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040.015 Raised high above ranks (or degrees), (He is) the Lord of the Throne (of Authority): by His Command doth
He send the Spirit (of inspiration) to any of His servants he pleases, that it may warn (men) of the Day of Mutual
Meeting,-
040.016 The Day whereon they will (all) come forth: not a single thing concerning them is hidden from God. Whose
will be the dominion that Day?" That of God, the One the Irresistible!
040.017 That Day will every soul be requited for what it earned; no injustice will there be that Day, for God is Swift
in taking account.
040.018 Warn them of the Day that is (ever) drawing near, when the hearts will (come) right up to the throats to choke
(them); No intimate friend nor intercessor will the wrong-doers have, who could be listened to.
040.019 (God) knows of (the tricks) that deceive with the eyes, and all that the hearts (of men) conceal.
040.020 And God will judge with (justice and) Truth: but those whom (men) invoke besides Him, will not (be in a
position) to judge at all. Verily it is God (alone) Who hears and sees (all things).
040.021 Do they not travel through the earth and see what was the End of those before them? They were even superior
to them in strength, and in the traces (they have left) in the land: but God did call them to account for their sins, and
none had they to defend them against God.
040.022 That was because there came to them their apostles with Clear (Signs), but they rejected them: So God called
them to account: for He is Full of Strength, Strict in Punishment.
040.023 Of old We sent Moses, with Our Signs and an authority manifest,
040.024 To Pharaoh, Haman, and Qarun; but they called (him)" a sorcerer telling lies!"...
040.025 Now, when he came to them in Truth, from Us, they said, "Slay the sons of those who believe with him, and
keep alive their females," but the plots of Unbelievers (end) in nothing but errors (and delusions)!...
040.026 Said Pharaoh: "Leave me to slay Moses; and let him call on his Lord! What I fear is lest he should change your
religion, or lest he should cause mischief to appear in the land!"
040.027 Moses said: "I have indeed called upon my Lord and your Lord (for protection) from every arrogant one who
believes not in the Day of Account!"
040.028 A believer, a man from among the people of Pharaoh, who had concealed his faith, said: "Will ye slay a man
because he says, 'My Lord is God'?- when he has indeed come to you with Clear (Signs) from your Lord? and if he be
a liar, on him is (the sin of) his lie: but, if he is telling the Truth, then will fall on you something of the (calamity) of
which he warns you: Truly God guides not one who transgresses and lies!
040.029 "O my People! Yours is the dominion this day: Ye have the upper hand in the land: but who will help us from
the Punishment of God, should it befall us?" Pharaoh said: "I but point out to you that which I see (myself); Nor do I
guide you but to the Path of Right!"
040.030 Then said the man who believed: "O my people! Truly I do fear for you something like the Day (of disaster)
of the Confederates (in sin)!-
040.031 "Something like the fate of the People of Noah, the 'Ad, and the Thamud, and those who came after them: but
God never wishes injustice to his Servants.
040.032 "And O my people! I fear for you a Day when there will be Mutual calling (and wailing),-
040.033 "A Day when ye shall turn your backs and flee: No defender shall ye have from God: Any whom God leaves
to stray, there is none to guide...
040.034 "And to you there came Joseph in times gone by, with Clear Signs, but ye ceased not to doubt of the (Mission)
for which he had come: At length, when he died, ye said: 'No apostle will God send after him.' thus doth God leave to
stray such as transgress and live in doubt,-
040.035 "(Such) as dispute about the Signs of God, without any authority that hath reached them, grievous and odious
(is such conduct) in the sight of God and of the Believers. Thus doth God, seal up every heart - of arrogant and
obstinate Transgressors."
040.036 Pharaoh said: "O Haman! Build me a lofty palace, that I may attain the ways and means-
040.037 "The ways and means of (reaching) the heavens, and that I may mount up to the God of Moses: But as far as
I am concerned, I think (Moses) is a liar!" Thus was made alluring, in Pharaoh's eyes, the evil of his deeds, and he was
hindered from the Path; and the plot of Pharaoh led to nothing but perdition (for him).