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The Qur'an, 78. an-Naba'

78. an-Naba': The Tidings

1 Whereof do they question one another ?
2 (It is) of the awful tidings,
3 Concerning which they are in disagreement.
4 Nay, but they will come to know!
5 Nay, again, but they will come to know!
6 Have We not made the earth an expanse,
7 And the high hills bulwarks ?
8 And We have created you in pairs,
9 And have appointed your sleep for repose,
10 And have appointed the night as a cloak,
11 And have appointed the day for livelihood.
12 And We have built above you seven strong (heavens),
13 And have appointed a dazzling lamp,
14 And have sent down from the rainy clouds abundant water,
15 Thereby to produce grain and plant,
16 And gardens of thick foliage.
17 Lo! the Day of Decision is a fixed time,
18 A day when the trumpet is blown and ye come in multitudes,
19 And the heaven is opened and becometh as gates,
20 And the hills are set in motion and become as a mirage.
21 Lo! hell lurketh in ambush,
22 A home for the rebellious.
23 They will abide therein for ages.
24 Therein taste they neither coolness nor (any) drink
25 Save boiling water and a paralysing cold:
26 Reward proportioned (to their evil deeds).
27 For lo! they looked not for a reckoning;
28 They called Our revelations false with strong denial.
29 Everything have We recorded in a Book.
30 So taste (of that which ye have earned). No increase do We give you save of torment.
31 Lo! for the duteous is achievement -
32 Gardens enclosed and vineyards,
33 And maidens for companions,
34 And a full cup.
35 There hear they never vain discourse, nor lying -
36 Requital from thy Lord - a gift in payment -
37 Lord of the heavens and the earth, and (all) that is between them, the Beneficent; with Whom none can converse.
38 On the day when the angels and the Spirit stand arrayed, they speak not, saving him whom the Beneficent alloweth and who speaketh right.
39 That is the True Day. So whoso will should seek recourse unto his Lord.
40 Lo! We warn you of a doom at hand, a day whereon a man will look on that which his own hands have sent before, and the disbeliever will cry: "Would that I were dust!"

The Qur'an, 77. al-Mursalat

77. al-Mursalat: The Emissaries

1 By the emissary winds, (sent) one after another
2 By the raging hurricanes,
3 By those which cause earth's vegetation to revive;
4 By those who winnow with a winnowing,
5 By those who bring down the Reminder,
6 To excuse or to warn,
7 Surely that which ye are promised will befall.
8 So when the stars are put out,
9 And when the sky is riven asunder,
10 And when the mountains are blown away,
11 And when the messengers are brought unto their time appointed -
12 For what day is the time appointed ?
13 For the Day of Decision.
14 And what will convey unto thee what the Day of Decision is! -
15 Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
16 Destroyed We not the former folk,
17 Then caused the latter folk to follow after ?
18 Thus deal We ever with the guilty.
19 Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
20 Did We not create you from a base fluid
21 Which We laid up in a safe abode
22 For a known term ?
23 Thus We arranged. How excellent is Our arranging!
24 Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
25 Have We not made the earth a receptacle
26 Both for the living and the dead,
27 And placed therein high mountains and given you to drink sweet water therein ?
28 Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
29 (It will be said unto them:) Depart unto that (doom) which ye used to deny;
30 Depart unto the shadow falling threefold,
31 (Which yet is) no relief nor shelter from the flame.
32 Lo! it throweth up sparks like the castles,
33 (Or) as it might be camels of bright yellow hue.
34 Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
35 This is a day wherein they speak not,
36 Nor are they suffered to put forth excuses.
37 Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
38 This is the Day of Decision, We have brought you and the men of old together.
39 If now ye have any wit, outwit Me.
40 Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
41 Lo! those who kept their duty are amid shade and fountains,
42 And fruits such as they desire.
43 (Unto them it is said:) Eat, drink and welcome, O ye blessed, in return for what ye did.
44 Thus do We reward the good.
45 Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
46 Eat and take your ease (on earth) a little. Lo! ye are guilty.
47 Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
48 When it is said unto them: Bow down, they bow not down!
49 Woe unto the repudiators on that day!
50 In what statement, after this, will they believe ?

