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O thou wrapped up (in a mantle)! |
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Arise and deliver thy warning! |
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And thy Lord do thou magnify! |
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And thy garments keep free from stain! |
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And all abomination shun! |
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Nor expect, in giving, any increase (for thyself)! |
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But, for thy Lord's (Cause), be patient and constant! |
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Finally when the Trumpet is sounded, |
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That will be -- that Day -- a Day of Distress -- |
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Far from easy for those without Faith. |
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Leave Me alone, (to deal) with the (creature) whom I created (bare and) alone! -- |
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To whom I granted resources in abundance, |
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And sons to be by his side! -- |
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To whom I made (life) smooth and comfortable! |
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Yet is he greedy -- that I should add (yet more) -- |
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By no means!
For to Our Signs he has been refractory! |
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Soon will I visit him with a mount of calamities! |
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For he thought and he plotted -- |
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And woe to him! how he plotted! -- |
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Yea, woe to him! how he plotted! -- |
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Then he looked round; |
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Then he frowned and he scowled; |
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Then he turned back and was haughty; |
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Then said he: "This is nothing but magic derived from of old;" |
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"This is nothing but the word of a mortal!" |
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Soon will cast him into Hell-Fire! |
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And what will explain to thee what Hell-fire is? |
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Naught doth it permit to endure, and naught doth it leave alone! -- |
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Darkening and changing the color of man! |
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Over it are Nineteen. |
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And We have set none but angels as guardians of the Fire;
and We have fixed their number only as a trial for Unbelievers --
in order that the People of the Book may arrive at certainty, and the Believers may increase in Faith --
and that no doubts may be left for the People of the Book and the Believers,
and that those in whose hearts is a disease and the Unbelievers may say, "What symbol doth Allah intend by this?"
Thus doth Allah leave to stray whom He pleaseth, and guide whom He pleaseth;
and none can know the forces of the Lord, except He,
and this is no other than a warning to mankind. |
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Nay, verily: by the Moon, |
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And by the Night as it retreateth, |
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And by the Dawn as it shineth forth -- |
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This is but one of the mighty (Portents), |
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A warning to mankind -- |
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To any of you that chooses to press forward, or to follow behind -- |
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Every soul will be (held) in pledge for its deeds. |
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Except the Companions of the Right Hand. |
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(They will be) in Gardens (of Delight); they will question each other, |
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And (ask) of the Sinners: |
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"What led you into Hell-fire?" |
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They will say: "We were not of those who prayed;" |
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"Nor were we of those who fed the indigent;" |
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"But we used to talk vanities with vain talkers;" |
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"And we used to deny the Day of Judgment," |
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"Until there came to us (the Hour) that is certain." |
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Then will no intercession of (any) intercessors profit them. |
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Then what is the matter with them that they turn away from admonition? -- |
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As if they were affrighted asses, |
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Fleeing from a lion! |
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Forsooth, each one of them wants to be given scrolls (of revelation) spread out! |
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By no means!
But they fear not the Hereafter. |
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Nay, this surely is an admonition: |
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Let any who will, keep it in remembrance! |
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But none will keep it in remembrance except as Allah wills:
He is the Lord of Righteousness, and the Lord of Forgiveness. ********* |