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Woe to the stinters who, |
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when they measure against the people, take full measure |
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but, when they measure for them or weigh for them, do skimp. |
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Do those not think that they shall be raised up |
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unto a mighty day |
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a day when mankind shall stand before the Lord of all Being? |
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No indeed; the Book of the libertines is in Sijjin; |
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and what shall teach thee what is Sijjin? |
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A book inscribed. |
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Woe that day unto those who cry it lies, |
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who cry lies to the Day of Doom; |
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and none cries lies to it but every guilty aggressor. |
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When our signs are recited to him, he says, 'Fairy-tales of the ancients!' |
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No indeed; but that they were earning has rusted upon their hearts. |
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No indeed; but upon that day they shall be veiled from their Lord, |