70. Surah Al-Ma'arij
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In the Name of Allah—the Most Compassionate, Most Merciful
A supplicant asked for a punishment bound to happen1
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To the disbelievers; of it there is no preventer.
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[It is] from Allāh, owner of the ways of ascent.
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The angels and the Spirit [i.e., Gabriel] will ascend to Him during a Day the extent of which is fifty thousand years.
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So be patient with gracious patience.
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Indeed, they see it [as] distant,
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But We see it [as] near.
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On the Day the sky will be like murky oil,1
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And the mountains will be like wool,1
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And no friend will ask [anything of] a friend,
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They will be shown each other. The criminal will wish that he could be ransomed from the punishment of that Day by his children.
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And his wife and his brother
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And his nearest kindred who shelter him.
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And whoever is on earth entirely [so] then it could save him.
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No!1 Indeed, it is the Flame [of Hell],
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A remover of exteriors.1
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It invites he who turned his back [on truth] and went away [from obedience]
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And collected [wealth] and hoarded.
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Indeed, mankind was created anxious:
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When evil touches him, impatient,
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And when good touches him, withholding [of it],
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Except the observers of prayer -
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Those who are constant in their prayer
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And those within whose wealth is a known right1
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For the petitioner and the deprived -
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And those who believe in the Day of Recompense
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And those who are fearful of the punishment of their Lord -
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Indeed, the punishment of their Lord is not that from which one is safe -
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And those who guard their private parts
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Except from their wives or those their right hands possess,1 for indeed, they are not to be blamed -
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But whoever seeks beyond that, then they are the transgressors -
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And those who are to their trusts and promises attentive.
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And those who are in their testimonies upright
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And those who [carefully] maintain their prayer:
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They will be in gardens,1 honored.
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So what is [the matter] with those who disbelieve, hastening [from] before you, [O Muḥammad],
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[To sit] on [your] right and [your] left in separate groups?1
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Does every person among them aspire to enter a garden of pleasure?
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No! Indeed, We have created them from that which they know.1
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So I swear by the Lord of [all] risings and settings1 that indeed We are able
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