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Chapter 70 (Sura 70)
1; AN INQUIRER ASKED for the affliction that is to come
2; Upon the infidels — which none would be able to repel —
3; From God, the Lord of the steps (of progression),
4; To whom the angels and the soul take a day to ascend, whose length is fifty thousand years.
5; So persevere with becoming patience.
6; They surely take it to be far away,
7; But We see it very near.
8; The day the sky becomes like molten brass,
9; The mountains like the tufts of (carded) wool,
10; And no friend inquires after friend
11; Though within sight of one another. The sinner would like to ransom himself from the torment of that Day by offering his sons,
12; His wife and his brother,
13; And his family who had stood by him,
14; And all those who are on the earth, to save himself.
15; But never. It is pure white flame
16; That would skin the scalp.
17; It will summon whoever turns his back and flees,
18; Who amasses and then hoards.
19; Surely man is greedy by nature.
20; If evil befalls him he is perturbed;
21; If good comes to him he holds back his hand,
22; Except those who closely follow (the Book of God),
23; Who persevere in devotion,
24; In whose wealth a due share is included
25; For the needy and those dispossessed,
26; And those who believe in the Day of Judgement,
27; And those who fear the punishment of their Lord, —
28; Surely no one can be secure from the punishment of his Lord, —
29; And those who guard their sex except from their wives and women slaves of old
30; Are free of blame,
31; But those who seek more than this will be transgressors;
32; And those who fulfil their trusts and covenants,
33; Who uphold their testimonies,
34; And those who are mindful of their moral obligations.
35; They will live in gardens with honour.
36; What is the matter with unbelievers that they stare at you with fixed gazes and hasten towards you
37; In crowds, right and left?
38; Does every one of them wish to enter the garden of tranquility?
39; Never so. We have created them from what they know.
40; So I swear by the Lord of the Easts and the Wests that We are certainly able
41; To bring better people than they in their place; and they will not be able to thwart Us.
42; So leave them to their vain disputes and amusement till they meet their day (of reckoning) promised them,
43; The day when they will come out of their graves in all haste as though rushing to their altars,
44; Eyes lowered, shame attending. That is the day they have been promised!