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By the Dawn |
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And ten nights, |
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And the Even and the Odd, |
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And the night when it departeth, |
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There surely is an oath for thinking man. |
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Dost thou not consider how thy Lord dealt with (the tribe of) A’ad, |
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With many-columned Iram, |
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The like of which was not created in the lands; |
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And with (the tribe of) Thamud, who clove the rocks in the valley; |
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And with Pharaoh, firm of might, |
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Who (all) were rebellious (to Allah) in these lands, |
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And multiplied iniquity therein ? |
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Therefore thy Lord poured on them the disaster of His punishment. |
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Lo! thy Lord is ever watchful. |
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As for man, whenever his Lord trieth him by honouring him, and is gracious unto him, he saith: My Lord honoureth me. |
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But whenever He trieth him by straitening his means of life, he saith: My Lord despiseth me. |
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Nay, but ye (for your part) honour not the orphan |
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And urge not on the feeding of the poor. |
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And ye devour heritages with devouring greed. |
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And love wealth with abounding love. |
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Nay, but when the earth is ground to atoms, grinding, grinding, |
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And thy Lord shall come with angels, rank on rank, |
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And hell is brought near that day; on that day man will remember, but how will the remembrance (then avail him) ? |
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He will say: Ah, would that I had sent before me (some provision) for my life! |
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None punisheth as He will punish on that day! |
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None bindeth as He then will bind. |
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But ah! thou soul at peace! |
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Return unto thy Lord, content in His good pleasure! |
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Enter thou among My bondmen! |
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Enter thou My Garden! |
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