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A questioner asked about a Penalty to befall― |
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The Unbelievers, the which there is none to ward off― |
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(A Penalty) from Allah, Lord of the Ways of Ascent. |
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The angels and the Spirit ascend unto Him in a Day the measure whereof is (as) fifty thousand years: |
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Therefore do thou hold Patience― a Patience of beautiful (contentment). |
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They see the (Day) indeed as a far-off (event): |
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But We see it (quite) near. |
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The Day that the sky will be like molten brass, |
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And the mountains will be like wool, |
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And no friend will ask after a friend, |
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Though they will be put in sight of each other― the sinner's desire will be: would that he could redeem himself from the Penalty of that Day by (sacrificing) his children, |
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His wife and his brother, |
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His kindred who sheltered him. |
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And all, all that is on earth so it could deliver him: |
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By no means! For it would be the Fire of Hell!― |
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Plucking out (his being) right to the skull!― |
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Inviting (all) such as turn their backs and turn away their faces (from the Right), |
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And collect (wealth) and hide it (from use)! |
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Truly man was created, very impatient― |
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Fretful when evil touches him; |
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And niggardly when good reaches him― |
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Not so those devoted to Prayer― |
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Those who remain steadfast to their prayer; |
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And those in whose wealth is a recognised right |
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For the (needy) who asks and him who is prevented (for some reason from asking); |
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And those who hold to the truth of the Day of Judgment; |
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And those who fear the punishment of their Lord― |
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For their Lord's displeasure is the opposite of Peace and Tranquillity― |
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And those who guard their chastity |
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Except with their wives and the (captives) whom their right hands possess― for (then) they are not to be blamed, |
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But those who trespass beyond this are transgressors― |
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And those who respect their trusts and covenants; |
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And those who stand firm in their testimonies; |
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And those who guard (the sacredness) of their worship― |
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Such will be the honoured ones in the Gardens of (Bliss). |
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Now what is the matter with the Unbelievers that they rush madly before thee― |
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From the right and from the left, in crowds? |
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Does every man of them long to enter the Garden of Bliss? |
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By no means! for We have created them out of the (base matter) they know! |
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Now I do call to witness the Lord of all points in the East and the West that We can certainly― |
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Substitute for them better (men) than they; and We are not to be defeated (in Our Plan). |
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So leave them to plunge in vain talk and play about, until they encounter that Day of theirs which they have been promised! |
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The Day whereon they will issue from their sepulchers in sudden haste as if they were rushing to a goal-post (fixed for them)― |
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Their eyes lowered in dejection ignominy covering them (all over)! Such is the Day the which they are promised! |
