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087.018 And this is in the Books of the earliest (Revelation),-
087.019 The Books of Abraham and Moses.
THE OVERWHELMING, THE PALL, CHAPTER NO. 088
088.001 Has the story reached thee of the overwhelming (Event)?
088.002 Some faces, that Day, will be humiliated,
088.003 Labouring (hard), weary,-
088.004 The while they enter the Blazing Fire,-
088.005 The while they are given, to drink, of a boiling hot spring,
088.006 No food will there be for them but a bitter Dhari'
088.007 Which will neither nourish nor satisfy hunger.
088.008 (Other) faces that Day will be joyful,
088.009 Pleased with their striving,-
088.010 In a Garden on high,
088.011 Where they shall hear no (word) of vanity:
088.012 Therein will be a bubbling spring:
088.013 Therein will be Thrones (of dignity), raised on high,
088.014 Goblets placed (ready),
088.015 And cushions set in rows,
088.016 And rich carpets (all) spread out.
088.017 Do they not look at the Camels, how they are made?-
088.018 And at the Sky, how it is raised high?-
088.019 And at the Mountains, how they are fixed firm?-
088.020 And at the Earth, how it is spread out?
088.021 Therefore do thou give admonition, for thou art one to admonish.
088.022 Thou art not one to manage (men's) affairs.
088.023 But if any turn away and reject God,-
088.024 God will punish him with a mighty Punishment,
088.025 For to Us will be their return;
088.026 Then it will be for Us to call them to account.
THE DAWN, DAYBREAK, CHAPTER NO. 089
089.001 By the break of Day
089.002 By the Nights twice five;
089.003 By the even and odd (contrasted);
089.004 And by the Night when it passeth away;-
089.005 Is there (not) in these an adjuration (or evidence) for those who understand?
089.006 Seest thou not how thy Lord dealt with the 'Ad (people),-
089.007 Of the (city of) Iram, with lofty pillars,
089.008 The like of which were not produced in (all) the land?
089.009 And with the Thamud (people), who cut out (huge) rocks in the valley?-
089.010 And with Pharaoh, lord of stakes?
089.011 (All) these transgressed beyond bounds in the lands,
089.012 And heaped therein mischief (on mischief).
089.013 Therefore did thy Lord pour on them a scourge of diverse chastisements:
089.014 For thy Lord is (as a Guardian) on a watch-tower.
089.015 Now, as for man, when his Lord trieth him, giving him honour and gifts, then saith he, (puffed up), "My Lord
hath honoured me."
089.016 But when He trieth him, restricting his subsistence for him, then saith he (in despair), "My Lord hath