Part 25
With
Him alone is the knowledge of "the Hour." No fruit cometh forth from
its coverings, neither doth any female conceive, nor is she delivered, but with
His knowledge. And on that day He shall call men to Him, saying, "{Where are the companions you gave me?" They shall say,
"We own to thee, there is no one of us can witness for them."
And
what erst called on shall pass away from them, and they shall perceive that
there will be no escape for them.
Man
ceaseth not to pray for good: but if evil
betide him he despondeth, despairing.
41:50 And if we
cause him to taste our mercy after affliction hath touched him, he is sure to
say, "This is my due: and I take no
thought of the Hour of Resurrection: and if I
be brought back to my Lord, I shall indeed attain with Him my highest good."
But we will then certainly declare their doings to the Infidels, and cause them
to taste a stern punishment.
When
we are gracious to man, he withdraweth and turneth him aside: but when evil toucheth him, he is a man of long
prayers.
Say: What think you? If this Book be
from God and you believe it not, who will have gone further astray than he who
is at a distance from it?
We
will shew them our signs in different countries and among themselves, until it
become plain to them that it is the truth. Is it not enough for thee that thy
Lord is witness of all things?
Are
they not in doubt as to the meeting with their Lord? But doth he not encompass
all things?
Sura XLII (42)
Counsel
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In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
Ha.
Mim. Ain. Sin. Kaf. Thus unto thee as unto those who preceded thee doth God,
the Mighty, the Wise, reveal!
All
that is in the Heavens and all that is in the Earth is His: and He is the High, the Great!
Ready
are the Heavens to cleave asunder from above for very awe: and the angels celebrate the praise of their Lord,
and ask forgiveness for the dwellers on earth:
Is not God the Indulgent, the Merciful?
But
whoso take aught beside Him as lords -- God watcheth them! but thou hast them
not in thy charge.
It is
thus moreover that we have revealed to thee an Arabic Koran, that thou mayest
warn the mother city and all around it, and that thou mayest warn them of that
day of the Gathering, of which there is no doubt -- when part shall be in
Paradise and part in the flame.
Had
God so pleased, He had made them one people and of one creed: but He bringeth whom He will within His mercy; and
as for the doers of evil, no patron, no helper shall there be for them.
Will
they take other patrons than Him? But God is man's only Lord: He quickeneth the dead; and He is mighty over all
things.
And
whatever the subject of your disputes, with God doth its decision rest. This is
God, my Lord: in Him do I put my trust, and to
Him do I turn in penitence;
Creator
of the Heavens and of the Earth! he hath given you wives from among your own
selves, and cattle male and female -- by this means to multiply you: Nought is there like Him! the Hearer, the Beholder
He!
42:10 His, the keys of the Heavens and of
the Earth! He giveth with open hand, or sparingly, to whom He will: He knoweth all things.
To you
hath He prescribed the faith which He commanded unto Noah, and which we have revealed
to thee, and which we commanded unto Abraham and Moses and Jesus, saying,
"Observe this faith, and be not divided into sects therein."
Intolerable to those who worship idols jointly with God
Is
that faith to which thou dost call them. Whom He pleaseth will God choose for
it, and whosoever shall turn to Him in penitence will He guide to it.
Nor
were they divided into sects through mutual jealousy, till after that "the
knowledge" had come to them: and had not
a decree from thy Lord gone forth respiting them to a fixed time, verily, there
had at once been a decision between them. And they who have inherited "the
Book" after them, are in perplexity of doubt concerning it.
For
this cause summon thou them to the faith, and go straight on as thou hast been
bidden, and follow not their desires: and Say: In whatsoever Books God hath sent down do I
believe: I am commanded to decide justly
between you: God is your Lord and our Lord: we have our works and you have your works: between us and you let there be no strife: God will make us all one:
and to Him shall we return.
And as
to those who dispute about God, after pledges of obedience given to Him, their
disputing shall be condemned by their Lord, and wrath shall be on them, and
theirs shall be a sore torment.
It is
God who hath sent down the Book with truth, and the Balance: but who shall inform thee whether haply "the
Hour" be nigh?
They
who believe not in it, challenge its speedy coming:
but they who believe are afraid because of it, and know it to be a truth. Are
not they who dispute of the Hour, in a vast error?
Benign
is God towards hie servants: for whom He will
doth He provide: and He is the Strong, the
Mighty.
