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Sura Lix. Ashr, Or The Gathering

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

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Sra Lix.

\"ASHR," Or The Gathering

(or Banishment, Lix. 2-3).

In the name of God, Most Gracious,

Most Merciful.

1.
Whatever is

In the heavens and

On earth, let it declare

The Praises and Glory

Of God: for He is

The Exalted in Might,

The Wise.

2.
It is He Who got out

The Unbelievers among

The People of the Book

From their homes

At the first gathering

(Of the forces).

Little did ye think

That they would get out:


And they thought

That their fortresses

Would defend them from God!

But the (Wrath of) God

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Came to them from quarters

From which they little

Expected (it), and cast

Terror into their hearts,

So that they destroyed

Their dwellings by their own

Hands and the hands

Of the Believers.

Take warning, then,

O ye with eyes (to see)!

3.
And had it not been

That God had decreed

Banishment for them,

He would certainly have

Punished them in this world:


And in the Hereafter

They shall (certainly) have

The Punishment of the Fire.

4.
That is because they

Resisted God and His Apostle:

And if any one resists God,

Verily God is severe

In Punishment.

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5.
Whether ye cut down

(O ye Muslims!)

The tender palm-trees,

Or ye left them standing

On their roots, it was

By leave of God, and

In order that He might

Cover with shame

The rebellious transgressors.

6.
What God has bestowed

On His Apostle (and taken

Away
) from them--for this

Ye made no expedition

With either cavalry or camelry:


But God gives power

To His apostles over

Any He pleases: and God

Has power over all things.

7.
What God has bestowed

On His Apostle (and taken

Away
) from the people

Of the townships,--belongs

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To God,--to His Apostle

And to kindred and orphans,

The needy and the wayfarer;

In order that it may not

(Merely) make a circuit

Between the wealthy among you.

So take what the Apostle

Assigns to you, and deny

Yourselves that which he

Withholds from you.

And fear God; for God

Is strict in Punishment.

8.
(Some part is due)

To the indigent Muhjirs,

Those who were expelled

From their homes and their property,

While seeking Grace from God

And (His) Good Pleasure,

And aiding God and His Apostle:

Such are indeed

The sincere ones;--

9.
But those who

Before them, had homes

(In Medina)

And had adopted the Faith,--

Show their affection to such

As came to them for refuge,

And entertain no desire

In their hearts for things

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Given to the (latter),

But give them preference

Over themselves, even though

Poverty was their (own lot).

And those saved from

The covetousness of their own

Souls,--they are the ones

That achieve prosperity.

10.
And those who came

After them say: "Our Lord!

Forgive us, and our brethren

Who came before us

Into the Faith,

And leave not,

In our hearts,

Rancour (or sense of injury)

Against those who have believed.

Our Lord! Thou art

Indeed Full of Kindness,

Most Merciful."

Section 2.

11.
Hast thou not observed

The Hypocrites say

To their misbelieving brethren

Among the People of the Book?--

"If ye are expelled,

We too will go out

With you, and we will

Never hearken, to any one

In your affair; and if

Ye are attacked (in fight)

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We will help you
".

But God is witness

That they are indeed liars.

12.
If they are expelled,

Never will they go out

With them; and if they

Are attacked (in fight),

They will never help them;

And if they do help them,

They will turn their backs;

So they will receive no help.

13.
Of a truth ye are

Stronger (than they)

Because of the terror

In their hearts,

(Sent) by God.

This is because they are

Men devoid of understanding.

14.
They will not fight you

(Even) together, except

In fortified townships,

Or from behind walls.

Strong is their fighting (spirit)

Amongst themselves:


Thou wouldst think

They were united,

But their hearts are divided:


That is because they

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Are a people devoid

Of wisdom.

15.
Like those who lately

Preceded them, they have

Tasted the evil result

Of their conduct; and

(In the Hereafter there is)

For them a grievous Penalty;--

16.
(Their allies deceived them),

Like the Evil One,

When he says to man,

"Deny God": but when

(Man) denies God,

(The Evil One) says,

"I am free of thee:

I do fear God,

The Lord of the Worlds!"

17.
The end of both will be

That they will go

Into the Fire, dwelling

Therein for ever.

Such is the reward

Of the wrong-doers.

Section 3.

18. O
ye who believe!

Fear God,

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And let every soul look

To what (provision) he has

Sent forth for the morrow.

Yea, fear God:


For God is well-acquainted

With (all) that ye do.

19.
And be ye not like

Those who forgot God;

And He made them forget

Their own souls! Such

Are the rebellious transgressors!

20.
Not equal are

The Companions of the Fire

And the Companions

Of the Garden:


It is the Companions

Of the Garden,

That will achieve Felicity.

21.
Had We sent down

This Qur-n on a mountain,

Verily, thou wouldst have seen

It humble itself and cleave

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Asunder for fear of God.

Such are the similitudes

Which We propound to men,

That they may reflect.

22.
God is He, than Whom

There is no other god;--

Who knows (all things)

Both secret and open;

He, Most Gracious,

Most Merciful.

23.
God is He, than Whom

There is no other god;--

The Sovereign, the Holy One,

The Source of Peace

(and Perfection),

The Guardian of Faith,

The Preserver of Safety,

The Exalted in Might,

The Irresistible, the Supreme:

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Glory to God!

(High is He)

Above the partners

They attribute to Him.

24.
He is God, the Creator,

The Evolver,

The Bestower of Forms

(Or Colours).

To Him belongs

The Most Beautiful Names:


Whatever is in

The heavens and on earth,

Doth declare

His Praises and Glory:


And He is the Exalted

In Might, the Wise.

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