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shakir
 
1.  *     Of what do they ask one another?
 
2.  *     About the great event,
 
3.  *     About which they differ?
 
4.  *     Nay! they shall soon come to know
 
5.  *     Nay! Nay! they shall soon know.
 
6.  *     Have We not made the earth an even expanse?
 
7.  *     And the mountains as projections (thereon)?
 
8.  *     And We created you in pairs,
 
9.  *     And We made your sleep to be rest (to you),
 
10.  *     And We made the night to be a covering,
 
11.  *     And We made the day for seeking livelihood.
 
12.  *     And We made above you seven strong ones,
 
13.  *     And We made a shining lamp,
 
14.  *     And We send down from the clouds water pouring forth abundantly,
 
15.  *     That We may bring forth thereby corn and herbs,
 
16.  *     And gardens dense and luxuriant.
 
17.  *     Surely the day of decision is (a day) appointed:
 
18.  *     The day on which the trumpet shall be blown so you shall come forth in hosts,
 
19.  *     And the heaven shall be opened so that it shall be all openings,
 
20.  *     And the mountains shall be moved off so that they shall remain a mere semblance.
 
21.  *     Surely hell lies in wait,
 
22.  *     A place of resort for the inordinate,
 
23.  *     Living therein for ages.
 
24.  *     They shall not taste therein cool nor drink
 
25.  *     But boiling and intensely cold water,
 
26.  *     Requital corresponding.
 
27.  *     Surely they feared not the account,
 
28.  *     And called Our communications a lie, giving the lie (to the truth).
 
29.  *     And We have recorded everything in a book,
 
30.  *     So taste! for We will not add to you aught but chastisement.
 
31.  *     Surely for those who guard (against evil) is achievement,
 
32.  *     Gardens and vineyards,
 
33.  *     And those showing freshness of youth, equals in age,
 
34.  *     And a pure cup.
 
35.  *     They shall not hear therein any vain words nor lying.
 
36.  *     A reward from your Lord, a gift according to a reckoning:
 
37.  *     The Lord of the heavens and the earth and what is between them, the Beneficent Allah, they shall not be able to address Him.
 
38.  *     The day on which the spirit and the angels shall stand in ranks; they shall not speak except he whom the Beneficent Allah permits and who speaks the right thing.
 
39.  *     That is the sure day, so whoever desires may take refuge with his Lord.
 
40.  *     Surely We have warned you of a chastisement near at hand: the day when man shall see what his two hands have sent before, and the unbeliever shall say: O! would that I were dust!