Whoso
will choose the harvest field of the life to come, to him will we give increase
in this his harvest field: and whoso chooseth
the harvest field of this life, thereof will we give him: but no portion shall there be for him in the life to come.
42:20 Is it that they have gods who have
sanctioned for them aught in the matter of religion which God hath not allowed.
But had it not been for a decree of respite till the day of severance, judgment
had ere now taken place among them; and assuredly the impious shall undergo a
painful torment.
On
that day thou shalt see the impious alarmed at their own works, and the
consequence thereof shall fall upon them: but
they who believe and do the things that are right, shall dwell in the meadows
of paradise: whatever they shall desire
awaiteth them with their Lord. This, the greatest boon.
This
is what God announceth to his servants who believe and do the things that are
right. Say: For this ask I no wage of you,
save the love of my kin. and whoever shall have won the merit of a good deed,
we will increase good to him therewith; for God is forgiving, grateful.
Will
they say he hath forged a lie of God? If God pleased, He could then seal up thy
very heart. But God will bring untruth to nought, and will make good the truth
by his word: for He knoweth the very secrets
of the breast.
He it
is who accepteth repentance from his servants, and forgiveth their sins and
knoweth your actions:
And to
those who believe and do the things that are right will he hearken, and augment
his bounties to them: but the unbelievers doth
a terrible punishment await.
Should
God bestow abundance upon his servants, they might act wantonly on the earth: but He sendeth down what He will by measure; for
he knoweth, beholdeth his servants.
He it
is who after that men have despaired of it, sendeth down the rain, and
spreadeth abroad his mercy: He is the
Protector, the Praiseworthy.
Among
his signs is the creation of the Heavens and of the Earth, and the creatures
which he hath scattered over both: and, for
their gathering together when he will, He is all-powerful!
Nor
happeneth to you any mishap, but it is for your own handy-work: and yet he forgiveth many things.
42:30 You cannot weaken him on the earth: neither, beside God, patron or helper shall you
have.
Among
his signs also are the sea-traversing ships like mountains: if such be his will, He lulleth the wind, and they
lie motionless on the back of the waves: --
truly herein are signs to all the constant, the grateful; --
Or if,
for their ill deserts, He cause them to founder, still He forgiveth much:
But
they who gainsay our signs shall know that there will be no escape for them.
All
that you receive is but for enjoyment in this life present: but better and more enduring is a portion with
God, for those who believe and put their trust in their Lord;
And
who avoid the heinous things of crime, and filthiness, and when they are
angered, forgive;
And
who hearken to their Lord, and observe prayer, and whose affairs are guided by
mutual counsel, and who give alms of that with which we have enriched them;
And
who, when a wrong is done them, redress themselves:
- Yet
let the recompense of evil be only a like evil -- but he who forgiveth and is
reconciled, shall be rewarded by God himself; for He loveth not those who act
unjustly.
And
there shall be no way open against those who, after being wronged, avenge
themselves;
42:40 But there shall be a way open against
those who unjustly wrong others, and act insolently on the earth in disregard
of justice. These! a grievous punishment doth await them.
And
whoso beareth wrongs with patience and forgiveth; -- this verily is a bounden
duty;
But he
whom God shall cause to err, shall thenceforth have no protector. And thou
shalt behold the perpetrators of injustice,
Exclaiming,
when they see the torment, "Is there no way to return?"
And thou
shalt see them when set before it, downcast for the shame: they shall look at it with stealthy glances: and the believers shall say, "Truly are the
losers they who have lost themselves and their families on the day of
Resurrection! Shall not the prepetrators of injustice be in lasting
torment?"
And no
other protectors shall there be to succour them than God; and no pathway for
him whom God shall cause to err.
Hearken
then to your Lord ere the day come, which none can put back when God doth
ordain its coming. No place of refuge for you on that day! no denying your own
works!
But if
they turn aside from thee, yet we have not sent thee to be their guardian. 'Tis
thine but to preach. When we cause man to taste our gifts of mercy, he
rejoiceth in it; but if for their by-gone handy-work evil betide them, then lo!
is man ungrateful.
God's,
the kingdom of the Heavens and of the Earth! He createth what He will! and he
giveth daughters to whom He will, and sons to whom He will:
Or He
giveth them children of both sexes, and He maketh whom He will to be childless;
for He is Wise, Powerful!
