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for them) heavy fetters and a blazing fire, choking food and a
harrowing torment. (This shall be their lot) on the day when the earth
shakes with all its mountains, and the mountains crumble into heaps
of shifting sand.
We have sent forth to you an apostle to testify against you, just asWe
sent one to Pharaoh before you. Pharaoh disobeyed Our messenger, so
thatWe smote himwith a dreadful scourge.
If you disbelieve, how will you escape the day that will make your
children grey-haired, (the day) on which the heaven will split apart?
Allah's promise shall be fulfilled.
This is but an admonition. Let him who will, take the (right) path to
his Lord.
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Your Lord knows that you sometimes keep vigil nearly two-thirds
of the night and sometimes half or one-third of it, and so does a party
of those with you.Allahmeasures the night and the day. He knows that
you cannot count it, and turns to you mercifully. Recite from the
Quran as much as is easy (for you); He knows that among you there are
sick men and others travelling the road in quest ofAllah's bounty; and
yet others fighting for His cause. Recite from it, then, as much as is
easy (for you). Attend to your prayers, pay the alms-tax, and give
Allah a generous loan. Whatever good you do you shall surely find it
with Allah, ennobled and richly rewarded by Him. Implore Allah to
forgive you; He is Forgiving, Merciful.
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73:20
1. Muhammad.
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