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[70:0] In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
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[70:1] A questioner may question the inevitable retribution. |
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[70:2] For the disbelievers, none can stop it. |
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[70:3] From GOD; Possessor of the highest Height. |
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[70:4] The angels, with their reports, climb to Him in a day that equals
fifty thousand years. |
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[70:5] Therefore, you shall resort to a gracious patience. |
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[70:6] For they see it far away. |
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[70:7] While we see it very close. |
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[70:8] The day will come when the sky will be like molten rocks. |
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[70:9] The mountains will be like fluffy wool. |
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[70:10] No friend will care about his close friend. |
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[70:11] When they see them, the guilty will wish he could give his own children
as ransom, to spare him the retribution of that day. |
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[70:12] Also his spouse, and his brother. |
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[70:13] Even his whole tribe that raised him. |
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[70:14] Even all the people on earth, if it would save him. |
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[70:15] No; it is aflame. |
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[70:16] Eager to burn. |
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[70:17] It calls on those who turned away. |
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[70:18] Those who hoarded and counted. |
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[70:19] Indeed, the human being is anxious. |
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[70:20] If touched by adversity, despondent. |
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[70:21] If blessed by wealth, stingy. |
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[70:22] Except for the worshipers. |
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[70:23] Who always observe their contact prayers (Salat). |
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[70:24] Part of their money is set aside. |
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[70:25] For the poor and the needy. |
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[70:26] They believe in the Day of Judgment. |
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[70:27] They reverence their Lord's requital. |
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[70:28] Their Lord's requital is not taken for granted. |
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[70:29] They keep their chastity. |
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[70:30] (They have relations) only with
their spouses, or what is legally theirs - |
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[70:31] anyone who transgresses these limits is a sinner. |
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[70:32] And the believers keep their word; they are trustworthy. |
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[70:33] Their testimony is truthful. |
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[70:34] They consistently observe their contact prayers (Salat) on time. |
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[70:35] They have deserved a position of honor in Paradise. |
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[70:36] What is keeping those who disbelieved from joining you? |
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[70:37] To the right, and to the left, they flee. |
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[70:38] How can any of them expect to enter the blissful Paradise? |
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[70:39] Never; we created them, and they know from what. |
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[70:40] I solemnly swear by the Lord of the easts and the wests; we are able
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[70:41] to substitute better people in your place; we can never be defeated. |
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[70:42] Therefore, let them blunder and play, until they meet the day that
is awaiting them. |
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[70:43] That is the day they come out of the graves in a hurry, as if herded
to the (sacrificial) altars. |
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[70:44] With their eyes subdued, shame will cover them. That is the day that
is awaiting them. |
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