a bar which they cannot pass. Which, therefore,
of your LORD’S benefits will ye ungratefully
deny? From them are taken forth unions and lesser
pearls. Which, therefore, of your LORD’S
benefits will ye ungratefully deny? His also
are the ships, carrying their sails aloft in
the sea like mountains. Which, therefore, of
your LORD’S benefits will ye ungratefully deny?
Every creature which liveth on the
earth is subject to decay: but the glorious
and honorable countenance of thy LORD shall remain
for ever. Which, therefore, of your LORD’S
benefits will ye ungratefully deny? Unto him
do all creatures which are in heaven
and earth make petition; every day is he employed
in some new work. Which, therefore, of
your LORD’S benefits will ye ungratefully deny?
We will surely attend to judge you, O men and
genii, at the last day. Which, therefore,
of your LORD’S benefits will ye ungratefully
deny? O ye collective body of genii and men,
if ye be able to pass out of the confines of heaven
and earth, pass forth: ye shall not pass forth
but by absolute power. Which, therefore, of your
LORD’S benefits will ye ungratefully deny?
A flame of fire without smoke, and a smoke without
flame shall be sent down upon you; and ye shall not
be able to defend yourselves therefrom.
Which, therefore, of your LORD’S benefits will
ye ungratefully deny? And when the heaven shall
be rent in sunder, and shall become red as
a rose, and shall melt like ointment: (Which,
therefore, of your LORD’S benefits will ye ungratefully
deny?) On that day neither man nor genius shall be
asked concerning his sin. Which, therefore, of
your LORD’S benefits will ye ungratefully deny?
The wicked shall be known by their marks; and they
shall be taken by the forelocks, and the feet, and
shall be cast into hell. Which, therefore,
of your LORD’S benefits will ye ungratefully
deny? This is hell which the wicked deny
as a falsehood: they shall pass to and fro between
the same and hot boiling water. Which, therefore,
of your LORD’S benefits will ye ungratefully
deny? But for him who dreadeth the tribunal of
his LORD are prepared two gardens: (Which,
therefore, of your LORD’S benefits will ye ungratefully
deny?) In each of them shall be two fountains
flowing. Which, therefore, of your LORD’S
benefits will ye ungratefully deny? In each of
them shall there be of every fruit two kinds.
Which, therefore, of your LORD’S benefits will
ye ungratefully deny? They shall repose on couches,
the linings whereof shall be of thick silk
interwoven with gold; and the fruit of the two gardens
shall be near at hand to gather.
Which, therefore, of your LORD’S benefits will
ye ungratefully deny? Therein shall receive
them beauteous damsels, refraining their eyes
from beholding any besides their spouses:
whom no man shall have deflowered before them, neither