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Sura Lii. Ur, Or The Mount

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"The Holy Quran", tr. by Yusuf Ali, [1934],

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Sra Lii.

\"R," Or The Mount.

In the name of God, Most Gracious,

Most Merciful.

1.
By the Mount (of Revelation);

2.
By a Decree Inscribed

3. In a Scroll unfolded;

4.
By the much-frequented Fane;

5.
By the Canopy Raised High;

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6.
And by the Ocean

Filled with Swell;--

7.
Verily, the Doom of thy Lord

Will indeed come to pass;--

8.
There is none

Can avert it;--

9.
On the Day when

The firmament will be

In dreadful commotion.

10.
And the mountains will fly

Hither and thither.

11.
Then woe that Day

To those that treat

(Truth) as Falsehood;--

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12.
That play (and paddle)

In shallow trifles.

13.
That Day shall they be

Thrust down to the Fire

Of Hell, irresistibly.

14.
\"This", it will be said,

"Is the Fire,--which ye

Were wont to deny!

15.
\"Is this then a fake,

Or is it ye that

Do not see?

16.
\"Burn ye therein:


The same is it to you

Whether ye bear it

With patience, or not:


Ye but receive the recompense

Of your (own) deeds."

17.
As to the Righteous,

They will be in Gardens,

And in Happiness,--

18.
Enjoying the (Bliss) which

Their Lord hath bestowed

On them, and their Lord

Shall deliver them from

The Penalty of the Fire.

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19.
(To them will be said:)

"Eat and drink ye,

With profit and health,

Because of your (good) deeds."

20.
They will recline (with ease)

On Thrones (of dignity)

Arranged in ranks;

And We shall join them

To Companions, with beautiful

Big and lustrous eyes.

21.
And those who believe

And whose families follow

Them in Faith,-- to them

Shall We join their families:

Nor shall We deprive them

(Of the fruit) of aught

Of their works:

(Yet) is each individual

In pledge for his deeds.

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22.
And We shall bestow

On them, of fruit and meat,

Anything they shall desire.

23.
They shall there exchange,

One with another,

A (loving) cup

Free of frivolity,

Free of all taint

Of ill.

24.
Round about them will serve,

(Devoted) to them,

Youths (handsome) as Pearls

Well-guarded.

25.
They will advance

To each other, engaging

In mutual enquiry.

26.
They will say: "Aforetime,

We were not without fear

For the sake of our people.

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27.
\"But God has been good

To us, and has delivered us

From the Penalty

Of the Scorching Wind.

28. \"Truly, we did call

Unto Him from of old:


Truly it is He,

The Beneficent, the Merciful!

Section 2.

29.
Wherefore proclaim thou

The praises (of thy Lord):

For by the Grace

Of thy Lord, thou art

No (vulgar) soothsayer, nor

Art thou one possessed.

30.
Or do they say:--

"A Poet! we await

For him some calamity

(Hatched) by Time!"

31.
Say thou: "Await ye!--

I too will wait

Along with you!
"

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32.
Is it that their faculties

Of understanding urge them

To this, or are they

But a people transgressing

Beyond bounds?

33.
Or do they say,

"He fabricated the (Message)"?

Nay, they have no faith!

34.
Let them then produce

A recital like unto it,--

If (it be) they speak

The Truth!

35.
Were they created of

nothing,

Or were they themselves

The creators?

36.
Or did they create

The heavens and the earth?

Nay, they have

No firm belief.

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37.
Or are the Treasures

Of thy Lord with them,

Or are they the managers

(Of affairs)?

38.
Or have they a ladder,

By which they can (climb

Up to heaven and
) listen

(To its secrets)? Then let

(Such a) listener of theirs

Produce a manifest proof.

39.
Or has He only daughters

And ye have sons?

40.
Or is it that thou

Dost ask for a reward,

So that they are burdened

With a load of debt?--

41.
Or that the Unseen

Is in their hands,

And they write it down?

42.
Or do they intend

A plot (against thee)?

But those who defy God

Are themselves involved

In a Plot!

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43.
Or have they a god

Other than God?

Exalted is God

Far above the things

They associate with Him!

44.
Were they to see

A piece of the sky

Falling (on them), they

Would (only) say: "Clouds

Gathered in heaps!"

45.
So leave them alone

Until they encounter

That Day of theirs,

Wherein they shall (perforce)

Swoon (with terror),--

46.
The Day when their plotting

Will avail them nothing

And no help shall be

Given them.

47.
And verily, for those

Who do wrong, there is

Another punishment besides this:

But most of them

Understand not.

48.
Now await in patience

The command of thy Lord:

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For verily thou art

In Our eyes:

And celebrate the praises

Of thy Lord the while

Thou standest forth,

49.
And for part of the night

Also praise thou Him,--

And at the retreat

Of the stars!

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