It is a sign also unto them that they carry off their offspring in the ship filled with merchandise, etc.
Str. V (v. 45), takes up the burden of the first, and begins,
And if it is said unto you, Fear that which is before you and that which is behind,
It may be ye shall find mercy, etc.
I will also subjoin an example of the falling strophe combined with the responsion, from sura 56, vv. 57-72.
57) We have created you, will ye not therefore believe.…
58) What think ye? The seed that ye emit.
59) Do ye create the same or are we the creators thereof?
60) We have decreed death unto you all, and we shall not be prevented.
61) We are able to substitute others like you in your stead, and to produce you again in the condition or form which ye know not.