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The Meanings of the Holy Qur'ánBy Abdullah Yusufali
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52: The Mount
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By the Mount (of Revelation);
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By a Decree inscribed
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In a Scroll unfolded;
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By the much-frequented Fane;
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By the Canopy Raised High;
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And by the Ocean filled with Swell;-
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Verily, the Doom of thy Lord will indeed come to pass;-
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There is none can avert it;-
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On the Day when the firmament will be in dreadful commotion.
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And the mountains will fly hither and thither.
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Then woe that Day to those that treat (Truth) as Falsehood;-
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That play (and paddle) in shallow trifles.
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That Day shall they be thrust down to the Fire of Hell, irresistibly.
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"This:, it will be said, "Is the Fire,- which ye were wont to deny!
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"Is this then a fake, or is it ye that do not see?
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"Burn ye therein: the same is it to you whether ye bear it with
patience, or not: Ye but receive the recompense of your (own) deeds."
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As to the Righteous, they will be in Gardens, and in Happiness,-
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Enjoying the (Bliss) which their Lord hath bestowed on them, and their
Lord shall deliver them from the Penalty of the Fire.
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(To them will be said:) "Eat and drink ye, with profit and health,
because of your (good) deeds."
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They will recline (with ease) on Thrones (of dignity) arranged in
ranks; and We shall join them to Companions, with beautiful big and
lustrous eyes.
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And those who believe and whose families follow them in Faith,- to
them shall We join their families: Nor shall We deprive them (of the
fruit) of aught of their works: (Yet) is each individual in pledge for
his deeds.
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And We shall bestow on them, of fruit and meat, anything they shall
desire.
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They shall there exchange, one with another, a (loving) cup free of
frivolity, free of all taint of ill.
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Round about them will serve, (devoted) to them. Youths (handsome) as
Pearls well-guarded.
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They will advance to each other, engaging in mutual enquiry.
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They will say: "Aforetime, we were not without fear for the sake of
our people.
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"But God has been good to us, and has delivered us from the Penalty of
the Scorching Wind.
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"Truly, we did call unto Him from of old: truly it is He, the
Beneficent, the Merciful!"
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Therefore proclaim thou the praises (of thy Lord): for by the Grace of
thy Lord, thou art no (vulgar) soothsayer, nor art thou one possessed.
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Or do they say:- "A Poet! we await for him some calamity (hatched) by
Time!"
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Say thou: "Await ye!- I too will wait along with you!"
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Is it that their faculties of understanding urge them to this, or are
they but a people transgressing beyond bounds?
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Or do they say, "He fabricated the (Message)"? Nay, they have no
faith!
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Let them then produce a recital like unto it,- If (it be) they speak
the truth!
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Were they created of nothing, or were they themselves the creators?
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Or did they create the heavens and the earth? Nay, they have no firm
belief.
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Or are the Treasures of thy Lord with them, or are they the managers
(of affairs)?
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Or have they a ladder, by which they can (climb up to heaven and)
listen (to its secrets)? Then let (such a) listener of theirs produce
a manifest proof.
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Or has He only daughters and ye have sons?
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Or is it that thou dost ask for a reward, so that they are burdened
with a load of debt?-
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Or that the Unseen in it their hands, and they write it down?
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Or do they intend a plot (against thee)? But those who defy God are
themselves involved in a Plot!
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Or have they a god other than God? Exalted is God far above the things
they associate with Him!
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Were they to see a piece of the sky falling (on them), they would
(only) say: "Clouds gathered in heaps!"
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So leave them alone until they encounter that Day of theirs, wherein
they shall (perforce) swoon (with terror),-
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The Day when their plotting will avail them nothing and no help shall
be given them.
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And verily, for those who do wrong, there is another punishment
besides this: But most of them understand not.
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Now await in patience the command of thy Lord: for verily thou art in
Our eyes: and celebrate the praises of thy Lord the while thou
standest forth,
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And for part of the night also praise thou Him,- and at the retreat of
the stars!
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