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Did we take them (wrongly) for a laughing-stock, or have our eyes missed them?

Lo! that is very truth: the wrangling of the dwellers in the Fire.

Say (unto them, O Muhammad): I am only a warner, and there is no God save Allah, the One, the Absolute,

Lord of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them, the Mighty, the Pardoning.

I had no knowledge of the Highest Chiefs when they disputed;

It is revealed unto me only that I may be a plain warner.

When thy Lord said unto the angels: Lo! I am about to create a mortal out of mire,

And when I have fashioned him and breathed into him of My Spirit, then fall down before him prostrate,

The angels fell down prostrate, every one,

Saving Iblis; he was scornful and became one of the disbelievers.

He said: O Iblis! What hindereth thee from falling prostrate before that which I have created with both My hands? Art thou too proud or art thou of the high exalted?

He said: I am better than him. Thou createdst me of fire, whilst him Thou didst create of clay.

He said: Go forth from hence, for lo! thou art outcast,

And lo! My curse is on thee till the Day of Judgment.

He said: My Lord! Reprieve me till the day when they are raised.

He said: Lo! thou art of those reprieved

He said: Then, by Thy might, I surely will beguile them every one,

Save Thy single-minded slaves among them.

He said: The Truth is, and the Truth I speak,

That I shall fill hell with thee and with such of them as follow thee, together.

Say (O Muhammad, unto mankind): I ask of you no fee for this, and I am no simulating.

Lo! it is naught else than a reminder for all peoples

And ye will come in time to know the truth thereof.