He said, O my Lord! pardon me, and give me a dominion that may not be to any one beside me, for thou art the liberal giver.

So we subjected the wind to him; it ran softly at his bidding, whithersoever he directed it: 

And the Satans-every builder and diver-

And others bound in chains:13

“This,” said we, “is our gift:  be bounteous then, or withhold thy favours; no account shalt thou render.”

And his rank also is high with Us, and an excellent retreat.

And remember our servant Job when he cried to his Lord, “Verily, Satan hath laid on me disease and pain.”

“Stamp,” said we, “with thy foot.  This14 is to wash with; cool, and to drink.”

And we gave him back his family, and as many more with them in our mercy; and for a monition to men of judgment.

And we said, “Take in thine hand a rod, and strike15 with it, nor break thine oath.”  Verily, we found him patient!

How excellent a servant, one who turned to Us was he!

And remember our servants Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, men of might and vision.16

With this cleansing did we cleanse them the remembrance of the abode of Paradise.

And verily, they were, in our sight, of the elect and of the good.

And remember Ishmael and Elisha and Dhoulkefl, for all these were of the just.

This is a monition:  and verily, the pious shall have a goodly retreat: 

Gardens of Eden, whose portals shall stand open to them: 

Therein reclining, they shall there call for many a fruit and drink: 

And with them shall be virgins of their own age, with modest retiring glances: 

“This is what ye were promised at the day of reckoning.”

“Yes! this is our provision:  it shall never fail.”

Even so.  But for the evil doers is a wretched home-

Hell-wherein they shall be burned:  how wretched a bed!

Even so.  Let them then taste it-boiling water and gore,

And other things of kindred sort!

To their leaders it shall be said, “This company shall be thrown in headlong with you.  No greetings shall await them, for they shall be burned in the fire.”

They shall say:  “But ye, too! there shall be no welcome for you.  It was ye who prepared this for us, and wretched is the abode!”

They will say:  “O our Lord! increase twofold in the fire, the punishment of him who hath brought this upon us.”

And they will say:  “Why see we not the men whom we numbered among the wicked-

Whom we used to treat with scorn?  Have they escaped our eyes?"17

Verily this is truth-the wrangling together of the people of the fire.

Say:  I am but a warner; and there is no God but God the One, the Almighty!

Lord of the Heavens and of the Earth, and of all that is between them,18 the Potent, the Forgiving!