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072.009 'We used, indeed, to sit there in (hidden) stations, to (steal) a hearing; but any who listen now will find a
flaming fire watching him in ambush.
072.010 'And we understand not whether ill is intended to those on earth, or whether their Lord (really) intends to
guide them to right conduct.
072.011 'There are among us some that are righteous, and some the contrary: we follow divergent paths.
072.012 'But we think that we can by no means frustrate God throughout the earth, nor can we frustrate Him by flight.
072.013 'And as for us, since we have listened to the Guidance, we have accepted it: and any who believes in his Lord
has no fear, either of a short (account) or of any injustice.
072.014 'Amongst us are some that submit their wills (to God), and some that swerve from justice. Now those who
submit their wills - they have sought out (the path) of right conduct:
072.015 'But those who swerve,- they are (but) fuel for Hell-fire'-
072.016 (And God's Message is): "If they (the Pagans) had (only) remained on the (right) Way, We should certainly
have bestowed on them Rain in abundance.
072.017 "That We might try them by that (means). But if any turns away from the remembrance of his Lord, He will
cause him to undergo a severe Penalty.
072.018 "And the places of worship are for God (alone): So invoke not any one along with God;
072.019 "Yet when the Devotee of God stands forth to invoke Him, they just make round him a dense crowd."
072.020 Say: "I do no more than invoke my Lord, and I join not with Him any (false god)."
072.021 Say: "It is not in my power to cause you harm, or to bring you to right conduct."
072.022 Say: "No one can deliver me from God (If I were to disobey Him), nor should I find refuge except in Him,
072.023 "Unless I proclaim what I receive from God and His Messages: for any that disobey God and His Apostle,-
for them is Hell: they shall dwell therein for ever."
072.024 At length, when they see (with their own eyes) that which they are promised,- then will they know who it is
that is weakest in (his) helper and least important in point of numbers.
072.025 Say: "I know not whether the (Punishment) which ye are promised is near, or whether my Lord will appoint
for it a distant term.
072.026 "He (alone) knows the Unseen, nor does He make any one acquainted with His Mysteries,-
072.027 "Except an apostle whom He has chosen: and then He makes a band of watchers march before him and behind
him,
072.028 "That He may know that they have (truly) brought and delivered the Messages of their Lord: and He surrounds
(all the mysteries) that are with them, and takes account of every single thing."
THE ENSHROUDED ONE, BUNDLED UP, CHAPTER NO. 073
073.001 O thou folded in garments!
073.002 Stand (to prayer) by night, but not all night,-
073.003 Half of it,- or a little less,
073.004 Or a little more; and recite the Qur'an in slow, measured rhythmic tones.
073.005 Soon shall We send down to thee a weighty Message.
073.006 Truly the rising by night is most potent for governing (the soul), and most suitable for (framing) the Word
(of Prayer and Praise).
073.007 True, there is for thee by day prolonged occupation with ordinary duties:
073.008 But keep in remembrance the name of thy Lord and devote thyself to Him whole-heartedly.
073.009 (He is) Lord of the East and the West: there is no god but He: take Him therefore for (thy) Disposer of
Affairs.
073.010 And have patience with what they say, and leave them with noble (dignity).
073.011 And leave Me (alone to deal with) those in possession of the good things of life, who (yet) deny the Truth;
and bear with them for a little while.
073.012 With Us are Fetters (to bind them), and a Fire (to burn them),
073.013 And a Food that chokes, and a Penalty Grievous.