| 1 | A questioner asked about a Penalty to befall- | |
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| 2 | The Unbelievers, the which there is none to ward off,- | |
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| 3 | (A Penalty) from Allah, Lord of the Ways of Ascent. | |
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| 4 | The angels and the spirit ascend unto him in a Day the measure whereof is (as) fifty thousand years: | |
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| 5 | Therefore do thou hold Patience,- a Patience of beautiful (contentment). | |
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| 6 | They see the (Day) indeed as a far-off (event): | |
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| 7 | But We see it (quite) near. | |
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| 8 | The Day that the sky will be like molten brass, | |
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| 9 | And the mountains will be like wool, | |
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| 10 | And no friend will ask after a friend, | |
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| 11 | 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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| 12 | His wife and his brother, | |
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| 13 | His kindred who sheltered him, | |
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| 14 | And all, all that is on earth,- so it could deliver him: | |
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| 15 | By no means! for it would be the Fire of Hell!- | |
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| 16 | Plucking out (his being) right to the skull!- | |
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| 17 | Inviting (all) such as turn their backs and turn away their faces (from the Right). | |
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| 18 | And collect (wealth) and hide it (from use)! | |
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| 19 | Truly man was created very impatient;- | |
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| 20 | Fretful when evil touches him; | |
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| 21 | And niggardly when good reaches him;- | |
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| 22 | Not so those devoted to Prayer;- | |
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| 23 | Those who remain steadfast to their prayer; | |
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| 24 | And those in whose wealth is a recognised right. | |
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| 25 | For the (needy) who asks and him who is prevented (for some reason from asking); | |
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| 26 | And those who hold to the truth of the Day of Judgment; | |
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| 27 | And those who fear the displeasure of their Lord,- | |
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| 28 | For their Lord's displeasure is the opposite of Peace and Tranquillity;- | |
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| 29 | And those who guard their chastity, | |
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| 30 | Except with their wives and the (captives) whom their right hands possess,- for (then) they are not to be blamed, | |
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| 31 | But those who trespass beyond this are transgressors;- | |
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| 32 | And those who respect their trusts and covenants; | |
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| 33 | And those who stand firm in their testimonies; | |
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| 34 | And those who guard (the sacredness) of their worship;- | |
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| 35 | Such will be the honoured ones in the Gardens (of Bliss). | |
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| 36 | Now what is the matter with the Unbelievers that they rush madly before thee- | |
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| 37 | From the right and from the left, in crowds? | |
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| 38 | Does every man of them long to enter the Garden of Bliss? | |
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| 39 | By no means! For We have created them out of the (base matter) they know! | |
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| 40 | 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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| 41 | Substitute for them better (men) than they; And We are not to be defeated (in Our Plan). | |
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| 42 | 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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| 43 | The Day whereon they will issue from their sepulchres in sudden haste as if they were rushing to a goal-post (fixed for them),- | |
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| 44 | Their eyes lowered in dejection,- ignominy covering them (all over)! such is the Day the which they are promised! | |
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