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Surah Kahf
(The Cave)
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1. |
Praise be to Allah,
Who hath sent to His Servant the Book,
and hath allowed therein no
Crookedness: |
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2. |
(He hath made
it)
Straight
(and Clear)
in order that He may warn
(the godless)
of a terrible Punishment from Him,
and that He may give Glad Tidings
to the Believers who work righteous deeds, that they shall have a
goodly Reward. |
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3. |
Wherein they shall
remain forever: |
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4. |
Further, that He
may warn those
(also)
who say, "Allah hath begotten a son": |
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5. |
No knowledge have
they of such a thing, nor had their fathers.
It is a grievous
thing that issues from their mouths as a saying.
What they say is
nothing but falsehood! |
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6. |
Thou wouldst only,
perchance, fret thyself to death, following after them, in grief, if
they believe not in this Message. |
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7. |
That which is on
earth We have made but as a
glittering show for the earth,
in order that We may test them
-- as to which of them are best in conduct. |
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8. |
Verily what is on
earth We shall make but as dust and dry soil
(without
growth or herbage). |
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9. |
Or dost thou
reflect that the Companions
of the Cave and of the Inscription were wonders among Our Signs? |
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10. |
Behold, the youths
betook themselves to the Cave: they said,
"Our Lord! bestow on us Mercy
from Thyself, and dispose of our affair for us in the right way! |
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11. |
Then We drew
(a veil)
over
their ears, for a number of
years, in the cave,
(so that they heard not): |
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12. |
Then We roused
them, in order to test which of the two parties was best at
calculating the term of years they had tarried! |
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13. |
We relate to thee
their story in truth:
 
they were youths
who believed in their Lord, and We advanced them in guidance: |
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14. |
We gave strength to
their hearts: Behold, they stood
up and said:
"Our Lord is the
Lord of the heavens and of the earth: never shall we call upon any
god other than Him:
if we did; we
should indeed have uttered an enormity!" |
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15. |
"These our people
have taken for worship gods
other than Him:
why do they not
bring forward an authority clear
(and convincing)
for what they do?
Who doth more wrong
than such as invent a falsehood against Allah? |
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16. |
"When ye turn away
from them and the things they worship other than Allah betake
yourselves to the Cave:
 
your Lord will
shower His mercies on you and dispose of your affair towards comfort
and ease." |
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17. |
Thou wouldst
have seen the sun, when it rose, declining to the right from their
Cave,
 
and when it set, turning away from them to the left, while
they lay in the open space in the midst of the Cave.
Such are among the
Signs of Allah:
he whom Allah
guides is rightly guided;
but he whom Allah
leaves to stray -- for him wilt thou find no protector to lead him
to the Right Way. |
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18. |
Thou wouldst have
deemed them awake, whilst they were asleep,
and We turned them on
their right and their left sides:
their dog stretching forth his two
forelegs on the threshold:
if thou hadst come
up on to them, thou wouldst have certainly turned back from them in
flight, and wouldst certainly have been filled with terror of them. |
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19. |
Such
(being their
state),
We raised them up
(from sleep)
that they might question each other.
Said one of them, "How long have ye
stayed
(here)?"
They said, "We have
stayed
(perhaps)
a day, or part of a day."
(At length)
they
(all)
said, "Allah
(alone)
knows
best how long ye have stayed here...
 
Now send ye then
one of you with this money of yours to the town: let him find out
which is the best food
(to be had)
and bring some to you, that
(ye may)
satisfy hunger
herewith:
and let him behave
with care and courtesy, and let him not inform anyone about you. |
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20. |
"For if thy should
come upon you, they would stone you or force you
to return to their cult,
and
in that case ye would never attain prosperity." |
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21. |
 
Thus did We make
their case known to the people, that they might know that the
promise of Allah is true,
and that there can be no doubt about
the Hour of Judgment.
Behold they dispute
among themselves as to their affair.
(Some)
said, "Construct a
building over them":
their Lord knows
best about them:
those who prevailed
over their affair said, "Let us surely
build a place of worship over them." |
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22. |
(Some)
say they were three, the dog
being the fourth among them;
(others)
say they were five, the dog being the sixth -- doubtfully guessing
at the unknown;
(yet others)
say they were seven, the dog being the eighth.
Say thou: "My Lord knoweth
best their number; it is but few that know their
(real case)."
Enter not,
therefore, into controversies concerning them, except on a matter
that is clear, nor consult any of them about
(the affair
of)
the Sleepers. |
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23. |
Nor say of
anything,
"I shall be sure to
do so and so tomorrow" -- |
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24. |
Without adding, "So
please Allah!"
 