42:50 It is not for man that God should
speak with him but by vision, or from behind a veil:
Or, He
sendeth a messenger to reveal, by his permission, what He will: for He is Exalted, Wise!
Thus
have we sent the Spirit (Gabriel) to thee with a revelation, by our command.
Thou knowest not, ere this, what "the Book" was, or what the faith.
But we have ordained it for a light: by it
will we guide whom we please of our servants. And thou shalt surely guide into
the right way,
The
way of God, whose is all that the Heaven and the Earth contain. Shall not all
things return to God?
Sura XLIII (43)
Ornaments Of Gold
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In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
Ha.
Mim. By the Luminous Book!
We
have made it an Arabic Koran that you may understand:
And it
is a transcript of the archetypal Book, kept by us; it is lofty, filled with
wisdom,
Shall we
then turn aside this warning form you because you are a people who transgress?
Yet
how many prophets sent we among those of old!
But no
prophet came to them whom they made not the object of their scorn:
Wherefore
we destroyed nations mightier than these Meccans in strength; and the example
of those of old hath gone before!
And if
thou ask them who created the Heavens and the Earth, they will say: "The Mighty, the Sage, created them
both,"
Who
hath made the Earth as a couch for you, and hath traced out routes therein for
your guidance;
43:10 And who sendeth down out of Heaven the
rain in due degree, by which we quicken a dead land; thus shall you be brought
forth from the grave:
And
who hath created the sexual couples, all of them, and hath made for you the
ships and beasts whereon you ride:
That
you may sit balanced on their backs and remember the goodness of your Lord as
you sit so evenly therein, and say:
"Glory to Him who hath subjected these to us! We could not have attained
to it of ourselves:
And
truly unto our Lord shall we return."
You do
they assign to him some of his own servants for offspring! Verily man is an
open ingrate!
Hath
God adopted daughters from among those whom he hath created, and chosen sons
for you?
But
when that is announced to any one of them, which he affirmeth to be the case
with the God of Mercy, his face settleth into darkness and he is silent-sad.
What!
make they a being to be the offspring of God who is brought up among trinkets,
and is every contentious without reason?
And
they make the angels who are the servants of God of Mercy, females. What! did
they witness their creation? Their witness shall be taken down, and they shall
hereafter be enquired at.
And
they say: "Had the God of Mercy so willed
it we should never have worshipped them." No knowledge have they in this: they only lie.
43:20 Have we ere this given them a Book?
and do they possess it still?
But
say they: "Verily we found our fathers of
that persuasion, and verily, by their footsteps do we guide ourselves."
And
thus never before thy time did we send a warner to any city but its wealthy
ones said: "Verily we found our fathers
with a religion, and in their tracks we tread."
Say,
-- such was our command to that apostle -- "What! even if I bring you a
religion more right than that you found your fathers following?" And they
said, "Verily we believe not in your message."
Wherefore
we took vengeance on them, and behold what hath been the end of those who
treated our messengers as liars!
And
bear in mind when Abraham said to his father and to his people, "Verily I
am clear of what you worship,
Save
Him who hath created me; for he will vouchsafe me guidance."
And
this he established as a doctrine that should abide among his posterity, that
to God might they be turned.
In
sooth to these idolatrous Arabians and to their fathers did I allow their full
enjoyments, till the truth should come to them, and an undoubted apostle:
But
now that the truth hath come to them, they say, "'Tis sorcery, and we
believe it not."
43:30 And they say, 'Had but this Koran been
sent down to some great one of the two cities. . .!"
Are
they then the distributors of thy Lord's Mercy? It is we who distribute their
subsistence among them in this world's life; and we raise some of them by
grades above others, that the one may take the other to serve him: but better is the mercy of thy Lord than all their
hoards.
But
for fear that all mankind would have become a single people of unbelievers,
verily we would certainly have given to those who believe not in the God of
Mercy roofs of silver to their houses, and silver stairs to ascend by;
And
doors of silver to their houses, and couches of silver to recline on;
And
ornaments of gold: for all these are merely
the good things of the present life; but the next life doth thy Lord reserve
for those who fear Him.
And
whoso shall withdraw from the Warning of the God of Mercy, we will chain a
Satan to him, and he shall be his fast companion:
For
the Satans will turn men aside from the Way, who yet shall deem themselves
rightly guided;
Until
when man shall come before us, he shall say, "O Satan, would that between
me and thee were the distance of the East and West." And a wretched
companion is a Satan.
