to worship
 
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 Instead of Allah, and lead them to the path to their own self appointed doom;
 
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 And stop them, for they must be questioned.
 
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 What disturbs you that you help not one another?
 
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 No, but this day they make full submission.
 
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 And some of them draw near unto others, mutually questioning.
 
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 They say: Behold! you used to come unto us, imposing, swearing that you spoke the truth.
 
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 They answer: No, but you yourselves were not believers.
 
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 We had no power over you, but you were wayward people.
 
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 Now the Word of our Lord has been fulfilled concerning us. Behold! we are about to taste the doom.
 
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 Thus we misled you. Behold! we were ourselves astray.
 
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 Then Lo and Behold! this day they both are sharers in the doom.
 
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 Behold! thus deal We with the guilty.
 
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 For when it was said unto them, There is no God except Allah, they were scornful
 
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 And said: Shall we forsake our gods for a mad poet?
 
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 No, but he brought the Truth, and he confirmed those sent before him.
 
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 Behold! now truly you taste the painful consequences of your error of life-
 
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 Ye are requited nothing except what you did -
 
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 Save single-minded faithful of Allah;
 
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 For them there is a known provision,
 
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 Fruits. And they will be honoured
 
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 In the Gardens of delight,
 
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 On couches facing one another;
 
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 A cup from a gushing spring is brought round for them,
 
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 White, delicious to the drinkers,
 
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 Wherein there is no headache nor are they made mad thereby.
 
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 And with them are those of modest gaze, with lovely eyes,
 
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 Pure as they were hidden eggs of the ostrich.
 
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 And some of them draw near unto others, mutually questioning.
 
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 A speaker of them says: Behold! I had a comrade
 
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 Who used to say: Art you in truth of those who put faith in his words?
 
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 Can we, when we are dead and have become mere dust and bones - can we then truly be brought to book?
 
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 He says: Will you look?  
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 Then looketh he and seeth him in the depth of a hell of his own making.
 
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 He says: By Allah, you truly didst all but cause my ruin,
 
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 And had it not been for the favour of my Lord, I too had been of those haled forth to doom.
 
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 Are we then not to die
 
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 Saving our former death, and are we not to be judged?
 
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 Behold! this is the supreme triumph.
 
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 For the like of this, then, let the workers work.
 
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 Is this better as a welcome, or the tree of Zaqqum?
 
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 Behold! We have appointed it a torment for wrong-doers.
 
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 Behold! it is a tree that springeth in the heart of darkness.
 
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 Its crop is as it were the heads of devils
 
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 And Lo and Behold! they truly must eat thereof, and fill their bellies therewith.
 
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 And afterward, Lo and Behold! thereupon they drink of boiling water
 
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 And afterward, Lo and Behold! their return is surely unto hell of their own horror and anguish.
 
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 They indeed found their fathers astray,
 
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 But they make haste to follow in their footsteps.
 
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 And truly most of the men of old went astray before them,
 
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 And truly The Lord sent among them warners.
 
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 Then see the nature of the consequence for those warned,
 
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 Save single-minded faithful of Allah.
 
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 And Noah truly prayed unto Us, and gracious was the Hearer of his prayer
 
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 And We saved him and his household from the great distress,
 
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 And made his seed the survivors,
 
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 And left for him among the later people the salutation:
 
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 Peace be unto Noah among the peoples!
 
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 Behold! thus do We reward the good.
 
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 Behold! he is one of Our believing faithful.
 
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 Then We did drown the others.
 
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 And Lo and Behold! of his persuasion truly was Abraham
 
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 When he came unto his Lord with a whole heart;
 
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 When he said unto his father and his people: What is it that you worship?
 
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 Is it a falsehood - gods beside Allah - that you desire?
 
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 What then is your opinion of the Lord of the Worlds?
 
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 And he glanced a glance at the stars
 
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 Then said: Behold! I feel sick!
 
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 And they turned their backs and went away from him.
 
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 Then turned he to their gods and said: Will you not eat?
 
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 What disturbs you that you speak not?
 
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 Then he attacked them, striking with his right hand.
 
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 And his people came toward him, hastening.
 
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 He said: Worship you that which you yourselves do carve
 
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 When Allah has created you and what you make?
 
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 They said: Build for him a building and fling him in the red-hotfire.
 
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 And they designed a snare for him, but We made them the undermost.
 
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 And he said: Behold! I am going unto my Lord Who will guide me.
 
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 My Lord! Promise me of the righteous.
 
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 So We gave him tidings of a gentle son.
 