And call thy Lord
to mind when thou forgettest, and say,
"I hope that my
Lord will guide me ever closer
(even)
than this to the right road." |
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25. |
So they stayed in
their Cave three hundred years, and
(some)
add nine
(more). |
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26. |
Say:
"Allah knows best
how long they stayed:
with Him is
(the knowledge of)
the secrets of the heavens and the earth:
how clearly He sees, how
finely He hears
(everything)!
 
They have no
protector other than Him; nor does He share His Command with any
person whatsoever. |
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27. |
And recite
(and teach)
what has been revealed to thee of the Book of thy Lord:
 
none can change His
Words, and none wilt thou find as a refuge other than Him. |
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28. |
And keep thy soul
content with those who call on their Lord morning and evening,
seeking his Face;
and let not thine eyes pass beyond them, seeking
the pomp and glitter of this
Life;
 
nor obey any whose
heart We have permitted to neglect the remembrance of Us, one who follows his
own desires, whose case has gone beyond all bounds. |
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Say, "The Truth is from
your Lord":
let him who will,
believe, and let him who will, reject (it):
for the wrongdoers
We have prepared a Fire whose
(smoke and flames),
like the wall and roof of a
tent, will hem them in:
if they implore
relief they will be granted water like melted brass that will scald
their faces.
How dreadful the
drink!
How uncomfortable a
couch to recline on! |
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30. |
As to those who
believe and work righteousness, verily We shall not suffer to perish
the reward of any who do a
(single)
righteous deed. |
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31. |
For them will be
Gardens of Eternity; beneath them rivers will flow;
 
they will be
adorned therein with bracelets of gold, and they will wear green
garments of fine silk and heavy brocade;
they will recline therein
on raised thrones.
How good the
recompense!
How beautiful a
couch to recline on! |
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32. |
Set forth to them
the parable of two men:
 
for one of them We
provided two gardens of grapevines and surrounded them with
date-palms:
in between the two We placed corn-fields. |
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33. |
Each of those
gardens brought forth its produce, and failed not in the least
therein:
in the midst of them We caused a river to flow. |
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34. |
(Abundant)
was the produce this man had:
he said to his
companion, in the course of a
mutual argument:
"More wealth have I
than you, and more honor and power in
(my following of)
men." |
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He went into his
garden in a state
(of mind)
unjust to his soul:
He said,
"I deem not that
this will ever perish. |
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36. |
"Nor do I deem that
the Hour
(of Judgment)
will
(ever)
come:
even if I am
brought back to my Lord, I shall surely find
(there)
something better in exchange." |
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His companion said
to him, in the course of the argument with him:
"Dost thou deny Him
Who created thee out of dust,
then out of a sperm-drop, then
fashioned thee into a man? |
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38. |
 
"But
(I think)
for
my part that He is Allah, my Lord, and none shall I associate with
my Lord. |
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"Why didst thou
not, as thou wentest into thy garden, say: 'Allah's Will
(be
done)!
There is no power
but with Allah!'
If thou dost see me
less than thee in wealth and sons, |
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40. |
"It may be that my
Lord will give me something better than thy garden,
and that He will
send on thy garden thunderbolts
(by way of reckoning)
from heaven, making it
(but)
slippery sand! -- |
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"Or the water of
the garden will run off
underground so that thou wilt never be able to find it." |
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42. |
So his fruits
(and
enjoyment)
were encompassed
(with
ruin),
and he remained twisting and turning his hands over what he had
spent on his property, which had
(now)
tumbled to pieces to its very foundations,
and he could only say,
"Woe is me! would I
had never ascribed partners to my Lord and Cherisher!" |
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43. |
Nor had he numbers
to help him against Allah, nor was he able to deliver himself. |
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44. |
There, the
(only)
protection
comes from Allah, the True One.
He is the Best to
reward, and the Best to give success. |
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45. |
Set forth to them
the similitude of the life of this world:
 
it is like the rain
which We send down from the skies: the earth's vegetation absorbs
it, but soon it becomes dry stubble, which the winds do scatter:
it is
(only)
Allah Who prevails over all things. |
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46. |
Wealth and sons are
allurements of the life of this world:
but the things that endure,
Good Deeds, are best in the sight of thy Lord, as rewards, and best
as
(the foundation for)
hopes. |
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47. |
One Day We shall
remove the mountains, and thou wilt see the earth as a level
stretch,
and We shall gather
them, all together, nor shall We leave out any one of them. |
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And they will be
marshalled before thy Lord in ranks,
(with the announcement),
"Now have ye come
to Us
(bare)
as We created you first:
aye, ye thought We
shall not fulfil the appointment made to you to meet
(Us)!": |
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49. |
And the Book
(of Deeds)
will be placed
(before you);
and thou wilt see the sinful in great terror because of what is
(recorded)
therein;
they will say, "Ah! woe to us!
what a book is this! It leaves out
nothing small or great, but takes account thereof!"
 
