In the Name of Allaah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful. |
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A questioner asked concerning a torment about to befall |
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Upon the disbelievers, which none can avert, |
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From Allaah, the Lord of the ways of ascent. |
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The angels and the Rooh [Jibrael (Gabriel)] ascend to Him in a Day the measure whereof is fifty thousand years, |
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So be patient (O Muhammad sal-Allaahu 'alayhe wa sallam ), with a good patience. |
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Verily! They see it (the torment) afar off, |
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But We see it (quite) near. |
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The Day that the sky will be like the boiling filth of oil, (or molten copper or silver or lead, etc.). |
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And the mountains will be like flakes of wool, |
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And no friend will ask of a friend, |
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Though they shall be made to see one another [(i.e. on the Day of Resurrection), there will be none but see his father, children and relatives, but he will neither speak to them norwill ask them for any help]. The Mujrim, (criminal, sinner, disbeliever, etc.) would desire to ransom himself from the punishment of that Day by his children. |
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And his wife and his brother, |
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And his kindred who sheltered him, |
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And all that are in the earth, so that it might save him. |
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By no means! Verily, it will be the Fire of Hell! |
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Taking away (burning completely) the head skin! |
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Calling [1] (all) such as turn their backs and turn away their faces (from Faith) [picking and swallowing them up from that great gathering of mankind (on the Day of Resurrection) just as a bird picks up a food grain from the earth with its beak and swallows it up](Tafseer Al-Qurtubee) |
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And collect (wealth) and hide it (from spending it in the Cause of Allaah). |
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Verily, man (disbeliever) was created very impatient; |
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Irritable (discontented) when evil touches him; |
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And niggardly when good touches him;- |
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Except those devoted to Salaat (prayers) |
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Those who remain constant in their Salaat (prayers); |
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And those in whose wealth there is a known right, |
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For the beggar who asks, and for the unlucky who has lost his property and wealth, (and his means of living has been straitened); |
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And those who believe in the Day of Recompense, |
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And those who fear the torment of their Lord, |
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Verily! The torment of their Lord is that before which none can feel secure, |
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And those who guard their chastity (i.e. private parts from illegal sexual acts). |
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Except with their wives and the (women slaves and captives) whom their right hands possess, for (then) they are not to be blamed, |
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But whosoever seeks beyond that, then it is those who are trespassers. |
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And those who keep their trusts and covenants; |
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And those who stand firm in their testimonies; |
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And those who guard their Salaat (prayers) well, |
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Such shall dwell in the Gardens (i.e. Paradise) honoured. |
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So what is the matter with those who disbelieve that they hasten to listen to you [(O Muhammad sal-Allaahu 'alayhe wa sallam) in order to belie you and to mock at you, and at Allaah's Book (this Qur'aan)]. |
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(Sitting) in groups on the right and on the left (of you, O Muhammad sal-Allaahu 'alayhe wa sallam)? |
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Does every man of them hope to enter the Paradise of delight? |
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No, that is not like that! Verily, We have created them out of that which they know! |
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So I swear by the Lord of all the [three hundred and sixty-five (365)] points of sunrise and sunset in the east and the west that surely We are Able - |
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To replace them by (others) better than them; and We are not to be outrun. |
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So leave them to plunge in vain talk and play about, until they meet their Day which they are promised - |
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The Day when they will come out of the graves quickly as racing to a goal, |
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With their eyes lowered in fear and humility, ignominy covering them (all over)! That is the Day which they were promised! |
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