“I swear by the declining day!
“Verily, man’s lot is cast amid destruction,
“Save those who believe and do the things which be right, and enjoin truth and enjoin each other to be patient.”
Sūratu ʾl-ʿĀdiyāt (c.):—
“By the snorting chargers!
“And those that dash off sparks of fire!
“And those that scour to the attack at morn!
“And stir therein the dust aloft;
“And cleave therein their midway through a host!
“Truly, man is to his Lord ungrateful,