| 1 | When the heaven bursts asunder, | |
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| 2 | And obeys its Lord and it must. | |
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| 3 | And when the earth is stretched, | |
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| 4 | And casts forth what is in it and becomes empty, | |
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| 5 | And obeys its Lord and it must. | |
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| 6 | O man! surely you must strive (to attain) to your Lord, a hard striving until you meet Him. | |
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| 7 | Then as to him who is given his book in his right hand, | |
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| 8 | He shall be reckoned with by an easy reckoning, | |
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| 9 | And he shall go back to his people joyful. | |
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| 10 | And as to him who is given his book behind his back, | |
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| 11 | He shall call for perdition, | |
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| 12 | And enter into burning fire. | |
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| 13 | Surely he was (erstwhile) joyful among his followers. | |
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| 14 | Surely he thought that he would never return. | |
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| 15 | Yea! surely his Lord does ever see him. | |
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| 16 | But nay! I swear by the sunset redness, | |
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| 17 | And the night and that which it drives on, | |
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| 18 | And the moon when it grows full, | |
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| 19 | That you shall most certainly enter one state after another. | |
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| 20 | But what is the matter with them that they do not believe, | |
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| 21 | And when the Quran is recited to them they do not make obeisance? | |
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| 22 | Nay! those who disbelieve give the lie to the truth. | |
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| 23 | And Allah knows best what they hide, | |
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| 24 | So announce to them a painful punishment~ | |
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| 25 | Except those who believe and do good; for them is a reward that shall never be cut off. | |
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