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 And when his son was old enough to walk with him, Abraham said: O my dear son, I have seen in a dream that I must sacrifice you. So look, what thinkest you? He said: O my father! Do that which you are commanded. Allah willing, you shall find me of the steadfast.
 
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 Then, when they had both surrendered to Allah, and he had flung him down upon his face,
 
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 We called unto him: O Abraham!
 
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 You have already fulfilled the vision. Behold! thus do We reward the good.
 
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 Behold! that truly was a clear test.
 
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 Then We ransomed him with a tremendous victim.
 
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 And We left for him among the later people the salutation:
 
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 Peace be unto Abraham!
 
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 Thus do We reward the good.
 
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 Behold! he is one of Our believing faithful.
 
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 And we gave him tidings of the birth of Isaac, a prophet of the righteous.
 
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 And We blessed him and Isaac. And of their seed are some who do good, and some who plainly wrong themselves.
 
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 And We truly gave grace unto Moses and Aaron,
 
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 And saved them and their people from the great distress,
 
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 And helped them so that they became the victors.
 
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 And We gave them the clear Scripture
 
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 And showed them the right path.
 
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 And We left for them among the later people the salutation:
 
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 Peace be unto Moses and Aaron!
 
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 Behold! thus do We reward the good.
 
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 Behold! they are two of Our believing faithful.
 
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 And Lo and Behold! Elias was of those sent to warn,
 
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 When he said unto his people: Will you not ward off evil?
 
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 Will you cry unto Baal and forsake the Best of creators,
 
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 Allah, your Lord and Lord of your forefathers?
 
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 But they denied him, so they surely will be haled forth to the doom
 
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 Save single-minded faithful of Allah.
 
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 And we left for him among the later people the salutation:
 
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 Peace be unto Elias!
 
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 Behold! thus do We reward the good.
 
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 Behold! he is one of our believing slaves.
 
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 And Lo and Behold! Lot truly was of those sent to warn.
 
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 When We saved him and his household, every one,
 
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 Save an old woman among those who stayed behind;
 
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 Then We destroyed the others.
 
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 And Lo and Behold! you truly pass by the ruin of them in the morning
 
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 And at night-time; have you then no sense?
 
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 And Lo and Behold! Jonah truly was of those sent to warn
 
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 When he fled unto the laden ship,
 
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 And then drew lots and was of those rejected;
 
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 And the fish swallowed him while he was blameworthy;
 
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 And had he not been one of those who glorify Allah
 
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 He would have lingered in its belly till the day when they are raised;
 
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 Then We cast him on a desert shore while he was sick;
 
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 And We caused a tree of gourd to grow above him;
 
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 And We sent him to a hundred thousand people or more
 
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 And they believed, Therefore We gave them comfort for a while.
 
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 Now ask them O Messenger: Has thy Lord daughters whereas they have sons?
 
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 Or created We the angels inferior of sorts while they were present?
 
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 Behold! it is of their falsehood that they say:
 
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 Allah has begotten. Allah! truly they tell a lie.
 
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 And again of their falsehood: He has preferred daughters to sons.
 
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 What disturbs you? How judge you?
 
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 Will you not then reflect?
 
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 Or have you a clear warrant?
 
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 Then produce your writ, if you are truthful.
 
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 And they imagine kinship between him and the spirits, whereas the spirits know well that they will be brought before Him.
 
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 Glorified be Allah from that which they attribute unto Him,
 
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 Save single-minded faithful of Allah.
 
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 Behold! truly, you and that which you worship,
 
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 Ye cannot excite anyone against Him.
 
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 Save him who is to burn in hell.
 
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 There is not one of us but has his known position.
 
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 Behold! we, even we are they who set the ranks,
 
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 Behold! we, even we are they who hymn His praise
 
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 And indeed they used to say:
 
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 If we had but a reminder from the men of old
 
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 We would be single-minded faithful of Allah.
 
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 Yet now that it is come they disbelieve therein; but they will come to know.
 
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 And truly Our word went forth of old unto Our servants sent to warn
 
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 That they truly would be helped,
 
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 And that Our host, they truly would be the victors.
 
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 So withdraw from them awhile,
 
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 And watch, for they will soon see.
 
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 Would they hasten on Our doom?
 
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 But when it comes home to them, then it will be a hapless morn for those who have been warned.
 
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 Withdraw from them awhile
 
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 And watch, for they will soon see.
 
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 Glorified be thy Lord, the Lord of Majesty, from that which they attribute unto Him
 
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 And peace be unto those sent to warn.
 
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 And praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds!
  

 
 
 

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