Save those who believe and do the things which be right, and enjoin truth and enjoin stedfastness on each other.

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1 Said to have been recited in the Mosque shortly before his death by Muhammad. See Weil, p. 328.

SURA LXXXV.-THE STARRY [XXVIII.]

MECCA.-22 Verses

In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful

BY the star-bespangled Heaven!1

By the promised Day!

By the witness and the witnessed!2

Cursed the masters of the trench3