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"Is there none to help me?" he asked.3 (36:3) He was smitten upon the mouth and told: "There is no escape!"[59=Qur 38:3]4 (36:4) And when he turned towards the angel of wrath, he well-nigh expired from fear. "I have a house full of riches," he pleaded. "I have a palace on the Bosphorus, beneath which the rivers flow."5 (36:5) The angel replied: "No ransom shall be accepted from thee on this day, even shouldst thou offer up all things visible and invisible. Hearest thou not the sighs of the kindred of God, whom thou didst cast into prison without proof or testimony? Thy deed hath provoked the lamentation of the inmates of Paradise, and of those who circle morn and eve round the Throne on high. The wrath of thy Lord hath descended upon thee, and stern is He in His chastisement!"[60=Qur 13:13] 6 (36:6) He made reply: "I held command over the people, and here is the mandate of my authority."7 (36:7) "Hold thy peace, O denier of the Day of Judgement!"[61=Qur 40:32]8 (36:8) He implored: "Is no respite possible so that I may send for my family?"9 (36:9) "Far from it, O disbeliever in the verses of God!"10
(36:10)
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