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The Meanings of the Holy Qur'ánBy Abdullah Yusufali
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81: The Overthrowing, Extinguished! Wrapping Things Up
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When the sun (with its spacious light) is folded up;
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When the stars fall, losing their lustre;
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When the mountains vanish (like a mirage);
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When the she-camels, ten months with young, are left untended;
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When the wild beasts are herded together (in the human habitations);
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When the oceans boil over with a swell;
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When the souls are sorted out, (being joined, like with like);
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When the female (infant), buried alive, is questioned -
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For what crime she was killed;
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When the scrolls are laid open;
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When the world on High is unveiled;
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When the Blazing Fire is kindled to fierce heat;
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And when the Garden is brought near;-
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(Then) shall each soul know what it has put forward.
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So verily I call to witness the planets - that recede,
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Go straight, or hide;
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And the Night as it dissipates;
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And the Dawn as it breathes away the darkness;-
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Verily this is the word of a most honourable Messenger,
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Endued with Power, with rank before the Lord of the Throne,
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With authority there, (and) faithful to his trust.
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And (O people!) your companion is not one possessed;
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And without doubt he saw him in the clear horizon.
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Neither doth he withhold grudgingly a knowledge of the Unseen.
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Nor is it the word of an evil spirit accursed.
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When whither go ye?
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Verily this is no less than a Message to (all) the Worlds:
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(With profit) to whoever among you wills to go straight:
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But ye shall not will except as God wills,- the Cherisher of the
Worlds.
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