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70 - Sura Maarij
70 - Sura Maarij
On that day the heaven shall become like molten brass, the mountains
like wool and no friend shall ask about a friend although they shall be within
view of each other. To redeem himself from the torment of that day the sinners
will gladly sacrifice his children, his wife, his brother, his kindred who gave
him shelter, and all the people of the earth, so it could deliver him.
Not so the worshippers who are steadfast in prayer; who set aside a due
portion of their goods for the needy and the dispossessed; who truly believe in
the Day of Reckoning and dread the punishment of their Lord; who restrain
their carnal desire save for their wives and slave-girls, for these are lawful to
them. He who lusts after other than these is a transgressor. Those who keep
their trusts and promises and bear true witness; and who attend to their prayers
with promptitude, shall be laden with honour and shall dwell in fair gardens.
But what is the matter with the disbelievers that they scamper before
you in multitudes from left and right? Does every one of them seek to enter a
garden of delight? By no means! Allah reminds them of their humble origin as
an argument that when he could create them as they knew, from a despicable
sperma hominis. He could easily resurrect them on the Day of Judgement.
Allah then called to witness by His own power and glory manifested in
the splendor of sunrise and sunset at different points through the solar system
that indeed He can easily substitute better men than the Meccan infidels. On
the Day of Judgement and Reality they shall come out of their graves so
hastily as if were racing to their goal-post. Their eyes will be cast down and
disgrace will completely cover them. Such then would be their Day, the Day
of their frustration, which the disbelievers were frequently promised in the
Qur-an.