They will find all
that they did, placed before them: and not one will
thy Lord treat with injustice. |
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50. |
Behold! We said to
the angels, "Bow down to Adam":
they bowed down
except Iblis.
He was one of the
Jinns, and he broke the Command of his Lord.
Will ye then take
him and his progeny as protectors rather than Me?
And they are
enemies to you!
Evil would be the
exchange for the wrongdoers! |
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51. |
I called them not
to witness the creation of the heavens and the earth, nor
(even)
their own
creation:
nor is it for Me to
take as helpers such as lead
(men)
astray! |
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52. |
One Day He will
say, "Call on those whom ye thought to be My partners,"
and they will call
on them, but they will not listen to them;
and We shall make
for them a place of common perdition. |
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53. |
And the Sinful
shall see the Fire and apprehend that they have to all therein;
no means will they
find to turn away therefrom. |
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54. |
We have explained
in detail in this Qur'án, for the benefit of mankind, every kind of
similitude:
but man is, in most
things, contentious. |
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55. |
And what is there
to keep back men from believing, now that Guidance has come to them,
nor from praying for forgiveness from their Lord,
 
but that
(they ask
that)
the ways of the ancients be repeated with them, or the Wrath be
brought to them face to face? |
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56. |
We only send the
Messengers to give glad tidings and to give warnings:
but the Unbelievers
dispute with vain argument, in order therewith to weaken the truth,
and they treat My Signs as a jest, as also the fact that they are
warned! |
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57. |
 
And who doth more
wrong than one who is reminded of the Signs of his Lord, but turns
away from them, forgetting the
(deeds)
which his hands
have sent forth?
Verily We have set
veils over their hearts lest they should understand this, and over
their ears, deafness.
If thou callest
them to guidance, even then will they never accept guidance. |
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58. |
But your Lord is
Most Forgiving, Full of Mercy.
If He were to call
them
(at once)
to account for what they have earned, then surely He would have
hastened their Punishment:
but they have their appointed time,
beyond which they will find no refuge. |
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59. |
Such were the
populations We destroyed when they committed iniquities;
but We
fixed an appointed time for their destruction. |
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60. |
Behold, Moses said
to his attendant,
"I will not give up
until I reach the junction of the two seas or
(until)
I
spend years and years in travel." |
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61. |
 
But when they
reached the Junction, they forgot
(about)
their Fish, which took its course through the sea
(straight)
as in a tunnel. |
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62. |
When they had
passed on
(some distance),
Moses said to his attendant:
"Bring us our early
meal; truly we have suffered much fatigue at this
(stage of)
our journey." |
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63. |
He replied:
"Sawest thou
(what
happened)
when we betook ourselves to the rock?
I did indeed forget
(about)
the Fish:
none but Satan made
me forget to tell
(you)
about it:
it took its course
through the sea in a marvelous way! |
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64. |
Moses said: "That
was what we were seeking after":
so they went back
on their footsteps, following
(the path they had come). |
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65. |
 
So they found one
of Our servants, on whom We had bestowed Mercy from Ourselves
and
whom We had taught knowledge from Our own presence. |
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66. |
Moses said to him:
"May I follow thee,
on the footing that thou teach me something of the
(Higher)
Truth which thou hast been taught?" |
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67. |
(The other)
said:
"Verily thou wilt
not be able to have patience with me! |
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"And how canst thou
have patience about things about which thy understanding is not
complete?" |
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69. |
 
Moses said:
"Thou wilt find me, if Allah so will,
(truly)
patient: nor shall
I disobey thee in aught." |
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The other said: "If
then thou wouldst follow me, ask me no questions about anything
until I myself speak to thee concerning it." |
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So they both
proceeded: until, when they were in the boat, he scuttled it.
Said Moses:
"Hast thou scuttled
it in order to drown those in it?
Truly a strange
thing hast thou done!" |
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He answered: "Did I
not tell thee that thou canst have no patience with me?" |
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73. |
 
Moses said: "Rebuke
me not for forgetting, nor grieve me by raising difficulties in my
case." |
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Then they
proceeded: until, when they met a young man, he slew him.
Moses said:
"Hast thou slain an
innocent person who had slain none?
Truly a foul
(unheard-of)
thing
hast thou done!" |
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He answered: "Did I
not tell thee that thou canst have no patience with me?" |
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76. |
(Moses)
said:
"If ever I ask thee
about anything after this, keep me not in thy company:
then wouldst
thou have received
(full)
excuse from my
side." |
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Then they
proceeded: until, when they came to the inhabitants of a town, they
asked them for food, but they refused them hospitality.
They found there a
wall on the point of falling down, but he set it up straight.
(Moses)
said: "If thou hadst wished, surely thou couldst have exacted some
recompense for it!" |
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78. |
He answered:
"This is the
parting between me and thee:
now will I tell
thee the interpretation of
(those things)
over which thou
wast unable to hold patience. |
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As for the boat, it
belonged to certain men in dire want: they plied on the water:
I but wished to
render it unserviceable, for there was after them a certain king who
seized on every boat by force. |
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"As for the youth,
his parents were people of Faith,
and we feared that
he would grieve them by obstinate rebellion and ingratitude
(to Allah and
man). |
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81. |
 
