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Ha Mim. |
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By the Book that makes things clear -- |
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We sent it down during a blessed night:
for We (ever) wish to warn (against Evil). |
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In that (night) is made distinct every affair of wisdom, |
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By command, from Our presence.
For We (ever) send (revelations), |
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As a Mercy from thy Lord:
for He hears and knows (all things); |
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The Lord of the heavens and the earth and all between them,
if ye (but) have an assured faith. |
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There is no god but He: it is He Who gives life and gives death --
the Lord and Cherisher to you and your earliest ancestors. |
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Yet they play about in doubt. |
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Then watch thou for the Day that the sky will bring forth a kind of smoke (or mist) plainly visible. |
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Enveloping the people:
this will be a Penalty Grievous. |
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(They will say:) "Our Lord! remove the Penalty from us for We do really believe!" |
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How shall the Message be (effectual) for them, seeing that a Messenger explaining things clearly has (already) come to them -- |
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Yet they turn away from him and say: "Tutored (by others), a man possessed!" |
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We shall indeed remove the Penalty for a while,
(but) truly ye will revert (to your ways). |
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One day We shall seize you with a mighty onslaught: We will indeed (then) exact Retribution! |
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We did, before them, try the people of Pharaoh: there came to them and messenger most honorable, |
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Saying: "Restore to me the servants of Allah:
I am to you an messenger worthy of all trust; |
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"And be not arrogant as against Allah:
for I come to you with authority manifest. |
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"For me, I have sought Safety with my Lord and your Lord, against your injuring me. |
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"If ye believe me not, at least keep yourselves away from me." (But they were aggressive): |
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then he cried to his Lord: "These are indeed a people given to sin." |
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(The reply came): "March forth with My servants by night: for ye are sure to be pursued. |
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"And leave the sea as a furrow (divided).
For they are a host (destined) to be drowned." |
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How many were the gardens and springs they left behind. |
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And corn-fields and noble buildings. |
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And wealth (and conveniences of life), wherein they had taken such delight! |
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Thus (was their end)!
And We made other people inherit (those things)! |
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And neither heaven nor earth shed a tear over them: nor were they given a respite (again). |
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We did deliver aforetime the Children of Israel from humiliating Punishment, |
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Inflicted by Pharaoh,
for he was arrogant (even) among inordinate transgressors. |
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And We chose them aforetime above the nations, knowingly, |
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And granted them Signs in which there was a manifest trial. |
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As to these (Quraish), they say forsooth: |
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"There is nothing beyond our first death, and we shall not be raised again. |
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"Then bring (back) our forefathers if what ye say is true!" |
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What! are they better than the people of Tubba and those who were before them?
We destroyed them because they were guilty of sin. |
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We created not the heavens, the earth, and all between them, merely in (idle) sport: |
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We created them not except for just ends: but most of them do not understand. |
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Verily the Day of Sorting Out is the time appointed for all of them -- |
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The Day when no protector can avail his client in aught, and no help can they receive. |
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Except such as receive Allah's Mercy:
for He is exalted in Might, Most Merciful. |
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Verily the tree of Zaqqum |
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Will be the food of the Sinful -- |
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Like molten brass; it will boil in their insides, |
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Like the boiling of scalding water. |
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(A voice will cry:) "Seize ye him and drag him into the midst of the Blazing Fire! |
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"Then pour over his head the Penalty of Boiling Water; |
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"Taste thou (this)! Truly wast thou Mighty, full of honor! |
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"Truly this is what ye used to doubt!" |
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As to the Righteous (they will be) in a position of Security, |
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Among Gardens and Springs; |
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Dressed in fine silk and in rich brocade, they will face each other; |
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So;
and We shall Join them to Companions with beautiful, big, and lustrous eyes. |
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There can they call for every kind of fruit in peace and security; |
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Nor will they there taste Death, except the first Death;
and He will preserve them from the Penalty of the Blazing Fire |
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As a Bounty from thy Lord!
That will be the supreme achievement! |
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Verily, We have made this (Qur'án) easy, in thy tongue, in order that they may give heed. |
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So wait thou and watch; for they (too) are waiting. ********* |