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And they say: What aileth us that we behold not men whom we were wont to count among the wicked ?

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Did we take them (wrongly) for a laughing-stock, or have our eyes missed them ?

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Lo! that is very truth: the wrangling of the dwellers in the Fire.

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Say (unto them, O Muhammad): I am only a warner, and there is no God save Allah, the One, the Absolute,

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Lord of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them, the Mighty, the Pardoning.

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Say: It is tremendous tidings

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Whence ye turn away!

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I had no knowledge of the Highest Chiefs when they disputed;

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It is revealed unto me only that I may be a plain warner.

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When thy Lord said unto the angels: Lo! I am about to create a mortal out of mire,

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And when I have fashioned him and breathed into him of My Spirit, then fall down before him prostrate,

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The angels fell down prostrate, every one,

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Saving Iblis; he was scornful and became one of the disbelievers.

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He said: O Iblis! What hindereth thee from falling prostrate before that which I have created with both My hands ? Art thou too proud or art thou of the high exalted ?

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He said: I am better than him. Thou createdst me of fire, whilst him Thou didst create of clay.

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He said: Go forth from hence, for lo! thou art outcast,

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And lo! My curse is on thee till the Day of Judgment.

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He said: My Lord! Reprieve me till the day when they are raised.

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He said: Lo! thou art of those reprieved

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Until the day of the time appointed.

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He said: Then, by Thy might, I surely will beguile them every one,

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Save Thy single-minded slaves among them.