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(I) A skeptic was asking about torment that is bound to happen
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to disbelievers; there will be no defence against it
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(since it comes) from God Who owns the staircases leading upward .
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The angels and the Spirit will climb up to Him on a day whose range is fifty thousand years.
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So act patient with a handsome patience!
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They consider it is far away
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while We see it as nearby
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on a day when the sky will be like molten brass
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and the mountains like tufts of yarn.
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No close friend will question any (other) friend;
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they will merely give each other a knowing look. A criminal might like to ransom himself from that day's torment through his children,
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his wife, a brother of his,
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his family circle which has sheltered him,
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and everyone who is on earth if (such action) might then save him.
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Of course not; it would flare up
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claiming anyone who tries to escape and turns away,
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through saving (things) up and hoarding (them).
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Man has been created restless,
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so he panics whenever any evil touches him,
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and withdraws when some good touches him;
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except for the prayerful
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who are constant at their prayers
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and whose wealth comprises an acknowledged responsibility
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towards the beggar and the destitute;
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and the ones who accept the Day for Repayment,
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and those who are apprehensive about their Lord's torment-
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(their Lord's torment is nothing to feel too safe from!) -
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and the ones who preserve their chastity,
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except with their own spouses or those living under their control; with such they are blameless.
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