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ONE who is minded to ask might ask about the suffering which [in the hereafter] is bound to befal
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those who deny the truth. [Know, then, that] nothing can ward it off
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[since it will come] from God, unto whom there are many ways of ascent
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all the angels and all the inspiration [ever granted to man] ascend unto Him [daily,] in a day the length whereof is [like] fifty thousand years…
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Therefore, [O believer,] endure all adversity with goodly patience
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behold, men look upon that [reckoning] as something far away –
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but, We see it as near
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[It will take place] on a Day when the sky will be like molten lead
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and the mountains will be like tufts of wool
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and [when] no friend will ask about his friend
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though they may be in one another's sight: [for,] everyone who was lost in sin will on that Day but desire to ransom himself from suffering at the price of his own children
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and of his spouse, and of his brother
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and of all the kinsfolk who ever sheltered him
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and of whoever [else] lives on earth, all of them - so that he could but save himself
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But nay! Verily, all [that awaits him] is a raging flame
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tearing away his skin
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It will claim all such as turn their backs [on what is right], and turn away [from the truth]
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and amass [wealth] and thereupon withhold [it from their fellow-men]
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VERILY, man is born with a restless disposition
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[As a rule,] whenever misfortune touches him, he is filled with self-pity
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and whenever good fortune comes to him, he selfishly withholds it [from others]
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Not so, however, those who consciously turn towards God in prayer
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[and] who incessantly persevere in their praye
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and in whose possessions there is a due share, acknowledged [by them]
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for such as ask [for help] and such as are deprived [of what is good in life]
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and who accept as true the [coming of the] Day of Judgment
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and who stand in dread of their Sustainer's chastisement –
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for, behold, of their Sustainer's chastisement none may ever feel [wholly] secure
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and who are mindful of their chastity
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[not giving way to their desires] with any but their spouses - that is, those whom they rightfully possess [through wedlock] -: for then, behold, they are free of all blame
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whereas such as seek to go beyond that [limit] are truly transgressors
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and who are faithful to their trusts and to their pledges
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and who stand firm whenever they bear witness
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and who guard their prayers [from all worldly intent]
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These it is who in the gardens [of paradise] shall be honoured
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WHAT, THEN, is amiss with such as are bent on denying the truth, that they run about confusedly to and fro before thee
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[coming upon thee] from the right and from the left, in crowds
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Does every one of them hope to enter [by this means] a garden of bliss
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Never! For, behold, We have created them out of something that they know [only too well]
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But nay! I call to witness [Our being] the Sustainer of all the points of sunrise and sunset: verily, well able are W
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to replace them with [people] better than they are; for there is nothing to prevent Us [from doing what We will]
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Hence, leave them to indulge in idle talk and play [with words] until they face that [Judgment] Day of theirs which they have been promised –
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the Day when they shall come forth in haste from their graves, as if racing towards a goal-post
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with downcast eyes, with ignominy overwhelming them: that Day which they were promised again and…
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