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By the (angels) who tear out (the souls of the wicked) with violence; |
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By those who gently draw out (the souls of the blessed); |
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And by those who glide along (on errands of mercy), |
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Then press forward as in a race, |
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Then arrange to do (the commands of their Lord)― |
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One Day everything that can be in commotion will be in violent commotion― |
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Followed by oft-repeated (commotions): |
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Hearts that Day will be in agitation; |
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Cast down will be (their owners') eyes. |
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They say (now): "What! shall we indeed be returned to (our) former state?"― |
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"What!― When we shall have become rotten bones?" |
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They say: "It would, in that case be a return with loss!" |
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But verily, it will be but a single (compelling) Cry. |
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When behold they will be in the (full) awakening (to Judgment). |
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Has the story of Moses reached thee? |
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Behold, thy Lord did call to him in the sacred valley to Tuwa― |
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"Go thou to Pharaoh, for he has indeed transgressed all bounds. |
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"And say to him `Wouldst thou that thou shouldst be purified (from sin)?― |
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"`And that I guide thee to thy Lord, so thou shouldst fear Him?' " |
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Then did (Moses) show him the Great Sign. |
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But (Pharaoh) rejected it and disobeyed (guidance); |
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Further, he turned his back, striving hard (against Allah). |
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Then he collected (his men) and made a proclamation, |
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Saying "I am your Lord, Most High." |
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But Allah did punish him, (and made an) example of him― in the Hereafter, as in this life. |
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Verily in this is an instructive warning for whosoever feareth (Allah): |
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What! are ye the more difficult to create or the heaven (above)? (Allah) hath constructed it: |
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On high hath He raised its canopy, and He hath given it order and perfection. |
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Its night doth He endow with darkness, and its splendour doth He bring out (with light). |
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And the earth, moreover; hath He extended (to a wide expanse): |
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He draweth out therefrom its water and its pasture; |
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And the mountains hath He firmly fixed― |
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For use and convenience to you and your cattle. |
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Therefore when there comes the great, overwhelming (Event) |
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The Day when Man shall remember (all) that he strove for |
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And Half-Fire shall be placed in full view for (all) to see― |
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Then, for such as had transgressed all bounds, |
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And had preferred the life of this world, |
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The Abode will be Hell-Fire; |
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And for such as had entertained the fear of standing before their Lord's (tribunal) and had restrained (their) soul from lower Desires, |
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Their Abode will be the Garden. |
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They ask thee about the Hour― `When will be its appointed time?' |
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Wherein art thou (concerned) with the declaration thereof? |
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With they Lord is the Limit fixed therefor. |
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Thou art but a Warner for such as fear it. |
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The Day they see it, (it will be) as if they had tarried but a single evening, or (at most till) the following morn! |