But it
shall not avail you on that day, because you were unjust: partners shall you be in the torment.
What!
Canst thou then make the deaf to hear, or guide the blind and him who is in
palpable error?
43:40 Whether therefore we take thee off by
death, surely will we avenge ourselves on them;
Or
whether we make thee a witness of the accomplishment of that with which we
threatened them, we will surely gain the mastery over them.
Hold
thou fast therefore what hath been revealed to thee, for thou art on a right
path:
For
truly to thee and to thy people it is an admonition; and you shall have an
account to render for it at last.
And
ask our Sent Ones whom we have sent before thee, "Appointed we gods beside
the God of Mercy whom they should worship?"
Of old
sent we Moses with our signs to Pharaoh and his nobles:
and he aid, "I truly am the Apostle of the Lord of the world."
And
when he presented himself before them with our signs, lo! they laughed at them,
Though
we shewed them no sign that was not greater than its fellow: and therefore did we lay hold on them with
chastisement, to the intent that they might be turned to God.
Then
they said, "O Magician! call on thy Lord on our behalf to do as he hath engaged
with thee, for truly we would fain be guided."
But
when we relieved them from the chastisement, lo! they broke their pledge.
43:50 And Pharaoh made proclamation among
his people. Said he, "O my people! is not the kingdom of Egypt mine, and
these rivers which flow at my feet? Do you not behold?
Am I
not mightier than this despicable fellow,
And
who scarce can speak distinctly?
Have
bracelets of gold then been put upon him, or come there with him a train of
Angels?"
And he
inspired his people with levity, and they obeyed him; for they were a perverse
people:
And
when they had angered us, we took vengeance on them, and we drowned them all.
And we
made them a precedent and instance of divine judgments to those who came after
them.
And
when the Son of Mary was set forth as an instance of divine power, lo! thy
people cried out for joy thereat:
And
they said, "Are our gods or is he the better?" They put this forth to
thee only in the spirit of dispute. Yea, they are a contentious people.
Jesus
is no more than a servant whom we favoured, and proposed as an instance of
divine power to the children of Israel.
43:60 (And if we pleased, we could from
yourselves bring forth Angels to succeed you on earth:)
And he
shall be a sign of the last hour; doubt not then of it, and follow you me: this is the right way;
And
let not Satan turn you aside from it, for he is your manifest foe.
And
when Jesus came with manifest proofs, he said, "Now am I come to you with
wisdom; and a part of those things about which you are at variance I will clear
up to you; fear you God therefore and obey me.
Verily,
God is my Lord and your Lord; wherefore worship you him:
this is a right way."
But
the different parties feel into disputes among themselves; but woe to those who
thus transgressed, because of the punishment of an afflictive day!
For
what wait they but for the hour "to come suddenly on them, while they
expect it not?"
Friends
on that day shall become foes to one another, except the God-fearing:-
"O
my servants! on this day shall not fear come upon you, neither shall you be put
to grief,
Who
have believed in our signs and become Muslims:
43:70 Enter you and your wives into
Paradise, delighted."
Dishes
and bowls of gold shall go round unto them:
there shall they enjoy whatever their souls desire, and whatever their eyes
delight in; and therein shall you abide for ever.
This
is Paradise, which you have received as your heritage in recompense for your
works;
Therein
shall you have fruits in abundance, of which you shall eat.
But in
the torment of Hell shall the wicked remain for ever:
It
shall not be mitigated to them,. and they shall be mute for despair therein,
For it
is not we who have treated them unjustly, but it was they who were unjust to
themselves.
And they
shall cry, "O Malec! would that thy Lord would make an end of us!" He
saith: "Here must you remain."
We
have come to you with the truth (O Meccans), but most of you abhor the truth.
Have
they drawn tight their toils for thee? We too will tighten ours.
43:80 Think they that we hear not their
secrets and their private talk? yes, and our angels who are at their sides
write them down.
Say: If the God of Mercy had a son, the first would I
be to worship him:
But
far be the Lord of the Heavens and of the Earth, the Lord of the Throne, from
that which they impute to Him!
Wherefore
let them alone, to plunge on, and sport, until they meet the day with which
they are menaced.
He who
is God in the Heavens is God in earth also:
and He is the Wise, the Knowing.