The Qur'an, 76. ad-Dahr

76. ad-Dahr: The Man

1 Hath there come upon man (ever) any period of time in which he was a thing unremembered ?
2 Lo! We create man from a drop of thickened fluid to test him; so We make him hearing, knowing.
3 Lo! We have shown him the way, whether he be grateful or disbelieving.
4 Lo! We have prepared for disbelievers manacles and carcans and a raging fire.
5 Lo! the righteous shall drink of a cup whereof the mixture is of Kafur,
6 A spring wherefrom the slaves of Allah drink, making it gush forth abundantly,
7 (Because) they perform the vow and fear a day whereof the evil is wide- spreading,
8 And feed with food the needy wretch, the orphan and the prisoner, for love of Him,
9 (Saying): We feed you, for the sake of Allah only. We wish for no reward nor thanks from you;
10 Lo! we fear from our Lord a day of frowning and of fate.
11 Therefor Allah hath warded off from them the evil of that day, and hath made them find brightness and joy;
12 And hath awarded them for all that they endured, a Garden and silk attire;
13 Reclining therein upon couches, they will find there neither (heat of) a sun nor bitter cold.
14 The shade thereof is close upon them and the clustered fruits thereof bow down.
15 Goblets of silver are brought round for them, and beakers (as) of glass
16 (Bright as) glass but (made) of silver, which they (themselves) have measured to the measure (of their deeds).
17 There are they watered with a cup whereof the mixture is of Zanjabil,
18 (The water of) a spring therein, named Salsabil.
19 There wait on them immortal youths, whom, when thou seest, thou wouldst take for scattered pearls.
20 When thou seest, thou wilt see there bliss and high estate.
21 Their raiment will be fine green silk and gold embroidery. Bracelets of silver will they wear. Their Lord will slake their thirst with a pure drink.
22 (And it will be said unto them): Lo! this is a reward for you. Your endeavour (upon earth) hath found acceptance.
23 Lo! We, even We, have revealed unto thee the Qur'an, a revelation;
24 So submit patiently to thy Lord's command, and obey not of them any guilty one or disbeliever.
25 Remember the name of thy Lord at morn and evening.
26 And worship Him (a portion) of the night. And glorify Him through the livelong night.
27 Lo! these love fleeting life, and put behind them (the remembrance of) a grievous day.
28 We, even We, created them, and strengthened their frame. And when We will, We can replace them, bringing others like them in their stead.
29 Lo! this is an Admonishment, that whosoever will may choose a way unto his Lord.
30 Yet ye will not, unless Allah willeth. Lo! Allah is Knower, Wise.
31 He maketh whom He will to enter His mercy, and for evil-doers hath prepared a painful doom.

The Qur'an, 75. al-Qiyamah

75. al-Qiyamah: The Resurrection

1 Nay, I swear by the Day of Resurrection;
2 Nay, I swear by the accusing soul (that this Scripture is true).
3 Thinketh man that We shall not assemble his bones ?
4 Yea, verily. We are Able to restore his very fingers!
5 But man would fain deny what is before him.
6 He asketh: When will be this Day of Resurrection ?
7 But when sight is confounded
8 And the moon is eclipsed
9 And sun and moon are united,
10 On that day man will cry: Whither to flee!
11 Alas! No refuge!
12 Unto thy Lord is the recourse that day.
13 On that day man is told the tale of that which he hath sent before and left behind.
14 Oh, but man is a telling witness against himself,
15 Although he tender his excuses.
16 Stir not thy tongue herewith to hasten it.
17 Lo! upon Us (resteth) the putting together thereof and the reading thereof.
18 And when We read it, follow thou the reading;
19 Then lo! upon Us (resteth) the explanation thereof.
20 Nay, but ye do love the fleeting Now
21 And neglect the Hereafter.
22 That day will faces be resplendent,
23 Looking toward their Lord;
24 And that day will other faces be despondent,
25 Thou wilt know that some great disaster is about to fall on them.
26 Nay, but when the life cometh up to the throat
27 And men say: Where is the wizard (who can save him now) ?
28 And he knoweth that it is the parting;
29 And agony is heaped on agony;
30 Unto thy Lord that day will be the driving.
31 For he neither trusted, nor prayed.
32 But he denied and flouted.
33 Then went he to his folk with glee.
34 Nearer unto thee and nearer,
35 Again nearer unto thee and nearer (is the doom).
36 Thinketh man that he is to be left aimless ?
37 Was he not a drop of fluid which gushed forth ?
38 Then he became a clot; then (Allah) shaped and fashioned
39 And made of him a pair, the male and female.
40 Is not He (Who doeth so) Able to bring the dead to life ?

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