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ⅩⅩⅥ, 216-ⅩⅩⅦ, 4. do,’ and rely thou upon the mighty, merciful One, who sees thee when thou dost stand up, and thy posturing amongst those who adore. Verily, He both hears and knows !

Shall I inform you upon whom the devils descend ? they descend upon every sinful liar, and impart what they have heard ; but most of them are liars.

And the poets do those follow who go astray ! Dost thou not see that they wander distraught in every vale ? and that they say that which they do not do ? save those who believe, and do right, and remember God much, and defend themselves after they are wronged; but those who do wrong shall know with what a turn they shall be turned. 

 . (ⅩⅩⅦ. Mecca.)

In the name of the merciful and compassionate God.

T. S. Those are the signs of the Qurʼân and the perspicuous Book ; a guidance and glad tidings to the believers, who are steadfast at prayer, and give alms, and of the hereafter are sure; verily, those who believe not in the hereafter we have made seemly for them their works, and they shall wander

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