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When the heaven bursts asunder,
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And obeys its Lord and it must.
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And when the earth is stretched,
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And casts forth what is in it and becomes empty,
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And obeys its Lord and it must.
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O man! surely you must strive (to attain) to your Lord, a hard striving until you meet Him.
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Then as to him who is given his book in his right hand,
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He shall be reckoned with by an easy reckoning,
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And he shall go back to his people joyful.
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And as to him who is given his book behind his back,
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He shall call for perdition,
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And enter into burning fire.
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Surely he was (erstwhile) joyful among his followers.
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Surely he thought that he would never return.
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Yea! surely his Lord does ever see him.
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But nay! I swear by the sunset redness,
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And the night and that which it drives on,
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And the moon when it grows full,
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That you shall most certainly enter one state after another.
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But what is the matter with them that they do not believe,
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And when the Quran is recited to them they do not make obeisance?
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Nay! those who disbelieve give the lie to the truth.
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And Allah knows best what they hide,
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So announce to them a painful punishment~
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Except those who believe and do good; for them is a reward that shall never be cut
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