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| 1. * | Consider those who dive to bring up. (Pearls from the ocean. People from repression). |
| 2. * | And move steadily in jubilation, releasing (the oppressed from bondage). |
| 3. * | And working hard, swimming in strides. |
| 4. * | And then together racing to progress. |
| 5. * | And thus taking charge of their matters. |
| 6. * | The Day when the tremulous trembles. |
| 7. * | To be followed by the jolter. (The oppressors are shaken up again and again). |
| 8. * | Some hearts throb on that Day. |
| 9. * | Their eyes subdued. |
| 10. * | They say, "What! Shall we ever be returned to the ditch of anonymity?" ('Hufrah' = Ditch = Not noteworthy = Lowly = Unremarkable = Insignificant). |
| 11. * | "Shall we ever weaken to skeletal strength?" |
| 12. * | And they say, "In that case, then, it would be an investment of loss!" |
| 13. * | But finally, it is a single swift call. |
| 14. * | And, behold, they will be awakened! |
| 15. * | Has the story of Moses reached you? (Such a Revolution occurred in his times (20:9-98)). |
| 16. * | When his Lord called him in the Sacred Valley of Revelation (18:60-64), (20:12). |
| 17. * | "Go to Pharaoh. Behold, he has crossed all bounds of decency." |
| 18. * | And ask him, "Are you willing to be a better person?" ('Zaku' = Grow in goodness = Develop the 'Self' = Get rid of evil behavior = Attain purity = Improve in conduct = Prime the 'Self' for actualization). |
| 19. * | Then I will guide you to your Lord so that you will have some idea of His awesome Glory." |
| 20. * | And then he presented to him the tremendous evidence of the Truth. (20:23). |
| 21. * | But he denied and haughtily rejected. |
| 22. * | Then turned he away briskly. |
| 23. * | Then gathered (his chiefs) and called (his people). |
| 24. * | And proclaimed, "I am your Lord, the Highest!" |
| 25. * | So Allah took him to task, and made him an example for the later generations and the ones who soon followed. |
| 26. * | Behold, herein is indeed a lesson for him who fears (violating the Divine Law). |
| 27. * | What! Are you the more difficult to create or is the heaven that He built? |
| 28. * | He raised high its canopy, and shaped it perfect. |
| 29. * | And He made dark its night and its splendor He brings out. |
| 30. * | And after that He made the earth shoot out from the Cosmic Nebula and made it spread out egg-shaped. ('Dahaha' entails all the meanings rendered (21:30), (41:11)). |
| 31. * | And produced from it its own water and pasture. |
| 32. * | And the mountains He firmly fixed. |
| 33. * | A means of livelihood for you and your cattle. |
| 34. * | And so, when there comes the Great Event, |
| 35. * | On that Day man will remember all that he has ever done. (53:39), (56:63-73). |
| 36. * | And the Insurmountable Barrier will stand before him who finds it before him (he failed to prime his 'Self' for the felicitous development in the Hereafter (29:54), (39:48), (82:16)). |
| 37. * | Then, the one who rebelled against the Divine Laws, |
| 38. * | And fell for instant gratifications, ('Hayat-id-duniya' = Life of this world = Short term = Instant gains = Disregard of the life to come). |
| 39. * | Behold, the (foot of) the Insurmountable Barrier will be his home. |
| 40. * | But the one who feared standing before his Sustainer and restrained his selfish desire, |
| 41. * | Behold, the Paradise will be his home. |
| 42. * | They ask you of the Hour, "When will it come to pass?" |
| 43. * | Why? What do you have to tell them about it? (7:187), (33:63), (42:17). |
| 44. * | Unto your Lord is the culmination of it. (53:42). |
| 45. * | You are but a Warner unto him who stands in awe of it. |
| 46. * | On the Day when they see it, it will be as if they had lived no longer than an evening or its morning. |