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The Meanings of the Holy Qur'ánBy Abdullah Yusufali
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88: The Overwhelming, the Pall
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Has the story reached thee of the overwhelming (Event)?
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Some faces, that Day, will be humiliated,
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Labouring (hard), weary,-
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The while they enter the Blazing Fire,-
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The while they are given, to drink, of a boiling hot spring,
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No food will there be for them but a bitter Dhari'
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Which will neither nourish nor satisfy hunger.
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(Other) faces that Day will be joyful,
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Pleased with their striving,-
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In a Garden on high,
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Where they shall hear no (word) of vanity:
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Therein will be a bubbling spring:
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Therein will be Thrones (of dignity), raised on high,
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Goblets placed (ready),
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And cushions set in rows,
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And rich carpets (all) spread out.
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Do they not look at the Camels, how they are made?-
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And at the Sky, how it is raised high?-
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And at the Mountains, how they are fixed firm?-
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And at the Earth, how it is spread out?
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Therefore do thou give admonition, for thou art one to admonish.
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Thou art not one to manage (men's) affairs.
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But if any turn away and reject God,-
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God will punish him with a mighty Punishment,
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For to Us will be their return;
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Then it will be for Us to call them to account.
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