And
Blessed be He whose is the kingdom of the Heavens and of the Earth and of all
that is between them; for with Him is the knowledge of the Hour, and to Him
shall you be brought back.
The
gods whom they call upon beside Him shall not be able to intercede for others: they only shall be able who bore witness to the
truth and knew it."
If
thou ask them who hath created them, they will be sure to say, "God."
How then hold they false opinions?
And
one saith, "O Lord! verily these are people who believe not."
Turn
thou then from them, and say, "Peace:"
In the end they shall know their folly.
Sura XLIV (44)
Smoke
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In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
Ha.
Mim. By this clear Book!
See!
on a blessed night have we sent it down, for we would warn mankind:
On the
night wherein all things are disposed in wisdom,
By
virtue of our behest. Lo! we have ever sent forth Apostles,
A
mercy from thy Lord: he truly heareth and
knoweth all things --
Lord
of the Heavens and of the Earth and of all that is between them, -- if you be
firm in faith --
There
is no God but He! -- He maketh alive and killeth! -- Your Lord and the Lord of
your sires of old!~
Yet
with doubts do they disport them.
But mark
them on the day when the Heaven shall give out a palpable smoke,
44:10 Which shall enshroud mankind: this will be an afflictive torment.
They
will cry, "Our Lord! relieve us from this torment:
see! we are believers."
But
how did warning avail them, when an undoubted apostle had come to them;
And
they turned their back son him, and said, "Taught by others,
possessed?"
Were
we to relieve you from the plague even a little, you would certainly relapse.
On the
day when we shall fiercely put forth our great fierceness, we will surely take
vengeance on them!
Of
old, before their time, had we proved the people of Pharaoh, when a noble
apostle presented himself to them.
"Send
away with me," cried he, "the servants of God; for I am an apostle
worthy of all credit:
And
exalt not yourselves against God, for I come to you with undoubted power;
And I
take refuge with Him who is my Lord and your Lord, that you stone me not:
44:20 And if you believe me not, at least
separate yourselves from me,"
And he
cried to his Lord, "That these are a wicked people."
"March
forth then, said God, with my servants by night, for you will be
pursued.
And
leave behind you the cleft sea: they are a
drowned host."
How
many a garden and fountain did they quit!
And
corn fields and noble dwellings!
And
pleasures in which they rejoiced them!
So was
it: and we gave them as a heritage to another
people.
Nor
Heaven nor Earth wept for them, nor was their sentence respited;
And we
rescued the children of Israel from a degrading affliction --
44:30 From Pharaoh, for he was haughty,
given to excess.
And we
chose them, in our prescience, above all peoples,
And we
shewed them miracles wherein was their clear trial.
Yet
these infidels say,
"There
is but our first death, neither shall be be raised again:
Bring
back our sires, if you be men of truth."
Are
they better than the people of Tobba,
And
those who flourished before them whom we destroyed for their evil deeds?
We
have not created the Heavens and the Earth and whatever is between them in
sport:
We
have not created them but for a serious end:
but the greater part of them understand it not.
44:40 Verily the day of severing shall be
the appointed time fo all:
A day
when the master shallnot at all be aided by the servant, neither shall they
behelped;
Save
those on whom God shall have his mercy: for He
is the mighty, the merciful.
Verily
the tree of Ez-Zakkoum
Shall
be the sinner's food:
Like
dregs of oil shall it boil up in their bellies,
Like
the boiling of scalding water.
"-Seize
you him, and drag hinm into the mid-fire;
Then
pour on his head of the tormenting boiling water.
-'Taste
this:' for thou forsooth art the mighty, the
honourable!
44:50 Lo! this is that of which you doubted.!
But
the pious shall be in a secure place,
Amid
gardens and fountains,
Clothed
in silk and richest robes, facing one another:
Thus
shall it be: and we will wed them to the
virgins with large dark eyes:
Therein
shall they call, secure, for every kind of fruit;
Therein,
their first death passed, shall they taste death no more; and He shall keep
them from the pains of Hell: --
'Tis
the gracious bounty of thy Lord! This is the great felicity.
We
have made this Koran easy for thee in thine own tongue, that they may take the
warning.
Therefore
wait thou, for they are waiting.
Sura XLV (45)
The Kneeling
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In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
Ha. Mim.
This Book is sent down from God, the Mighty, the Wise!
