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077.030 "Depart ye to a Shadow (of smoke ascending) in three columns,
077.031 "(Which yields) no shade of coolness, and is of no use against the fierce Blaze.
077.032 "Indeed it throws about sparks (huge) as Forts,
077.033 "As if there were (a string of) yellow camels (marching swiftly)."
077.034 Ah woe, that Day, to the Rejecters of Truth!
077.035 That will be a Day when they shall not be able to speak.
077.036 Nor will it be open to them to put forth pleas.
077.037 Ah woe, that Day, to the Rejecters of Truth!
077.038 That will be a Day of Sorting out! We shall gather you together and those before (you)!
077.039 Now, if ye have a trick (or plot), use it against Me!
077.040 Ah woe, that Day, to the Rejecters of Truth!
077.041 As to the Righteous, they shall be amidst (cool) shades and springs (of water).
077.042 And (they shall have) fruits,- all they desire.
077.043 "Eat ye and drink ye to your heart's content: for that ye worked (Righteousness).
077.044 Thus do We certainly reward the Doers of Good.
077.045 Ah woe, that Day, to the Rejecters of Truth!
077.046 (O ye unjust!) Eat ye and enjoy yourselves (but) a little while, for that ye are Sinners.
077.047 Ah woe, that Day, to the Rejecters of Truth!
077.048 And when it is said to them, "Prostrate yourselves!" they do not so.
077.049 Ah woe, that Day, to the Rejecters of Truth!
077.050 Then what Message, after that, will they believe in?
THE TIDINGS, THE ANNOUNCEMENT, CHAPTER NO. 078
078.001 Concerning what are they disputing?
078.002 Concerning the Great News,
078.003 About which they cannot agree.
078.004 Verily, they shall soon (come to) know!
078.005 Verily, verily they shall soon (come to) know!
078.006 Have We not made the earth as a wide expanse,
078.007 And the mountains as pegs?
078.008 And (have We not) created you in pairs,
078.009 And made your sleep for rest,
078.010 And made the night as a covering,
078.011 And made the day as a means of subsistence?
078.012 And (have We not) built over you the seven firmaments,
078.013 And placed (therein) a Light of Splendour?
078.014 And do We not send down from the clouds water in abundance,
078.015 That We may produce therewith corn and vegetables,
078.016 And gardens of luxurious growth?
078.017 Verily the Day of Sorting out is a thing appointed,
078.018 The Day that the Trumpet shall be sounded, and ye shall come forth in crowds;
078.019 And the heavens shall be opened as if there were doors,
078.020 And the mountains shall vanish, as if they were a mirage.
078.021 Truly Hell is as a place of ambush,
078.022 For the transgressors a place of destination:
078.023 They will dwell therein for ages.
078.024 Nothing cool shall they taste therein, nor any drink,
078.025 Save a boiling fluid and a fluid, dark, murky, intensely cold,
078.026 A fitting recompense (for them).