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044.029 And neither heaven nor earth shed a tear over them: nor were they given a respite (again).
044.030 We did deliver aforetime the Children of Israel from humiliating Punishment,
044.031 Inflicted by Pharaoh, for he was arrogant (even) among inordinate transgressors.
044.032 And We chose them aforetime above the nations, knowingly,
044.033 And granted them Signs in which there was a manifest trial
044.034 As to these (Quraish), they say forsooth:
044.035 "There is nothing beyond our first death, and we shall not be raised again.
044.036 "Then bring (back) our forefathers, if what ye say is true!"
044.037 What! Are they better than the people of Tubba and those who were before them? We destroyed them because
they were guilty of sin.
044.038 We created not the heavens, the earth, and all between them, merely in (idle) sport:
044.039 We created them not except for just ends: but most of them do not understand.
044.040 Verily the Day of sorting out is the time appointed for all of them,-
044.041 The Day when no protector can avail his client in aught, and no help can they receive,
044.042 Except such as receive God's Mercy: for He is Exalted in Might, Most Merciful.
044.043 Verily the tree of Zaqqum
044.044 Will be the food of the Sinful,-
044.045 Like molten brass; it will boil in their insides.
044.046 Like the boiling of scalding water.
044.047 (A voice will cry: "Seize ye him and drag him into the midst of the Blazing Fire!
044.048 "Then pour over his head the Penalty of Boiling Water,
044.049 "Taste thou (this)! Truly wast thou mighty, full of honour!
044.050 "Truly this is what ye used to doubt!"
044.051 As to the Righteous (they will be) in a position of Security,
044.052 Among Gardens and Springs;
044.053 Dressed in fine silk and in rich brocade, they will face each other;
044.054 So; and We shall join them to Companions with beautiful, big, and lustrous eyes.
044.055 There can they call for every kind of fruit in peace and security;
044.056 Nor will they there taste Death, except the first death; and He will preserve them from the Penalty of the
Blazing Fire,-
044.057 As a Bounty from thy Lord! that will be the supreme achievement!
044.058 Verily, We have made this (Qur'an) easy, in thy tongue, in order that they may give heed.
044.059 So wait thou and watch; for they (too) are waiting.
CROUCHING, CHAPTER NO. 045
045.001 Ha-Mim.
045.002 The revelation of the Book is from God the Exalted in Power, Full of Wisdom.
045.003 Verily in the heavens and the earth, are Signs for those who believe.
045.004 And in the creation of yourselves and the fact that animals are scattered (through the earth), are Signs for
those of assured Faith.
045.005 And in the alternation of Night and Day, and the fact that God sends down Sustenance from the sky, and revives
therewith the earth after its death, and in the change of the winds,- are Signs for those that are wise.
045.006 Such are the Signs of God, which We rehearse to thee in Truth; then in what exposition will they believe after
(rejecting) God and His Signs?
045.007 Woe to each sinful dealer in Falsehoods:
045.008 He hears the Signs of God rehearsed to him, yet is obstinate and lofty, as if he had not heard them: then
announce to him a Penalty Grievous!
045.009 And when he learns something of Our Signs, he takes them in jest: for such there will be a humiliating Penalty.
045.010 In front of them is Hell: and of no profit to them is anything they may have earned, nor any protectors they