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056.080 A Revelation from the Lord of the Worlds.
056.081 Is it such a Message that ye would hold in light esteem?
056.082 And have ye made it your livelihood that ye should declare it false?
056.083 Then why do ye not (intervene) when (the soul of the dying man) reaches the throat,-
056.084 And ye the while (sit) looking on,-
056.085 But We are nearer to him than ye, and yet see not,-
056.086 Then why do ye not,- If you are exempt from (future) account,-
056.087 Call back the soul, if ye are true (in the claim of independence)?
056.088 Thus, then, if he be of those Nearest to God,
056.089 (There is for him) Rest and Satisfaction, and a Garden of Delights.
056.090 And if he be of the Companions of the Right Hand,
056.091 (For him is the salutation), "Peace be unto thee", from the Companions of the Right Hand.
056.092 And if he be of those who treat (Truth) as Falsehood, who go wrong,
056.093 For him is Entertainment with Boiling Water.
056.094 And burning in Hell-Fire.
056.095 Verily, this is the Very Truth and Certainly.
056.096 So celebrate with praises the name of thy Lord, the Supreme.
IRON, CHAPTER NO. 057
057.001 Whatever is in the heavens and on earth,- let it declare the Praises and Glory of God: for He is the Exalted
in Might, the Wise.
057.002 To Him belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth: It is He Who gives Life and Death; and He has
Power over all things.
057.003 He is the First and the Last, the Evident and the Immanent: and He has full knowledge of all things.
057.004 He it is Who created the heavens and the earth in Six Days, and is moreover firmly established on the Throne
(of Authority). He knows what enters within the earth and what comes forth out of it, what comes down from heaven
and what mounts up to it. And He is with you wheresoever ye may be. And God sees well all that ye do.
057.005 To Him belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth: and all affairs are referred back to God.
057.006 He merges Night into Day, and He merges Day into Night; and He has full knowledge of the secrets of (all)
hearts.
057.007 Believe in God and His apostle, and spend (in charity) out of the (substance) whereof He has made you heirs.
For, those of you who believe and spend (in charity),- for them is a great Reward.
057.008 What cause have ye why ye should not believe in God?- and the Apostle invites you to believe in your Lord,
and has indeed taken your Covenant, if ye are men of Faith.
057.009 He is the One Who sends to His Servant Manifest Signs, that He may lead you from the depths of Darkness
into the Light and verily God is to you most kind and Merciful.
057.010 And what cause have ye why ye should not spend in the cause of God?- For to God belongs the heritage of
the heavens and the earth. Not equal among you are those who spent (freely) and fought, before the Victory, (with those
who did so later). Those are higher in rank than those who spent (freely) and fought afterwards. But to all has God
promised a goodly (reward). And God is well acquainted with all that ye do.
057.011 Who is he that will Loan to God a beautiful loan? for (God) will increase it manifold to his credit, and he will
have (besides) a liberal Reward.
057.012 One Day shalt thou see the believing men and the believing women- how their Light runs forward before them
and by their right hands: (their greeting will be): "Good News for you this Day! Gardens beneath which flow rivers! to
dwell therein for aye! This is indeed the highest Achievement!"
057.013 One Day will the Hypocrites- men and women - say to the Believers: "Wait for us! Let us borrow (a Light)
from your Light!" It will be said: "Turn ye back to your rear! then seek a Light (where ye can)!" So a wall will be put up
betwixt them, with a gate therein. Within it will be Mercy throughout, and without it, all alongside, will be (Wrath and)
Punishment!