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73. "The Mantled One"
  
     
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 O you wrapped up in your fine clothes!
 
2.
 Keep vigil the night long, except a little -
 
3.
 A half thereof, or abate a little thereof
 
4.
 Or add a little thereto - and chant the Qur'an in measure,
 
5.
 For we shall charge you with a word of weight.
 
6.
 Behold! the vigil of the night is a time when impression is more keen and speech more certain.
 
7.
 Behold! You have by day the business of life to attend.
 
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 So remember the name of thy Lord and devote thyself with a complete devotion -
 
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 Lord of the East and the West; there is no God except Him; so choose you Him alone for your defender -
 
10.
 And be patient with what they say, and part from their company with a call for their safety and well being..
 
11.
 Leave it to the Lord to deal with the deniers, those who are lords of ease and comfort in this life; while you continue to show them respect.
 
12.
 Behold! With the Lord are heavy burdens and a challenges,
 
13.
 And spiritual nourishment that is sometimes difficult to swallow and painful to follow.
 
14.
 Yet, on the day when the earth and the hills rock, and the hills become a heap of running sand.
 
15.
 Behold! The Lord has sent unto you a messenger as witness for you, even as He sent unto Pharaoh a messenger.
 
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 But Pharaoh rebelled against the messenger, whereupon the Lord seized him with no gentle grip.
 
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 Then how, if you disbelieve, will you protect yourselves upon the day which will turn children grey,
 
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 The world in turmoil. His promise is to be fulfilled.
 
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 Behold! This is a Reminder. Let him who will, then, choose a way unto his Lord.
 
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 And seek forgiveness of Allah. Behold! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
 
   
 
 

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