thy
Lord, the Source of all light. The breeze of the All-Merciful hath wafted,
and the souls have been quickened in the tombs of their bodies. Thus hath
the decree been fulfilled by God, the Mighty, the Beneficent. They who
reject the truth have said: 'When were the heavens cleft asunder?' Say:
'While ye lay in the graves of waywardness and error.' Among the faithless
is he who rubbeth his eyes, and looketh to the right and to the left. Say:
'Blinded art thou. No refuge hast thou to flee to.' And among them is he
who saith: 'Have men been gathered together?' Say: 'Yea, by My Lord!
whilst thou didst lie in the cradle of idle fancies.' And among them is he
who saith: 'Hath the Book been sent down through the power of the true
Faith?' Say: 'The true Faith itself is astounded. Fear ye, O ye men of
understanding heart!' And among them is he who saith: 'Have I been
assembled with others, blind?' Say: 'Yea, by Him that rideth upon the
clouds!' Paradise is decked with mystic roses, and hell hath been made to
blaze with the fire of the impious. Say: 'The light hath shone forth from
the horizon of Revelation, and the whole earth hath been illumined at the
coming of Him Who is the Lord of the Day of the Covenant!' The doubters
have perished, whilst he that turned, guided by the light of assurance,
unto the Dayspring of Certitude hath prospered. Blessed art thou, who hast
fixed thy gaze upon Me, for this Tablet which hath been sent down for
thee--a Tablet which causeth the souls of men to soar. Commit it to memory,
and recite it. By My life! It is a door to the mercy of thy Lord. Well is
it with him that reciteth it at eventide and at dawn. We, verily, heard
thy praise of this Cause, through which the mountain of knowledge was
crushed, and men's feet have slipped. My glory be upon thee and upon
whomsoever hath turned unto the Almighty, the All-Bounteous. The Tablet is
ended, but the theme is unexhausted. Be patient, for thy Lord is patient.

These are verses We sent down previously, and We have sent them unto thee,
that thou mayest be acquainted with what their lying tongues have spoken,
when God came unto them with might and sovereignty. The foundations of
idle fancies have trembled, and the heaven of vain imaginings hath been
cleft asunder, and yet the people are in doubt and in contention with Him.
They have denied the testimony of God and His proof, after He came from
the heaven of power with the kingdom of His signs. They have