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| 1. * | H. M. |
| 2. * | And this enlightening scripture. |
| 3. * | We have sent it down in a blessed night, for we are to warn. |
| 4. * | In it (the scripture), every matter of wisdom is clarified. |
| 5. * | It is a predetermined command from us that we send messengers. |
| 6. * | This is a mercy from your Lord. He is the Hearer, the Omniscient. |
| 7. * | Lord of the heavens and the earth, and everything between them. If only you could be certain! |
| 8. * | There is no other god beside Him. He controls life and death; your Lord and the Lord of your ancestors. |
| 9. * | Indeed, they are doubtful, heedless. |
| 10. * | Therefore, watch for the day when the sky brings a profound smoke. |
| 11. * | It will envelope the people; this is a painful retribution. |
| 12. * | "Our Lord, relieve this retribution for us; we are believers." |
| 13. * | Now that it is too late, they remember! An enlightening messenger had come to them. |
| 14. * | But they turned away from him, saying, "Well educated, but crazy!" |
| 15. * | We will relieve the retribution for awhile; you will soon revert. |
| 16. * | The day we strike the big stroke, we will avenge. |
| 17. * | We have tested before them the people of Pharaoh; an honorable messenger went to them. |
| 18. * | Proclaiming: "Listen to me, servants of GOD. I am an honest messenger to you." |
| 19. * | And, "Do not transgress against GOD. I bring to you powerful proofs. |
| 20. * | "I seek refuge in my Lord and your Lord, if you oppose me. |
| 21. * | "If you do not wish to believe, then simply leave me alone." |
| 22. * | Subsequently, he implored his Lord: "These are wicked people." |
| 23. * | (God said,) "Travel with My servants during the night; you will be pursued. |
| 24. * | "Cross the sea quickly; their troops will be drowned." |
| 25. * | Thus, they left behind many gardens and springs. |
| 26. * | Crops and a luxurious life. |
| 27. * | Blessings that they enjoyed. |
| 28. * | All these we caused to be inherited by other people. |
| 29. * | Neither the heaven, nor the earth wept over them, and they were not respited. |
| 30. * | Meanwhile, we saved the Children of Israel from the humiliating persecution. |
| 31. * | From Pharaoh; he was a tyrant. |
| 32. * | We have chosen them from among all the people, knowingly. |
| 33. * | We showed them so many proofs, which constituted a great test. |
| 34. * | The present generations say, |
| 35. * | "We only die the first death; we will never be resurrected! |
| 36. * | "Bring back our forefathers, if you are truthful." |
| 37. * | Are they better than the people of Tubba` and others before them? We annihilated them for their crimes. |
| 38. * | We did not create the heavens and the earth, and everything between them, just to play. |
| 39. * | We created them for a specific purpose, but most of them do not know. |
| 40. * | The Day of Decision awaits them all. |
| 41. * | That is the day when no friend can help his friend in any way; no one can be helped. |
| 42. * | Only those who attain mercy from GOD. He is the Almighty, Most Merciful. |
| 43. * | Surely, the tree of bitterness - |
| 44. * | will provide the food for the sinful. |
| 45. * | Like lye, it will boil in the stomachs. |
| 46. * | Like the boiling of hellish drinks. |
| 47. * | Take him and throw him into the center of Hell. |
| 48. * | Then pour upon his head the retribution of the Inferno. |
| 49. * | "Taste this; you were so powerful, so honorable." |
| 50. * | This is what you used to doubt. |
| 51. * | The righteous will be in a secure position. |
| 52. * | Enjoying gardens and springs. |
| 53. * | Wearing velvet and satin; close to each other. |
| 54. * | We grant them wonderful spouses. |
| 55. * | They enjoy in it all kinds of fruits, in perfect peace. |
| 56. * | They do not taste death therein - beyond the first death - and He has spared them the retribution of Hell. |
| 57. * | Such is the blessing from your Lord. Such is the great triumph. |
| 58. * | We have thus clarified it in your language, that they may take heed. |
| 59. * | Therefore, wait; they too will have to wait. |