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The Qur'an, 86. at-Tariq

86. at-Tariq: The Night-Comer

1 By the heaven and the Morning Star
2 - Ah, what will tell thee what the Morning Star is!
3 - The piercing Star!
4 No human soul but hath a guardian over it.
5 So let man consider from what he is created.
6 He is created from a gushing fluid
7 That issued from between the loins and ribs.
8 Lo! He verily is Able to return him (unto life)
9 On the day when hidden thoughts shall be searched out.
10 Then will he have no might nor any helper.
11 By the heaven which giveth the returning rain,
12 And the earth which splitteth (with the growth of trees and plants)
13 Lo! this (Qur'an) is a conclusive word,
14 It is no pleasantry.
15 Lo! they plot a plot (against thee, O Muhammad)
16 And I plot a plot (against them).
17 So give a respite to the disbelievers. Deal thou gently with them for a while.

The Qur'an, 85. al-Buruj

85. al-Buruj: the Constellations

1 By the heaven, holding mansions of the stars,
2 And by the Promised Day.
3 And by the witness and that whereunto he beareth testimony,
4 (Self-)destroyed were the owners of the ditch
5 Of the fuel-fed fire,
6 When they sat by it,
7 And were themselves the witnesses of what they did to the believers.
8 They had naught against them save that they believed in Allah, the Mighty, the Owner of Praise,
9 Him unto Whom belongeth the Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth; and Allah is of all things the Witness.
10 Lo! they who persecute believing men and believing women and repent not, theirs verily will be the doom of hell, and theirs the doom of burning.
11 Lo! those who believe and do good works, theirs will be Gardens underneath which rivers flow. That is the Great Success.
12 Lo! the punishment of thy Lord is stern.
13 Lo! He it is Who produceth, then reproduceth,
14 And He is the Forgiving, the Loving,
15 Lord of the Throne of Glory,
16 Doer of what He will.
17 Hath there come unto thee the story of the hosts
18 Of Pharaoh and (the tribe of) Thamud ?
19 Nay, but those who disbelieve live in denial
20 And Allah, all unseen, surroundeth them.
21 Nay, but it is a glorious Qur'an.
22 On a guarded tablet.

The Qur'an, 84. al-Inshiqaq

84. al-Inshiqaq: The Rending

1 When the heaven is split asunder
2 And attentive to her Lord in fear,
3 And when the earth is spread out
4 And hath cast out all that was in her, and is empty
5 And attentive to her Lord in fear!
6 Thou, verily, O man, art working toward thy Lord a work which thou wilt meet (in His presence).
7 Then whoso is given his account in his right hand
8 He truly will receive an easy reckoning
9 And will return unto his folk in joy.
10 But whoso is given his account behind his back,
11 He surely will invoke destruction
12 And be thrown to scorching fire.
13 He verily lived joyous with his folk,
14 He verily deemed that he would never return (unto Allah).
15 Nay, but lo! his Lord is ever looking on him!
16 Oh, I swear by the afterglow of sunset,
17 And by the night and all that it enshroudeth,
18 And by the moon when she is at the full,
19 That ye shall journey on from plane to plane.
20 What aileth them, then, that they believe not
21 And, when the Qur'an is recited unto them, worship not (Allah) ?
22 Nay, but those who disbelieve will deny;
23 And Allah knoweth best what they are hiding.
24 So give them tidings of a painful doom,
25 Save those who believe and do good works, for theirs is a reward unfailing.

The Qur'an, 83. at-Tatfif

83. at-Tatfif: The Defrauders

1 Woe unto the defrauders:
2 Those who when they take the measure from mankind demand it full,
3 But if they measure unto them or weight for them, they cause them loss.
4 Do such (men) not consider that they will be raised again
5 Unto an Awful Day,
6 The day when (all) mankind stand before the Lord of the Worlds ?
7 Nay, but the record of the vile is in Sijjin -
8 Ah! what will convey unto thee what Sijjin is! -
9 A written record.
10 Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
11 Those who deny the Day of Judgment
12 Which none denieth save each criminal transgressor,
13 Who, when thou readest unto him Our revelations, saith: (Mere) fables of the men of old.
14 Nay, but that which they have earned is rust upon their hearts.
15 Nay, but surely on that day they will be covered from (the mercy of) their Lord.
16 Then lo! they verily will burn in hell,
17 And it will be said (unto them): This is that which ye used to deny.
18 Nay, but the record of the righteous is in 'Illiyin -
19 Ah, what will convey unto thee what 'Illiyin is! -
20 A written record,
21 Attested by those who are brought near (unto their Lord).
22 Lo! the righteous verily are in delight,
23 On couches, gazing,
24 Thou wilt know in their faces the radiance of delight.
25 They are given to drink of a pure wine, sealed,
26 Whose seal is musk - for this let (all) those strive who strive for bliss -
27 And mixed with water of Tasnim,
28 A spring whence those brought near (to Allah) drink.
29 Lo! the guilty used to laugh at those who believed,
30 And wink one to another when they passed them;
31 And when they returned to their own folk, they returned jesting;
32 And when they saw them they said: Lo! these have gone astray.
33 Yet they were not sent as guardians over them.
34 This day it is those who believe who have the laugh of disbelievers,
35 On high couches, gazing.
36 Are not the disbelievers paid for what they used to do ?

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