Assuredly
in the Heavens and the Earth are signs for those who believe:
And in
your own creation, and in the beasts which are scattered abroad are signs to
the firm in faith:
And in
the succession of night and day, and in the supply which God sendeth down from
the Heaven whereby He giveth life to the earth when dead, and in the change of
the winds, are signs for a people of discernment.
Such
are the signs of God: with truth do we recite
them to thee. But in what teaching will they believe, if they reject God and
his signs?
Woe to
every lying sinner,
Who
heareth the signs of God recited to him, and then, as though he heard them not,
persisteth in proud disdain! Apprise him of an afflictive punishment.
And
when he becometh acquainted with any of our signs he turneth them into
ridicule. These! a shameful punishment for them!
Hell
is behind them! and neither their gains nor the lords whom they have adopted
beside God shall avail them in the least: and
theirs, a great punishment!
45:10 This is "Guidance:" and for those who disbelieve the signs of
their Lord is the punishment of an afflictive torment.
It is
God who hath subjected the sea to you that the ships may traverse it at his
bidding, and that you may go in quest of the gifts of his bounty, and that you
may be thankful.
And he
hath subjected to you all that is in the Heavens and all that is on the Earth: all is from him. Verily, herein are signs for
those who reflect.
Tell
the believers to pardon those who hope not for the days of God in which He
purposeth to reward men according to their deeds.
He who
doth that which is right, doth it to his own behoof, and whoso doth evil, doth
it to his own hurt. Hereafter, to your Lord shall you be brought back.
To the
children of Israel gave we of old the Book and the Wisdom, and the gift of
Prophecy, and we supplied them with good things, and privileged them above all
peoples:
And we
gave them clear sanctions for our behests:
neither did they differ, through mutual envy, till after they had become
possessed of knowledge; but thy Lord will judge between them on the day of
resurrection, as to the subject of their disputes.
Afterwards,
we set thee over our divine law: follow it
then: and follow not the wishes of those who
have no knowledge,
For
against God shall they avail thee nothing. And in sooth, the doers of evil are
one another's patrons; but the patron of them that fear Him is God himself.
This
Book hath insight for mankind, and a Guidance and Mercy to a people who are
firm in faith.
45:20 Deem they whose gettings are only
evil, that we will deal with them as with those who believe and work
righteousness, so that their lives and deaths shall be alike? Ill do they
judge.
In all
truth hath God created the Heavens and the Earth, that he may reward every one
as he shall have wrought; and they shall not be wronged.
What
thinkest thou? he who hath made a God of his passions, and whom God causeth
wilfully to err, and whose ears and whose heart he hath sealed up, and over
whose sight he hath placed a veil -- who, after his rejection by God, shall
guide such a one? Will you not then be warned?
And
they say, "There is only this our present life:
we die and we live, and nought but time destroyeth us." But in this they
have no knowledge: it is merely their own
conceit.
And
when our clear signs are recited to them, their only argument is to say,
"Bring back our fathers, if you speak the truth."
Say: God giveth you life, then causeth you to die: then will He assemble you on the day of
resurrection: there is no doubt of it: but most men have not this knowledge.
And
God's is the kingdom of the Heavens and of the Earth; and on the day when the
Hour shall arrive, on that day shall the despisers perish.
And
thou shalt see every nation kneeling: to its
own book shall every nation be summoned: --
"This day shall you be repaid as you have wrought.
This
our Book will speak of you with truth: therein
have we written down whatever you have done."
As to
those who have believed and wrought righteously, into his mercy shall their
Lord cause them to enter. This shall be undoubted bliss!
45:30 But as to the Infidels -- "Were
not my signs recited to you? but you proudly scorned them, and became a sinful
people."
And
when it was said, "Verily the Promise of God is truth; and as to the Hour,
there is no doubt of it;" you said, "We know not what the hour is --
we conceive it a mere conceit, -- we have no assurance of it,"
And
the evils they have wrought shall rise up into their view, and that at which
they mocked shall hem them in on every side.
And it
shall be said to them, "This day will we forget you as you forgat your
meeting with us this day, and your abode shall be the fire, and none shall
there be to succour you: --
This,
because you received the signs of God with mockery, and this present life
deceived you." On that that therefore they shall not come out from it; and
they shall not be asked to win the favour of God.
Praise
then be to God, Lord of the Heavens and Lord of the Earth; the Lord of the
world!
And He
be the greatness in the Heavens and on the Earth; for He is the Mighty, the
Wise!