Rub El Hizb 227

The Inevitable Hour

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What is the Inevitable Hour

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What will explain to you what the Inevitable Hour is

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The people of Thamud and 'Ad denied that the crashing blowwould come

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Thamud was destroyed by a deafening blast

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Ad was destroyed by a furious wind

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that God let loose against them for seven consecutive nights, eight consecutive days, so that you could have seen its people lying dead like hollow palm-trunks

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Can you see any trace of them now

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Pharaoh, too, and those before him, and the ruined cities: these people committed grave sins

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and disobeyed the messenger of their Lord, so He seized them with an ever-tightening grip

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But when the Flood rose high, We saved you in the floating ship

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making that event a reminder for you: attentive ears may take heed

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When the Trumpet is sounded a single time

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when the earth and its mountains are raised high and then crushed with a single blow

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on that Day the Great Event will come to pass

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The sky will be torn apart on that Day, it will be so frail

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The angels will be on all sides of it and, on that Day, eight of them will bear the throne of your Lord above them

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On that Day you will be brought to judgement and none of your secrets will remain hidden

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Anyone who is given his Record in his right hand will say, ‘Here is my Record, read it

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I knew I would meet my Reckoning,’

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and so he will have a pleasant life

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in a lofty Garden

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with clustered fruit within his reach

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It will be said, ‘Eat and drink to your heart’s content as a reward for what you have done in days gone by.’

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But anyone who is given his Record in his left hand will say, ‘If only I had never been given any Record

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and knew nothing of my Reckoning

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How I wish death had been the end of me

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My wealth has been no use to me

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and my power has vanished.’

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‘Take him, put a collar on him

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lead him to burn in the blazing Fire

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and [bind him] in a chain seventy metres long

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he would not believe in Almighty God

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he never encouraged feeding the hungry

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so today he has no real friend here

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and the only food he has is the filth

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that only sinners eat.’

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So I swear by what you can see

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and by what you cannot see

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this [Quran] is the speech of an honoured messenger

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not the words of a poet- how little you believe

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nor the words of a soothsayer- how little you reflect

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This [Quran] is a message sent down from the Lord of the Worlds

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if [the Prophet] had attributed some fabrication to Us

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We would certainly have seized his right hand

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and cut off his lifeblood

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and none of you could have defended him

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This [Quran] is a reminder for those who are aware of God

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We know that some of you consider it to be lies

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this will be a source of bitter regret for the disbelievers

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but it is in fact the certain Truth

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So [Prophet] glorify the name of your Lord, the Almighty

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A man [mockingly] demanded the punishment

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It will fall on the disbelievers––none can deflect it––

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from God, the Lord of the Ways of Ascent

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by which the angels and the Spirit ascend to Him, on a Day whose length is fifty thousand years

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So be patient, [Prophet], as befits you

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The disbelievers think it is distant

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but We know it to be close

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On a Day when the heavens will be like molten brass

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and the mountains like tufts of wool

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when no friend will ask about his friend

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even when they are within sight of one another. The guilty person will wish he could save himself from the suffering of that Day by sacrificing his sons

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his spouse, his brother

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the kinsfolk who gave him shelter

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and everyone on earth, if it could save him

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But no! There is a raging flame

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that strips away the skin

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and it will claim everyone who rejects the truth, turns away

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amasses wealth and hoards it

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