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| 1. * | Woe unto the dealers in fraud! |
| 2. * | Those who demand full measure when receiving from people. |
| 3. * | But give less than due when giving them by measure or weight. (Or diminish the recompense of the laborer). |
| 4. * | Deem they not that they are bound to be raised again? |
| 5. * | Unto an Awesome Day. |
| 6. * | The Day when all mankind stand before the Lord of the Worlds. (And the humanity will stand on its feet in this world rallying around the Divine System (39:79), (45:36-37), (84:6-8), (89:16-22)). |
| 7. * | Nay, behold, the record of the dividers of humanity is in 'Sijjin'. |
| 8. * | Ah! What will convey to you what 'Sijjin' is! |
| 9. * | A record indelibly inscribed. ('Sijjin' = Inescapable, guarded record as if it is imprisoned). |
| 10. * | Anguish on that Day for those who deny the Truth in practice! |
| 11. * | Those who deny the Day of Judgment. |
| 12. * | And none denies it but he who drags down his own progress by crossing the bounds of reason. (The Law of Cause and Effect easily appeals to reason). |
| 13. * | When Our Messages are conveyed to him, he says, "These are stories of the bygones." |
| 14. * | Nay, but their hearts get corroded by what they have earned. (2:7). |
| 15. * | Nay, verily, on that Day they will be veiled from (the Light of) their Lord. |
| 16. * | Then, behold, they shall enter the Blazing Fire. ('Jahim' = Insurmountable Barrier = Bar to progress = Obstruction that halts = Halting of evolution = Mere survival = Hellfire = Flames of anguish = Fire of regret). |
| 17. * | And it will be said, "This is that which you used to deny." |
| 18. * | Nay, behold, the record of those who made room for others in the community is in 'Illiyin'. ('Birr' = Virtue = Make expanse = Make room for others in the society = Help people to adjust and make progress in a new environment = Exponential growth). |
| 19. * | Ah! What will convey to you what 'Illiyin' is! |
| 20. * | A record indelibly inscribed. ('Illiyin' = Loftiness upon loftiness). |
| 21. * | These near ones (to Allah) find it open before them. |
| 22. * | Behold, those who made room in the society for others, verily, are in Blissful delight. |
| 23. * | On beautiful thrones, they will look up (to the Magnificent Kingdom (76:20)). |
| 24. * | You will see their faces glitter with Delight. |
| 25. * | They will be given a refreshing drink of pure nectar, sealed. |
| 26. * | The seal of it is musk. For all this, then, let every aspirant aspire! |
| 27. * | For, it consists of Nobility. ('Tasnim' = 'Tashrif' = Nobility = Ennobling = Hosting in nobility = Exalting = Imparting honor = Raising in degree). |
| 28. * | A Spring from which the nearest (to Allah) drink. |
| 29. * | Behold, those who thrived on others' toil used to laugh at those who had attained belief. |
| 30. * | And whenever they passed by the believers they winked at each other in sarcasm. (Look, these people 'waste' their wealth and person on strangers). |
| 31. * | And when they returned to their own folk, they used to tell jokes about them. |
| 32. * | And whenever they saw the believers they said, "Behold, these people have indeed gone astray (wandering in unmarked valleys of life)." |
| 33. * | Yet, they have not been sent as watchers over them. |
| 34. * | That Day those who have chosen to be graced with belief will be in a position to laugh at the deniers (but they won't. (7:43), (15:47)). |
| 35. * | On beautiful thrones, they will look up (to the Magnificent Kingdom (76:20)). |
| 36. * | Are these deniers of the Truth being returned anything but their own doings? ('Thawab' = Return on an investment). |