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By the clear and open timeless Book
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It is
WE Who revealed it on a blessed night. Surely,
WE are ever warning.
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Within [the blessed night] every command, ever wise, is distinctly defined—
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A command directly from
US. Surely,
WE are ever sending
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mercy from
your Rabb. Indeed,
HE is the all-hearing, the ever knowing
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Rabb of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them— if you were to be truly certain.
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There is no god but
HE.
HE gives life and
HE gives death. Your
Rabb and the
Rabb of your foremost forefathers.
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But nay, they dabble in uncertainty.
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So then set your sight upon a day the sky bears visible smoke,
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engulfing the people. [They will say], “This is an agonizing punishment.
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O Our Lord do relieve us of this punishment. Surely, we are believers.”
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Why and where is the remembrance from them? A clear and expressive messenger did come to them.
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They had turned away from him then, and had said, “A coached man, possessed is he.”
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Verily, WE are the remover of the punishment, a little. Verily, you are ones reverting.
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On a day
WE are to seize them with the transcendent seizing. Of certain
WE are the One to exact retribution.
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WE indeed had already tried the people of Pharaoh before them, and a noble messenger had come to them:
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“Deliver the devotees of Allah to me. Truly, I am a trustworthy messenger unto you
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And do not exalt yourselves above Allah. For certain, I come to you with evident authority.
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I have taken refuge with my
Rabb and the
Rabb of you all; in case you pelt me with stones.
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And if you believe me not, then keep away from me.”
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So [with the message rejected and the warnings unheeded] he called out unto his
Rabb: “Surely, these are a people, flouting divine guidance.
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[It was said to him], “Then set out at night with
MY devotees. For certain, you will be pursued.
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And leave behind
you the sea still [and parted]. For certain, they are an army set to drown.”
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How many of gardens and springs did they leave behind,
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and how many of tilled fertile fields, and noble standings,
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and how much of a blessing they were taking delight in.
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Thus, it was. And
WE bequeathed them to another people.
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Whereupon the sky wept not over them, nor the earth and they were given no respite.
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And
WE did indeed deliver the children of Israel from the humiliating torment,
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from Pharaoh. Surely, he was haughty, of the prodigals.
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WE did select them [i.e., the children of Israel] over the realms, for the knowledge [imparted to them].
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And
WE did give them from the signs, in that was a clear test.
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Verily, these people here, they do so brazenly say,
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“There is naught, but our first death and we are not to be raised again
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Or then, bring back our forefathers, if you are truthful.”
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Are they better off or the people of
Tubba, or those before them?
WE destroyed them. Indeed, they were flouters of divine guidance.
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WE did not create the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them in mere play.
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WE did not create them except in [expression of] the Truth, but most of them do not realize.
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Surely, on a Day of Sorting is their tryst, all together.
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A day, no relative shall avail a relative in anything, nor will they be helped—
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Except one whom Allah had shown mercy. Indeed,
HE is the Almighty, the ever Merciful.
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Surely, the tree of
Zaqqum
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is the food of the unrelenting sinner
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Like murky oil, bubbling in the bellies
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Like the [murky] bubbling of the fluid bereft of mercy [
Ḥamīm]
.
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“Seize him, then drag him in the confines of
Jaḥīm.
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Then pour above his head the punishment of the fluid bereft of mercy [
Ḥamīm].
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Partake! You were the mighty, the noble!
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This here is what you were in doubt about.
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Surely, the God-conscious are in secure standing—
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Amidst gardens and springs.
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Donning clothes of silk and brocade, engaged face to face.
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Thus, it is, and
WE paired them with earnest-eyed heavenly companions.
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They ask [at will] therein, for every kind of delicious fruit, secure [against denial].
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They will taste not death therein, save the first death. And
HE did spare them the punishment of
Jaḥīm.
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A grace from
your Rabb. That is the transcendent success.
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So [to that end],
WE have only made it easy in
your language—to enable them to mindfully reflect.
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So set your sight. They surely have their sights set.
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