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Sura Lxii. Jumu'a, Or The Assembly Prayer

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

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Sra Lxii.

\"JUMU'A", Or The Assembly (friday) Prayer.

In the name of God, Most Gracious,

Most Merciful.

1.
Whatever is

In the heavens and

On earth, doth declare

The Praises and Glory

Of God,--the Sovereign,

The Holy One, the Exalted

In Might, the Wise.

2.
It is He Who has sent

Amongst the Unlettered

An apostle from among

Themselves, to rehearse

To them His Signs,

To sanctify them, and

To instruct them in Scripture

And Wisdom,--although

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They had been, before,

In manifest error;--

3.
As well as (to confer

All these benefits upon)

Others of them, who

Have not already joined them:


And He is Exalted

In Might, Wise.

4.
Such is the Bounty of God,

Which He bestows

On whom He will:


And God is the Lord

Of the highest bounty.

5.
The similitude of those

Who were charged

With the (obligations

Of the
) Mosaic Law,

But who subsequently failed

In those (obligations), is

That of a donkey

Which carries huge tomes

(But understands them not).

Evil is the similitude

Of people who falsify

The Signs of God:


And God guides not

People who do wrong.

6.
Say: "O ye that

Stand on Judaism!

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If ye think that ye

Are friends to God,

To the exclusion of

(Other) men, then express

Your desire for Death,

If ye are truthful!
"

7. But never will they

Express their desire

(For Death), because of

The (deeds) their hands

Have sent on before them!

And God knows well

Those that do wrong!

8.
Say: "The Death from which

Ye flee will truly

Overtake you: then will

Ye be sent back

To the Knower of things

Secret and open: and He

Will tell you (the truth

Of
) the things that ye did!"

Section 2.

9. O
ye who believe!

When the call is proclaimed

To prayer on Friday

(The Day of Assembly),

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Hasten earnestly to the

Remembrance

Of God, and leave off

Business (and traffic):


That is best for you

If ye but knew!

10.
And when the Prayer

Is finished, then may ye

Disperse through the land,

And seek of the Bounty

Of God: and celebrate

The Praises of God

Often (and without stint):


That ye may prosper.

11.
But when they see

Some bargain or some

Amusement, they disperse

Headlong to it, and leave

Thee standing. Say:


"The (blessing) from the Presence

Of God is better than

Any amusement or bargain!

And God is the Best

To provide (for all needs)."

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