M.Asad · MealMerkezi.Net

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O men! Be conscious of your Sustainer: for, verily the violent convulsion of the Last Hour will be an awesome thing!

M.Asad 22:1

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On the Day when you behold it, every woman that feeds a child at her breast will utterly forget her nursling, and every woman heavy with child will bring forth her burden (before her time); and it will seem to thee that all mankind is drunk, although they will not be drunk - but vehement will be (their dread of) God’s chastisement.

M.Asad 22:2

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And yet, among men there is many a one who argues about God without having any knowledge (of Him), and follows every rebellious satanic force

M.Asad 22:3

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about which it has been decreed that whoever entrusts himself to it, him will it lead astray and guide towards the suffering of the blazing flame!

M.Asad 22:4

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O MEN! If you are in doubt as to the (truth of) resurrection, (remember that,) verily, We have created (every one of) you out of dust, then out of a drop of sperm, then out of a germ-cell, then out of an embryonic lump complete (in itself) and yet incomplete so that We might make (your origin) clear unto you. And whatever We will (to be born) We cause to rest in the (mothers’) wombs for a term set (by Us), and then We bring you forth as infants and (allow you to live) so that (some of) you might attain to maturity: for among you are such as are caused to die (in childhood), just as many a one of you is reduced in old age to a most abject state, ceasing to know anything of what he once knew so well. And (if, O man, thou art still in doubt as to resurrection, consider this:) thou canst see the earth dry and lifeless - and (suddenly,) when We send down waters upon it, it stirs and swells and puts forth every kind of lovely plant!

M.Asad 22:5

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All this (happens) because God alone is the Ultimate Truth, and because He alone brings the dead to life, and because He has the power to will anything.

M.Asad 22:6

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And (know, O man) that the Last Hour is bound to come, beyond any doubt, and that God will (indeed) resurrect all who are in their graves.

M.Asad 22:7

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And yet, among men there is many a one that argues about God without having any knowledge (of Him), without any guidance, and without any light-giving revelation –

M.Asad 22:8

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scornfully turning aside (from the truth) so as to lead (others) astray from the path of God. Disgrace (of the spirit) is in store for him in this world; and on the Day of Resurrection We shall make him taste suffering through fire;

M.Asad 22:9

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(and he shall be told:) “This is an outcome of what thine own hands have wrought - for, never does God do the least wrong to His creatures!”

M.Asad 22:10

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And there is, too, among men many a one who worships God on the border-line (of faith): thus, if good befalls him, he is satisfied with Him; but if a trial assails him, he turns away utterly, losing (thereby both) this world and the life to come: (and) this, indeed, is a loss beyond compare!

M.Asad 22:11

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(By behaving thus,) he invokes, instead of God, something that can neither harm nor benefit him: (and) this is indeed the utmost one can go astray.

M.Asad 22:12

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(And sometimes) he invokes (another human being) one that is far more likely to cause harm than benefit: vile, indeed, is such a patron and vile the follower!

M.Asad 22:13

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VERILY, God will admit those who have attained to faith and have done righteous deeds into gardens through which running waters flow: for, behold, God does whatever He wills.

M.Asad 22:14

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If anyone thinks that God will not succour him in this world and in the life to come, let him reach out unto heaven by any (other) means and (thus try to) make headway: and then let him see whether this scheme of his will indeed do away with the cause of his anguish.

M.Asad 22:15

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And thus have We bestowed from on high this (divine writ) in the shape of clear messages: for (thus it is) that God guides him who wills (to be guided).

M.Asad 22:16

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Verily, as for those who have attained to faith (in this divine writ), and those who follow the Jewish faith, and the Sabians, and the Christians, and the Magians, (on the one hand,) and those who are bent on ascribing divinity to aught but God, (on the other,) verily, God will decide between them on Resurrection Day: for, behold, God is witness unto everything.

M.Asad 22:17

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ART THOU NOT aware that before God prostrate themselves all (things and beings) that are in the heavens and all that are on earth the sun, and the moon, and the stars, and the mountains, and the trees, and the beasts? And many human beings (submit to God consciously), whereas many (others, having defied Him,) will inevitably have to suffer (in the life to come); and he whom God shall scorn (on Resurrection Day) will have none who could bestow honour on him: for, verily, God does what He wills.

M.Asad 22:18

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These two contrary kinds of man have become engrossed in contention about their Sustainer! But (thus it is:) as for those who are bent on denying the truth garments of fire shall be cut out for them (in the life to come); burning despair will be poured over their heads,

M.Asad 22:19

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causing all that is within their bodies, as well as the skins, to melt away.

M.Asad 22:20

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And they shall be held (in this state as if) by iron grips;

M.Asad 22:21

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and every time they try in their anguish to come out of it, they shall be returned thereto and (be told): “Taste suffering through fire (to the full)!’’

M.Asad 22:22

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(As against this,) behold, God will admit those who attain to faith and do righteous deeds into gardens through which running waters flow, wherein they will be adorned with bracelets of gold and pearls, and where silk will be their raiment:

M.Asad 22:23

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for they were (willing to be) guided towards the best of all tenets, and so they were guided onto the way that leads to the One unto whom all praise is due.

M.Asad 22:24

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BEHOLD, as for those who are bent on denying the truth and bar (others) from the path of God and from the Inviolable House of Worship which We have set up for all people alike - (both) those who dwell there and those who come from abroad - and all who seek to profane it by (deliberate) evildoing: (all) such shall We cause to taste grievous suffering in the life to come.)

M.Asad 22:25

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For, when We assigned unto Abraham the site of this Temple, (We said unto him:) “Do not ascribe divinity to aught beside Me!” and: “Purify My Temple for those who will walk around it, and those who will stand before it (in meditation), and those who will bow down and prostrate themselves (in prayer).”

M.Asad 22:26

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Hence, (O Muhammad,) proclaim thou unto all people the (duty of) pilgrimage: they will come unto thee on foot and on every (kind of) fast mount, coming from every far-away point (on earth),

M.Asad 22:27

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so that they might experience much that shall be of benefit to them, and that they might extol the name of God on the days appointed (for sacrifice), over whatever heads of cattle He may have provided for them (to this end): eat, then, thereof, and feed the unfortunate poor.

M.Asad 22:28

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Thereafter let them bring to an end their state of self-denial, and let them fulfill the vows which they (may) have made, and let them walk (once again) around the Most Ancient Temple.

M.Asad 22:29

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All this (is ordained by God); and if one houours God’s sacred commandments, it will redound to his own good in his Sustainer’s sight. And all (kinds of) cattle have been made lawful to you (for sacrifice and food), save what is mentioned to you (as forbidden). Shun, then, (all that God has forbidden and, most of all,) the loathsome evil of idolatrous beliefs and practices; and shun every word that is untrue,

M.Asad 22:30