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shape;
015.029 "When I have fashioned him (in due proportion) and breathed into him of My spirit, fall ye down in obeisance
unto him."
015.030 So the angels prostrated themselves, all of them together:
015.031 Not so Iblis: he refused to be among those who prostrated themselves.
015.032 (God) said: "O Iblis! what is your reason for not being among those who prostrated themselves?"
015.033 (Iblis) said: "I am not one to prostrate myself to man, whom Thou didst create from sounding clay, from mud
moulded into shape."
015.034 (God) said: "Then get thee out from here; for thou art rejected, accursed.
015.035 "And the curse shall be on thee till the day of Judgment."
015.036 (Iblis) said: "O my Lord! give me then respite till the Day the (dead) are raised."
015.037 (God) said: "Respite is granted thee
015.038 "Till the Day of the Time appointed."
015.039 (Iblis) said: "O my Lord! because Thou hast put me in the wrong, I will make (wrong) fair-seeming to them
on the earth, and I will put them all in the wrong,-
015.040 "Except Thy servants among them, sincere and purified (by Thy Grace)."
015.041 (God) said: "This (way of My sincere servants) is indeed a way that leads straight to Me.
015.042 "For over My servants no authority shalt thou have, except such as put themselves in the wrong and follow
thee."
015.043 And verily, Hell is the promised abode for them all!
015.044 To it are seven gates: for each of those gates is a (special) class (of sinners) assigned.
015.045 The righteous (will be) amid gardens and fountains (of clear-flowing water).
015.046 (Their greeting will be): "Enter ye here in peace and security."
015.047 And We shall remove from their hearts any lurking sense of injury: (they will be) brothers (joyfully) facing
each other on thrones (of dignity).
015.048 There no sense of fatigue shall touch them, nor shall they (ever) be asked to leave.
015.049 Tell My servants that I am indeed the Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful;
015.050 And that My Penalty will be indeed the most grievous Penalty.
015.051 Tell them about the guests of Abraham.
015.052 When they entered his presence and said, "Peace!" He said, "We feel afraid of you!"
015.053 They said: "Fear not! We give thee glad tidings of a son endowed with wisdom."
015.054 He said: "Do ye give me glad tidings that old age has seized me? Of what, then, is your good news?"
015.055 They said: "We give thee glad tidings in truth: be not then in despair!"
015.056 He said: "And who despairs of the mercy of his Lord, but such as go astray?"
015.057 Abraham said: "What then is the business on which ye (have come), O ye messengers (of God)?"
015.058 They said: "We have been sent to a people (deep) in sin,
015.059 "Excepting the adherents of Lut: them we are certainly (charged) to save (from harm),- All -
015.060 "Except his wife, who, We have ascertained, will be among those who will lag behind."
015.061 At length when the messengers arrived among the adherents of Lut,
015.062 He said: "Ye appear to be uncommon folk."
015.063 They said: "Yea, we have come to thee to accomplish that of which they doubt.
015.064 "We have brought to thee that which is inevitably due, and assuredly we tell the truth.
015.065 "Then travel by night with thy household, when a portion of the night (yet remains), and do thou bring up the
rear: let no one amongst you look back, but pass on whither ye are ordered."
015.066 And We made known this decree to him, that the last remnants of those (sinners) should be cut off by the
morning.
015.067 The inhabitants of the city came in (mad) joy (at news of the young men).
015.068 Lut said: "These are my guests: disgrace me not:
015.069 "But fear God, and shame me not."