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By the Break of Day |
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By the Nights twice five; |
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By the Even and Odd (contrasted); |
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And by the Night when it passeth away― |
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Is there (not) in these and adjuration (or evidence) for those who understand? |
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Seest thou not how thy Lord dealt with the `Ad (people)― |
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Of the (city of) Iram, with lofty pillars, |
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The like of which were not produced in (all) the land? |
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And with the Thamud (people) who cut out (huge) rocks in the valley?-- |
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And with Pharaoh, Lord of Stakes? |
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(All) these transgressed beyond bounds in the lands. |
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And heaped therein Mischief (on mischief). |
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Therefore did thy Lord pour on them a scourge of diverse Chastisement: |
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For thy Lord is (As a Guardian) on a watch-tower. |
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Now, as for man, when his Lord trieth him, giving him honour and gifts, then saith he, (puffed up) "My Lord hath honoured me." |
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But when He trieth him, restricting his subsistence for him, then saith he (in despair) "My Lord hath humiliated me!" |
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Nay, nay! but ye honour not the orphans! |
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Nor, do ye encourage one another to feed the poor!― |
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And ye devour inheritance― all with greed. |
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And ye love wealth with inordinate love! |
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Nay! when the earth is pounded to powder, |
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And thy Lord cometh, and His angels rank upon rank, |
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And Hell, that Day, is brought (face to face) on that Day will man remember but how will that remembrance profit him? |
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He will say: "Ah! would that I had sent forth (Good Deeds) for (this) my (Future) Life." |
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For, that Day, His Chastisement will be such as none (else) can inflict, |
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And His bonds will be such as none (other) can bind. |
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(To the righteous soul will be said:) "O (thou) soul, in (complete) rest and satisfaction! |
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"Come back thou to thy Lord well pleased (thyself), and well-pleasing unto Him! |
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"Enter thou, then among my Devotees! |
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"Yea, enter thou my Heaven"! |
