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ⅬⅩⅩⅩⅢ, 27-ⅬⅩⅩⅩⅣ, 12. — and it shall be tempered with Tasnîm, — a spring from which those nigh to God shall drink.

Verily, those who sin do laugh at those who believe; and when they pass by they wink at one another, and when they return to their family they return ridiculing them ; and when they see them they say, ‘ Verily, these do go astray !’ — but they are not sent as guardians over them !

But to-day those who believe shall at the misbelievers laugh ! Upon couches shall they gaze ; are the misbelievers rewarded for what they have done ? 

 . (ⅬⅩⅩⅩⅣ. Mecca.)

In the name of the merciful and compassionate God.

When the heaven is rent asunder and gives ear unto its Lord, and is dutiful !

And when the earth is stretched out and casts forth what is in it, and is empty, and gives ear unto its Lord, and is dutiful !

O man ! verily, thou are toiling after thy Lord, toiling ; wherefore shalt thou meet Him !

And as for him who is given his book in his right hand, he shall be reckoned with by an easy reckoning ; and he shall go back to his family joyfully.

But as for him who is given his book behind his back, he shall call out for destruction, but he