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The Qur'an
(Koran) - M. H. Shakir |
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| Surah 70
- The Ways of Ascent |
In the name of Allah,
the Beneficent, the Merciful.
[70.1] One
demanding, demanded the chastisement
which must befall
[70.2] The unbelievers--
there is none to avert it--
[70.3] From Allah, the Lord
of the ways of Ascent.
[70.4] To Him ascend the
angels and the Spirit in a day the
measure of which is fifty thousand
years.
[70.5] Therefore endure with
a goodly patience.
[70.6] Surely they think it
to be far off,
[70.7] And We see it nigh.
[70.8] On the day when the
heaven shall be as molten copper
[70.9] And the mountains
shall be as tufts of wool
[70.10] And friend shall not
ask of friend
[70.11] (Though) they shall
be made to see each other. The
guilty one would fain redeem himself
from the chastisement of that day by
(sacrificing) his children,
[70.12] And his wife and his
brother
[70.13] And the nearest of
his kinsfolk who gave him shelter,
[70.14] And all those that
are in the earth, (wishing) then
(that) this might deliver him.
[70.15] By no means! Surely
it is a flaming fire
[70.16] Dragging by the head,
[70.17] It shall claim him
who turned and fled (from truth),
[70.18] And amasses (wealth)
then shuts it up.
[70.19] Surely man is created
of a hasty temperament
[70.20] Being greatly grieved
when evil afflicts him
[70.21] And niggardly when
good befalls him
[70.22] Except those who
pray,
[70.23] Those who are
constant at their prayer
[70.24] And those in whose
wealth there is a fixed portion.
[70.25] For him who begs and
for him who is denied (good)
[70.26] And those who accept
the truth of the judgment day
[70.27] And those who are
fearful of the chastisement of their
Lord--
[70.28] Surely the
chastisement of their Lord is (a
thing) not to be felt secure of--
[70.29] And those who guard
their private parts,
[70.30] Except in the case of
their wives or those whom their
right hands possess-- for these
surely are not to be blamed,
[70.31] But he who seeks to
go beyond this, these it is that go
beyond the limits--
[70.32] And those who are
faithful to their trusts and their
covenant
[70.33] And those who are
upright in their testimonies,
[70.34] And those who keep a
guard on their prayer,
[70.35] Those shall be in
gardens, honored.
[70.36] But what is the
matter with those who disbelieve
that they hasten on around you,
[70.37] On the right hand and
on the left, in sundry parties?
[70.38] Does every man of
them desire that he should be made
to enter the garden of bliss?
[70.39] By no means! Surely
We have created them of what they
know.
[70.40] But nay! I swear by
the Lord of the East and the West
that We are certainly able
[70.41] To bring instead
(others) better than them, and We
shall not be overcome.
[70.42] Therefore leave them
alone to go on with the false
discourses and to sport until they
come face to face with that day of
theirs with which they are
threatened;
[70.43] The day on which they
shall come forth from their graves
in haste, as if they were hastening
on to a goal,
[70.44] Their eyes cast down;
disgrace shall overtake them; that
is the day which they were
threatened with. |
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