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Nay! I swear by the day of resurrection.
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Nay! I swear by the self-accusing soul.
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Does man think that We shall not gather his bones?
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Yea! We are able to make complete his very fingertips
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Nay! man desires to give the lie to what is before him.
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He asks: When is the day of resurrection?
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So when the sight becomes dazed,
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And the moon becomes dark,
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And the sun and the moon are brought together,
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Man shall say on that day: Whither to fly to?
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By no means! there shall be no place of refuge!
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With your Lord alone shall on that.day be the place of rest.
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Man shall on that day be informed of what he sent before and (what he) put off.
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Nay! man is evidence against himself,
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Though he puts forth his excuses.
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Do not move your tongue with it to make haste with it,
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Surely on Us (devolves) the collecting of it and the reciting of it.
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Therefore when We have recited it, follow its recitation.
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Again on Us (devolves) the explaining of it.
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Nay! But you love the present life,
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And neglect the hereafter.
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(Some) faces on that day shall be bright,
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Looking to their Lord.
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And (other) faces on that day shall be gloomy,
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Knowing that there will be made to befall them some great calamity.
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Nay! When it comes up to the throat,
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And it is said: Who will be a magician?
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And he is sure that it is the (hour of) parting
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And affliction is combined with affliction;
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To your Lord on that day shall be the driving.
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So he did not accept the truth, nor did he pray,
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But called the truth a lie and turned back,
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Then he went to his followers, walking away in haughtiness.
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Nearer to you (is destruction) and nearer,
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Again (consider how) nearer to you and nearer.
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Does man think that he is to be left to wander without an aim?
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Was he not a small seed in the seminal elements,
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Then he was a clot of blood, so He created (him) then made (him) perfect.
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Then He made of him two kinds, the male and the female.
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Is not He able to give life to the dead?
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