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248 Do they bequeath it to each other ?

Yea, they are an outrageous people !

So turn thy back upon them, so thou wilt not be to blame.

And remind ; for, verily, the reminder shall profit the believers.

And I have not created the ginn and mankind save that they may worship me.

I do not desire any provision from them, and I do not wish them to feed me.

Verily, God, He is the provider, endowed with steady might.

Verily, for those who injure (the Apostle) shall be a portion like the portion of their fellows, but let them not hurry Me !

Then woe to those who misbelieve from their day which they are threatened. 

 . (ⅬⅡ Mecca.)

In the name of the merciful and compassionate God.

By the mount ! by the Book inscribed upon an outstretched vellum ! by the frequented house ! by the elevated roof ! by the swelling sea ! verily, the torment of thy Lord will come to pass ; — there is none to avert it !

The day when the heavens shall reel about,