# Sura 101 - The Blow

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> SURA CI (101) - The Blow    (Mecca - 8 Verses          (XXIX - 43)           
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>        In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
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>        The Blow! what is the Blow?
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>        Who shall teach thee what the Blow is?
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>        The Day when men shall be like scattered moths,
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>        And the mountains shall be like flocks of carded wool,
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>        Then as to him whose balances are heavy - his shall be a life that shall
> please him well:
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>        And as to him whose balances are light - his dwelling-place shall be the
> pit.
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>        And who shall teach thee what the pit (El-Hawiya) is?
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>        A raging fire!
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> — *Sura 101 - The Blow*