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Shall I inform you of whom the devils ˹actually˺ descend upon?

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They descend upon every sinful liar,

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who gives an ˹attentive˺ ear ˹to half-truths˺, mostly passing on sheer lies.1 

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As for poets, they are followed ˹merely˺ by deviants.

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Do you not see how they rant in every field,1

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only saying what they never do?

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Except those who believe, do good, remember Allah often, and ˹poetically˺ avenge ˹the believers˺ after being wrongfully slandered. The wrongdoers will come to know what ˹evil˺ end they will meet.

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