In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. 
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| |1* Alif, Lm, Mm, Sd.  
| |2* A Book revealed unto thee,- So let thy heart be oppressed no more by any difficulty on that account,- that with it thou mightest warn (the erring), and a reminder to the Believers.  
| |3* Follow (O men!) the revelation given unto you from your Lord, and follow not, as friends or protectors, other than Him. Little it is ye remember of admonition.  
| |4* How many towns have We destroyed (for their sins)? Our punishment took them on a sudden by night or while they slept for their afternoon rest.  
| |5* When (thus) Our punishment took them, no cry did they utter but this: "Indeed we did wrong."  
| |6* Then shall we question those to whom Our Message was sent and those by whom We sent it.  
| |7* And verily, We shall recount their whole story with knowledge, for We were never absent (at any time or place).  
| |8* The balance that day will be true (to a nicety): those whose scale (of good) will be heavy, will prosper:  
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