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When the sun (with its spacious light) is folded up; |
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When the stars fall, losing their lustre; |
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When the mountains vanish (like a mirage); |
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When the she-camels, ten months with young, are left untended; |
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When the wild beasts are herded together (in human habitations); |
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When the oceans boil over with a swell; |
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When the souls are sorted out (Being joined, like with like); |
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When the female (infant), Buried alive, is questioned -- |
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For what crime she was killed; |
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When the Scrolls are laid open; |
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When the World on High is unveiled: |
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When the Blazing Fire is kindled to fierce heat; |
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And when the Garden is brought near -- |
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(Then) shall each soul know what it has put forward. |
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So verily I call to witness the planets -- that recede, |
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Go straight, or hide; |
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And the Night as it dissipates -- |
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And the Dawn as it breathes away the darkness -- |
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Verily this is the word of a most honorable Messenger, |
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Endued with Power, with rank before the Lord of the Throne, |
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With authority there, (and) faithful of his trust. |
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And (O people!) your companion is not one possessed; |
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And without doubt he saw him in the clear horizon. |
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Neither doth he withhold Grudgingly a knowledge of the Unseen. |
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Nor is it the word of an evil spirit accursed. |
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Then whither go ye? |
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Verily this is no less than a Message to (all) the Worlds: |
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(With profit) to whoever among you wills to go straight. |
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But ye shall not will Except as Allah wills,The Cherisher of the Worlds. ********* |