Yet warn them, for, in truth, warning will profit the believers. I have not created Djinn and men, but that they should worship me: I require not sustenance from them, neither require I that they feed me: Verily, God is the sole sustainer: possessed of might: the unshaken! Therefore to those who injure thee shall be a fate like the fate of their fellows of old. Let them not challenge me to hasten it. Woe then to the infidels, because of their threatened day. _______________________ 1 Lit. (I swear) by those which scatter (i.e., the rain) with a scattering, (2) and by those which carry a burden, (3) and by those which run lightly, (4) and by those which divide a matter, or by command. The participles are all in the feminine: hence some interpret verse 1 of winds; verse 2 of clouds; verse 3 of ships; verse 4 of angels. 2 Comp. note at Sura lvi. 1, p. 65. 3 That is, this oath is for the confirmation of the truth, as ye are wont to confirm things one among another by an oath. 4 Comp. Sura xi. 72, and xv. 51. From the want of connection with what precedes, it is highly probable that the whole passage from verse 24 60 did not originally form a part of this Sura, but was added at a later period, perhaps in the recension of the text under Othman. 5 Lit. marked, with the names of the individuals to be slain, say the commentators. 6 Or, with his nobles. 7 For Ad and Themoud, see Sura xi. 8 That is, in broad daylight. Thus Beidh. Comp. Sura xlvi. 22. SURA LII.-THE MOUNTAIN [XLIV.] MECCA.-49 Verses In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful BY the MOUNTAIN, And by the Book written On an outspread roll, And by the frequented fane,1 And by the lofty vault, And by the swollen sea, Verily, a chastisement from thy Lord is imminent, And none shall put it back. Reeling on that day the Heaven shall reel, And stirring shall the mountains stir.2 And woe, on that day, to those who called the apostles liars, Who plunged for pastime into vain disputes- On that day shall they be thrust with thrusting to the fire of Hell:- "This is the fire which ye treated as a lie. What! is this magic, then? or, do ye not see it? Burn ye therein: bear it patiently or impatiently 'twill be the same to you: for ye shall assuredly receive the reward of your doings." But mid gardens and delights shall they dwell who have feared God, Rejoicing in what their Lord hath given them; and that from the pain of hell- fire hath their Lord preserved them. "Eat and drink with healthy enjoyment, in recompense for your deeds." On couches ranged in rows shall they recline; and to the damsels with large dark eyes will we wed them. And to those who have believed, whose offspring have followed them in the faith, will we again unite their offspring; nor of the meed of their works will we in the least defraud them. Pledged to God is every man for his actions and their desert.3 And fruits in abundance will we give them, and flesh as they shall desire: