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Pharaoh, and those before him, and the ruined towns, also
committed sin and disobeyed their Lord's apostle. With a terrible
scourge He smote them.
When the Flood rose high We carried you in the floating Ark,
making it a warning, so that all attentive ears might heed it.
When the Trumpet sounds a single blast; when the earth with all its
mountains is lifted up andwith onemighty crash is shattered into dust-
on that day the Dread Event will come to pass.
The sky will be rent asunder; so that day it will be frail. The angels
will stand on all its sides. And eight (of them) will carry the throne of
your Lord above them. On that day you shall be displayed before Him,
and no secret of yours will remain hidden.
He who is given his book in his right hand will say: 'Ah here! Read
my book. I knew that I should come to my account.' His shall be a
blissful state in a lofty garden, with clusters of fruit within reach. (We
shall say to him): 'Eat and drink to your heart's content because of
what you did in days gone by.'
But he who is given his book in his left hand will say: 'Would that
my book were not given me! Would that I knew nothing of my
account! Would that my death had ended all! My wealth has availed
me nothing and I ambereft of all my power.'
(We shall say): 'Lay hold of him and bind him. Burn him in the
blazing Fire, then fasten him with a chain seventy cubits long. For he
did not believe inAllah, the Most High, nor did he urge the feeding of
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