M.Asad · MealMerkezi.Net

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HAS THERE (not) been an endless span of time before man (appeared - a time) when he was not yet a thing to be thought of ?

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Verily, it is We who have created man out of a drop of sperm intermingled, so that We might try him (in his later life): and therefore We made him a being endowed with hearing and sight.

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Verily, We have shown him the way: (and it rests with him to prove himself) either grateful or ungrateful.

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(Now,) behold, for those who deny the truth We have readied chains and shackles, and a blazing flame

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(whereas,) behold, the truly virtuous shall drink from a cup flavoured with the calyx of sweet-smelling flowers:

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a source (of bliss) whereof God's servants shall drink, seeing it flow in a flow abundant.

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(The truly virtuous are) they (who) fulfil their vows, and stand in awe of a Day the woe of which is bound to spread far and wide,

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and who give food - however great be their own want of it - unto the needy, and the orphan, and the captive,

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(saying, in their hearts,) "We feed you for the sake of God alone: we desire no recompense from you, nor thanks:

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behold, we stand in awe of our Sustainer's judgment on a distressful, fateful Day!"

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And so, God will preserve them from the woes of that Day, and will bestow on them brightness and joy,

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and will reward them for all their patience in adversity with a garden (of bliss) and with (garments of) silk.

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In that (garden) they will on couches recline, and will know therein neither (burning) sun nor cold severe,

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since its (blissful) shades will come down low over them, and low will hang down its clusters of fruit, most easy to reach.

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And they will be waited upon with vessels of silver and goblets that will (seem to) be crystal –

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crystal-like, (but) of silver - the measure whereof they alone will determine.

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And in that (paradise) they will be given to drink of a cup flavoured with ginger,

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(derived from) a source (to be found) therein, whose name is "Seek Thy Way".

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And immortal youths will wait upon them: when thou seest them, thou wouldst deem them to be scattered pearls;

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and when thou seest (anything that is) there thou wilt see (only) bliss and a realm transcendent

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Upon those (blest) will be garments of green silk and brocade; and they will be adorned with bracelets of silver. And their Sustainer will them to drink of a drink most pure.

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(And they will be told:) "Verily, all this is your reward since Your endeavour (in life) has met (God's) goodly acceptance!"

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VERILY, (O believer,) it is We who have bestowed from on high this Qur’an upon thee, step by step - truly a bestowal from on high!

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Await, then, in all patience thy Sustainer's judgment, and pay no heed to any of them, who is a wilful sinner or an ingrate;

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and bear in mind thy Sustainer's name at morn and evening

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and during some of the night, and prostrate thyself before Him, and extol His limitless glory throughout the long night.

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Behold, they (who are unmindful of God) love this fleeting life, and leave behind them (all thought of) a grief-laden Day.

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(They will not admit to themselves that) it We who have created them and strengthened their make - and (that) if it be Our will We can replace them entirely with others of their kind.

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VERILY, all this is an admonition: whoever, then, so wills, may unto his Sustainer find a way.

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But you cannot will it unless God wills (to show you that way): for, behold, God is indeed all-seeing, wise.

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