The Koran
CHAPTER LXXVII.
ENTITLED, THOSE WHICH ARE SENT; REVEALED AT MECCA.
IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.
By the angels which are sent by God, following one another in a continual
series; and those which move swiftly, with a rapid motion; and by those
which disperse his commands, by divulging them through the earth; and by
those which separate truth from falsehood, by distinguishing the same;
and by those which communicate the divine admonitions, to excuse, or to
threaten: verily that which ye are promised is inevitable. When the stars,
therefore, shall be out, and when the heaven shall be cloven in sunder,
and when the mountains shall be winnowed, and when the apostles shall have
a time assigned them to appear and bear testimony against their respective
people; to what a day shall that appointment be deferred! to the day of
separation: and what shall cause thee to understand what the day of separation
is? On that day, woe be unto them who accused the prophets of imposture!
Have we not destroyed the obstinate unbelievers of old? We will also cause
those of the latter times to follow them. Thus do we deal with the wicked.
Woe be, on that day, unto them who accused the prophets of imposture! Have
we not created you of a contemptible drop of seed, which we placed in a
sure repository, until the fixed term of delivery? And we were able to
do this: for we are most powerful. On that day, woe be unto those who accused
the prophets of imposture! Have we not made the earth to contain the living
and the dead, and placed therein stable and lofty mountains, and given
you fresh water to drink? Woe be, on that day, unto those who accused the
prophets of imposture! It shall be said unto them, Go ye to the punishment
which ye denied as a falsehood: go ye into the shadow of the smoke of hell,
which shall ascend in three columns, and shall not shade you from the heat,
neither shall it be of service against the flame; but it shall cast forth
sparks as big as towers, resembling yellow camels in color. Woe be, on
that day, unto those who accused the prophets of imposture! This shall
be a day whereon they shall not speak to any purpose; neither shall they
be permitted to excuse themselves. Woe be, on that day, unto those who
accused the prophets of imposture! This shall be the day of separation:
we will assemble both you and your predecessors. Wherefore, if ye have
any cunning stratagem, employ stratagems against me. Woe be, on that day,
unto those who accused the prophets of imposture! But the pious shall dwell
amidst shades and fountains, and fruits of the kinds which they shall desire:
and it shall be said unto them, Eat and drink with easy digestion, in recompense
for that which ye have wrought; for thus do we reward the righteous doers.
Woe be, on that day, unto those who accused the prophets of imposture!
Eat, O unbelievers, and enjoy the pleasures of this life, for a little
while: verily ye are wicked men. Woe be, on that day, unto those who accused
the prophets of imposture! And when it is said unto them, Bow down; they
do not bow down. Woe be, on that day, unto those who accused the prophets
of imposture! In what new revelation will they believe, after this?
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