74 - The Clothe Done |
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In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. |
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| 1 | O thou wrapped up (in the mantle)! |
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| 2 | Arise and deliver thy warning! |
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| 3 | And thy Lord do thou magnify! |
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| 4 | And thy garments keep free from stain! |
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| 5 | And all abomination shun! |
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| 6 | Nor expect, in giving, any increase (for thyself)! |
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| 7 | But, for thy Lord's (Cause), be patient and constant! |
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| 8 | Finally, when the Trumpet is sounded, |
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| 9 | That will be that Day a Day of Distress, |
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| 10 | Far from easy for those without Faith. |
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| 11 | Leave Me alone, (to deal) with the (creature) whom I created (bare and) alone! |
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| 12 | To whom I granted resources in abundance, |
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| 13 | And sons to be by his side! |
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| 14 | To whom I made (life) smooth and comfortable! |
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| 15 | Yet is he greedy-that I should add (yet more); |
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| 16 | By no means! For to Our Signs he has been refractory! |
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| 17 | Soon will I visit him with a mount of calamities! |
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| 18 | For he thought and he determined;- |
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| 19 | And woe to him! How he determined!- |
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| 20 | Yea, woe to him; how he determined!- |
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| 21 | Then he reflected; |
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| 22 | Then he frowned and he scowled; |
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| 23 | Then he turned back and was haughty; |
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| 24 | Then said he: "This is nothing but magic, derived from of old; |
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| 25 | "This is nothing but the word of a mortal!" |
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| 26 | Soon will I cast him into Hell-Fire! |
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| 27 | And what will explain to thee what Hell-Fire is? |
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| 28 | Naught doth it permit to endure, and naught doth it leave alone!- |
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| 29 | Darkening and changing the color of man! |
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| 30 | Over it are Nineteen. |
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| 31 | And We have set none but angels as Guardians of the Fire; and We have fixed their number only as a trial for Unbelievers,- in order that the People of the Book may arrive at certainty, and the Believers may increase in Faith,- and that no doubts may be left for the People of the Book and the Believers, and that those in whose hearts is a disease and the Unbelievers may say, "What doth Allah intend by this ?" Thus doth Allah leave to stray whom He pleaseth, and guide whom He pleaseth: and none can know the forces of thy Lord, except He and this is no other than a reminder to mankind. |
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| 32 | Nay, verily: By the Moon, |
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| 33 | And by the Night as it retreateth, |
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| 34 | And by the Dawn as it shineth forth,- |
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| 35 | This is but one of the mighty (Portents), |
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| 36 | A warning to mankind,- |
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| 37 | To any of you that chooses to press forward, or to follow behind;- |
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| 38 | Every soul will be (held) in pledge for its deeds. |
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| 39 | Except the Companions of the Right Hand. |
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| 40 | (They will be) in Gardens (of Delight): they will question each other, |
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| 41 | And (ask) of the Sinners: |
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| 42 | "What led you into Hell Fire?" |
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| 43 | They will say: "We were not of those who prayed; |
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| 44 | "Nor were we of those who fed the indigent; |
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| 45 | "But we used to talk vanities with vain talkers; |
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| 46 | "And we used to deny the Day of Judgment, |
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| 47 | "Until there came to us (the Hour) that is certain." |
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| 48 | Then will no intercession of (any) intercessors profit them. |
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| 49 | Then what is the matter with them that they turn away from admonition?- |
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| 50 | As if they were affrighted asses, |
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| 51 | Fleeing from a lion! |
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| 52 | Forsooth, each one of them wants to be given scrolls (of revelation) spread out! |
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| 53 | By no means! But they fear not the Hereafter, |
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| 54 | Nay, this surely is an admonition: |
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| 55 | Let any who will, keep it in remembrance! |
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| 56 | But none will keep it in remembrance except as Allah wills: He is the Lord of Righteousness, and the Lord of Forgiveness. |
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