One of the 240 subdivisions of the Quran (quarter of a Hizb)
Devoted youths like hidden pearls wait on them
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They turn to one another and say
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‘When we were still with our families [on earth] we used to live in fear––
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God has been gracious to us and saved us from the torment of intense heat
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We used to pray to Him: He is the Good, the Merciful One.’
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So [Prophet] remind [people]. By the grace of your Lord [Prophet], you are neither oracle nor madman
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If they say, ‘He is only a poet: we shall await his fate,’
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say, ‘Wait if you wish; I too am waiting’
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does their reason really tell them to do this, or are they simply insolent people
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If they say, ‘He has made it up himself’- they certainly do not believe
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let them produce one like it, if what they say is true
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Were they created without any agent? Were they the creators
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Did they create the heavens and the earth? No! They do not have faith
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Do they possess your Lord’s treasures or have control over them
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Do they have a ladder to climb, in order to eavesdrop [on Heaven’s secrets]? Let their eavesdropper produce clear proof
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Does God have daughters while you have sons
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Do you [Prophet] demand a payment from them that would burden them with debt
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Do they have [access to] the unseen? Could they write it down
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Do they think they can ensnare you? It is the disbelievers who have been ensnared
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Do they really have another god besides God? God is far above anything they set alongside Him
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Even if they saw a piece of heaven falling down on them, they would say, ‘Just a heap of clouds,’
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so leave them, Prophet, until they face the Day when they will be thunderstruck
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the Day when their snares will be of no use to them, when they will get no help
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Another punishment awaits the evildoers, though most of them do not realize it
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Wait patiently [Prophet] for your Lord’s judgement: you are under Our watchful eye. Celebrate the praise of your Lord when you rise
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Glorify Him at night and at the fading of the stars
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By the star when it sets
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Your companion has not strayed; he is not deluded
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he does not speak from his own desire
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The Quran is nothing less than a revelation that is sent to him
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It was taught to him by [an angel] with mighty powers
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and great strength, who stood
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on the highest horizon
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and then approached––coming down
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until he was two bow-lengths away or even closer––
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and revealed to God’s servant what He revealed
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[The Prophet’s] own heart did not distort what he saw
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Are you going to dispute with him what he saw with his own eyes
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A second time he saw him
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by the lote tree beyond which none may pass
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near the Garden of Restfulness
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when the tree was covered in nameless [splendour]
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His sight never wavered, nor was it too bold
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and he saw some of the greatest signs of his Lord
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[Disbelievers], consider al-Lat and al-Uzza
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and the third one, Manat––
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are you to have the male and He the female
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That would be a most unjust distribution!––
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these are nothing but names you have invented yourselves, you and your forefathers. God has sent no authority for them. These people merely follow guesswork and the whims of their souls, even though guidance has come to them from their Lord
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Is man to have everything he wishes for
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when the present life and the life to come belong only to God
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