"So we desired that
their Lord would give them in exchange
(a son)
better in purity
(of
conduct)
and closer in affection. |
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"As
for the wall, it belonged to two youths, orphans, in the Town;
there
was, beneath it, a buried treasure, to which they were entitled:
 
their father had been a righteous man: so thy Lord desired that they
should attain their age of full strength and get out their treasure
--
a mercy
(and favor)
from thy Lord.
I did it not of my
own accord.
Such is the
interpretation of
(those things)
over which thou
wast unable to hold patience." |
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83. |
They ask thee
concerning Zul-qarnain.
Say, "I will
rehearse to you something of his story." |
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84. |
Verily We
established his power on earth, and We gave him the ways and the
means to all ends. |
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One
(such)
way he
followed, |
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Until, when he
reached the setting of the sun, He found it set in a spring of murky
water:
near it he found a
People:
We said: "O Zul-qarnain!
(thou hast
authority),
either to punish them, or to treat them with kindness." |
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87. |
He said:
"Whoever doth
wrong, him shall we punish;
then shall he be
sent back to his Lord; and He will punish him with a punishment
unheard-of
(before). |
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88. |
"But whoever
believes, and works righteousness -- he shall have a goodly reward,
and easy will be his task as we order it by our command." |
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89. |
Then followed he
(another)
way. |
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90. |
Until, when he came
to the rising of the sun, he found it rising
on a people for whom We had provided no covering protection against
the sun. |
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91. |
(He left
them)
as they were:
We completely
understood what was before him. |
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92. |
Then followed he
(another)
way. |
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93. |
Until, when he
reached
(a tract)
between two mountains, he found, beneath, them a people who scarcely
understood a word. |
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94. |
They said:
"O Zul-qarnain! the
Gog and Magog
(people)
do great mischief on earth:
shall we then
render thee tribute in order that thou mightest erect a barrier
between us and them?" |
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95. |
He said:
"(The
power)
in which my Lord has established me is better
(than
tribute):
help me therefore
with strength
(and labor):
I will erect a strong barrier between you and them: |
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96. |
"Bring me blocks of
iron."
At length, when he
had filled up the space between the two steep mountain sides, he
said, "Blow
(with your
bellows)."
Then, when he had
made it
(red)
as fire, he said: "Bring me, that I
may pour over it, molten lead." |
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97. |
Thus were they made
powerless to scale it or to dig through it. |
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98. |
He said:
"This is a mercy
from my Lord:
but when the
promise of my Lord comes to pass, He will make it into dust;
and the promise of
my Lord is true." |
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99. |
On that day We
shall leave them to surge like waves on one another;
the trumpet
will be blown, and We shall collect them all together. |
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100. |
And We shall
present Hell that day for Unbelievers to see, all spread out --
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101. |
 
(Unbelievers)
whose eyes had been under a veil from Remembrance of Me, and who had
been unable even to hear. |
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102. |
Do the Unbelievers
think that they can take my servants as protectors besides Me?
Verily We have prepared Hell for the Unbelievers for
(their)
entertainment. |
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103. |
Say:
"Shall we tell you
of those who lose most in respect of their deeds? -- |
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104. |
 
"Those whose
efforts have been wasted in this life, while they thought that they
were acquiring good by their works?" |
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105. |
They are those who
deny the Signs of their Lord and the fact of their having to meet
Him
(in the Hereafter):
vain will be their
works,
nor shall We, on the Day of Judgment, give them any Weight. |
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106. |
That is their
reward, Hell;
because they rejected Faith, and took My Signs and My
Messengers by way of jest. |
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107. |
As to those who
believe and work righteous deeds, they have, for their
entertainment, the Gardens of Paradise, |
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108. |
Wherein they shall
dwell
(for aye):
no change will they
wish for from them. |
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109. |
Say:
"If the ocean were
ink
(wherewith to write out)
the words of my Lord, sooner would the
ocean be exhausted than would the words of my Lord,
even if we added
another ocean like it, for its aid." |
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110. |
 
Say:
"I am but a man
like yourselves,
(but)
the inspiration has come to me, that your Allah is one Allah:
 
whoever expects to
meet his Lord, let him work righteousness, and in the worship
of his Lord, admit no one as partner."
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