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A solicitor solicited the punishment which is bound to befall.
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(Let him know) there will be none to ward it off from the disbelievers.
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(It shall come) from Allâh the Master of the ways of ascent; (which even enable a person to rise higher and higher, so why not solicit His grace?)
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The angels and the Spirit (of the faithful) ascend to Him in a day the measure of which is (equal to) fifty thousand years (a day of spiritual advancement of the faithful is equivalent to fifty thousand years of material advancement, thus the development and progress of the human soul knows no end).
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So (while waiting) patiently persevere, an admirable and graceful persevering.
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They think it (the Day of Judgment) to be far off.
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But We know it to be near (at hand).
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The day (it befalls), the heaven shall become (red) like molten copper.
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And the mountains shall become like flakes of multicoloured wool.
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No warm friend will inquire after a warm friend.
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(Though) they will be placed in sight of one another. The guilty person would wish to redeem himself from the punishment of that day (even) by (offering) his children (as ransom);
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(The guilty will gladly sacrifice) his wife and his brother (to redeem himself);
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And even his kinsfolk who gave him shelter (in time of distress)
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And (by offering) all that is on the earth put together, (thinking) if only thus he might deliver himself (from the punishment).
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By no means! (He can never be redeemed). Surely, it (the punishment you are warned against) is a blazing Fire,
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Stripping off the skin even to the extremities (of the human body).
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It will claim the person (for consumption) who drew back (from accepting the truth) and turned away (refusing to obey).
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(It will claim) him who amassed (wealth) and withheld (it).
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Verily, such a person is impatient and miserly by nature.
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He loses heart and becomes fretful when evil afflicts him.
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But is niggardly when good falls to his lot.
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Different however is the case of those devoted to Prayers,
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Those persons who remain constant and steadfast in their Prayers,
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And those in whose wealth there is a recognised right (a fixed share),
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(Set apart) for one who asks (for help) and also (for one) who is prevented (even from asking for one reason or the other);
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(Different also is the case of) those who accepted the truth of the Day of Requital;
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And those who are fearful of the punishment from their Lord.
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The fact is that the punishment of their Lord is not (a thing) to be felt secure from;
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(Different as well is the case of) those who guard their private parts (by restraining their passions).
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Except from their (free) wives or those (wives of theirs) whom their right hands own (slave wives), for which they are not to blame.
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