dead shall be judged on their knees 74-75 Believers and unbelievers compared 76-77 The prosperity of infidels a sign of God's reprobation 78-79 Good works better than riches 80-83 The doom of the wicked certain 84-85 Even the false gods will desert idolaters on judgment day 86-87 God sends devils to incite infidels to sin 88 The pious to be honoured before God 89-90 The wicked to be driven into hell 91-93 Attributing children to God a great sin 94-95 God the only Lord—all creatures His servants 96 Believers to be rewarded with love 97 The Quran made easy for Muhammad 98 Miserable doom of all God's enemies 1 The "mysterious letters" The chapter opens with the Bismillah and the "mysterious letters," or muqattaʿat: Kaf; Ha; Ya; 'Ayn; and Sad. Muslims believe these letters to be the peculiar marks of the Quran, and to conceal several profound mysteries, the certain understanding of which has not been communicated to any mortal except the Prophet. The remaining 97 verses may be divided many ways. 16–30 Story of Maryam Q19:16–30 Translator George Sale was a solicitor and early member of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. His verse structure differs slightly from that of the later Arabic King Faud I Edition. He interprets al-kitab as "the book of the Koran" when he translates the Story of Mary in the Quran And remember in the book of the Koran the story of Mary; when she retired from her family to a place towards the east, and took a veil to conceal herself from them; and we sent our spirit Gabriel unto her, and he appeared unto her in the shape of a perfect man. ۝ 20 She said, I fly for refuge unto the merciful God, that he may defend me from thee: if thou fearest him, thou wilt not approach me. He answered, Verily I am the messenger of thy LORD, and am sent to give thee a holy son. She said, How shall I have a son, seeing a man hath not touched me, and I am no harlot? Gabriel replied, So shall it be: thy LORD saith, This is easy with me; and we will perform it, that we may ordain him for a sign unto men, and a mercy from us: for it is a thing which is decreed. ۞ Wherefore she conceived him; and she retired aside with him