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In the Name of Allah—the Most Compassionate, Most Merciful. |
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Admonition for social welfare through the examples of prior nations
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By the dawn,1 |
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and the ten nights,1 |
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and the even and the odd, |
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and the night when it passes! |
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Is all this ˹not˺ a sufficient oath for those who have sense? |
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Did you not see how your Lord dealt with ’Ȃd— |
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˹the people˺ of Iram—with ˹their˺ great stature, |
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unmatched in any other land; |
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and Thamûd who carved ˹their homes into˺ the rocks in the ˹Stone˺ Valley; |
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and the Pharaoh of mighty structures?1 |
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They all transgressed throughout the land, |
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spreading much corruption there. |
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So your Lord unleashed on them a scourge of punishment.1 |
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˹For˺ your Lord is truly vigilant. |
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What should be avoided to do real social welfare
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Now, whenever a human being is tested by their Lord through ˹His˺ generosity and blessings, they boast, “My Lord has ˹deservedly˺ honoured me!” |
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But when He tests them by limiting their provision, they protest, “My Lord has ˹undeservedly˺ humiliated me!” |
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Absolutely not! In fact, you are not ˹even˺ gracious to the orphan, |
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nor do you urge one another to feed the poor. |
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And you devour ˹others’˺ inheritance greedily,1 |
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and love wealth fervently. |
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Day of judgement will be too late to heed the admonition and Allah's address to the believers
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Enough! When the earth is entirely crushed over and over, |
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and your Lord comes ˹to judge˺ with angels, rank upon rank, |
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and Hell is brought forth on that Day—this is when every ˹disbelieving˺ person will remember ˹their own sins˺. But what is the use of remembering then? |
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They will cry, “I wish I had sent forth ˹something good˺ for my ˹true˺ life.” |
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On that Day He will punish ˹them˺ severely, like no other, |
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and bind ˹them˺ tightly, like no other.1 |
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˹Allah will say to the righteous,˺ “O tranquil soul! |
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Return to your Lord, well pleased ˹with Him˺ and well pleasing ˹to Him˺. |
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So join My servants, |
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and enter My Paradise.” |
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