Those Who Set The Ranks

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

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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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Lo! 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.

[37:6]

Lo! We have adorned the lowest heaven with an ornament, the planets;

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With security from every froward devil.

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They cannot listen to the Highest Chiefs for they are pelted from every side,

[37:9]

Outcast, and theirs is a perpetual torment;

[37:10]

Save him who snatcheth a fragment, and there pursueth him a piercing flame

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Then ask them (O Muhammad): Are they stronger as a creation, or those (others) whom we have created ? Lo! We created them of plastic clay.

[37:12]

Nay, but thou 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 portent.

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And they say: Lo! 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) ?

[37:17]

And our forefathers ?

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Say (O Muhammad): Ye, in truth; and ye will be brought low.

[37:19]

There is but one Shout, and lo! 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 ye 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 hell;

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And stop them, for they must be questioned.