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An inquirer asked about an impending punishment.
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It is for the kafirun and cannot be averted
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from Allah — the Lord of the Ascending Steps.
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The angels and the Spirit ascend to Him in a day whose length is fifty thousand years.
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Therefore be patient with a patience which is beautiful.
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They see it as something distant,
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but We see it as very close.
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On the Day the sky is like molten brass
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and the mountains like tufts of coloured wool.
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no good friend will ask about his friend
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even though they can see each other. An evildoer will wish he could ransom himself from the punishment of that Day, by means of his sons,
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or his wife or his brother
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or his family who sheltered him
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or everyone else on earth, if that only meant that he could save himself.
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But no! It is a Raging Blaze
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stripping away the limbs and scalp,
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which calls for all who drew back and turned away,
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and amassed and hoarded up.
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Truly man was created headstrong —
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desperate when bad things happen,
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begrudging when good things come —
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except for those who do salat
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and are constant in it;
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those in whose wealth there is a known share
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for beggars and the destitute;
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those who affirm the Day of Judgement,
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those who are fearful of the punishment of their Lord
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(no one is safe from the punishment of his Lord);
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those who guard their private parts
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except from their wives and any slaves they own, in which case they incur no blame,
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but if anyone desires any more than that, they have overstepped the limits;
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those who honour their trusts and contracts;
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those who stand by their testimony;
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those who safeguard their salat;
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such people will be in Gardens, highly honoured.
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What is the matter with those who are kafir? They run about in front of you, with outstretched necks and staring eyes,
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on the right and on the left in scattered groups!
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Does each one of them aspire to be admitted into a Garden of Delight?
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Certainly not! We created them from what they know full well.
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No! I swear by the Lord of the Easts and Wests that We have the power
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to replace them with something better than them. We will not be outstripped.
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So leave them to plunge and play around until they meet their Day which they are promised.
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The Day they will emerge swiftly from their graves as if rushing to rally to the flag,
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eyes downcast, darkened by debasement, that will be the Day which they were promised.
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