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078.027 For that they used not to fear any account (for their deeds),
078.028 But they (impudently) treated Our Signs as false.
078.029 And all things have We preserved on record.
078.030 "So taste ye (the fruits of your deeds); for no increase shall We grant you, except in Punishment."
078.031 Verily for the Righteous there will be a fulfilment of (the heart's) desires;
078.032 Gardens enclosed, and grapevines;
078.033 Companions of equal age;
078.034 And a cup full (to the brim).
078.035 No vanity shall they hear therein, nor Untruth:-
078.036 Recompense from thy Lord, a gift, (amply) sufficient,
078.037 (From) the Lord of the heavens and the earth, and all between, (God) Most Gracious: None shall have power
to argue with Him.
078.038 The Day that the Spirit and the angels will stand forth in ranks, none shall speak except any who is permitted
by (God) Most Gracious, and He will say what is right.
078.039 That Day will be the sure Reality: Therefore, whoso will, let him take a (straight) return to his Lord!
078.040 Verily, We have warned you of a Penalty near, the Day when man will see (the deeds) which his hands have
sent forth, and the Unbeliever will say, "Woe unto me! Would that I were (metre) dust!"
THOSE WHO DRAG FORTH, SOUL-SNATCHERS, CHAPTER NO. 079
079.001 By the (angels) who tear out (the souls of the wicked) with violence;
079.002 By those who gently draw out (the souls of the blessed);
079.003 And by those who glide along (on errands of mercy),
079.004 Then press forward as in a race,
079.005 Then arrange to do (the Commands of their Lord),
079.006 One Day everything that can be in commotion will be in violent commotion,
079.007 Followed by oft-repeated (commotions):
079.008 Hearts that Day will be in agitation;
079.009 Cast down will be (their owners') eyes.
079.010 They say (now): "What! shall we indeed be returned to (our) former state?
079.011 "What! - when we shall have become rotten bones?"
079.012 They say: "It would, in that case, be a return with loss!"
079.013 But verily, it will be but a single (Compelling) Cry,
079.014 When, behold, they will be in the (full) awakening (to Judgment).
079.015 Has the story of Moses reached thee?
079.016 Behold, thy Lord did call to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa:-
079.017 "Go thou to Pharaoh for he has indeed transgressed all bounds:
079.018 "And say to him, 'Wouldst thou that thou shouldst be purified (from sin)?-
079.019 "'And that I guide thee to thy Lord, so thou shouldst fear Him?'"
079.020 Then did (Moses) show him the Great Sign.
079.021 But (Pharaoh) rejected it and disobeyed (guidance);
079.022 Further, he turned his back, striving hard (against God).
079.023 Then he collected (his men) and made a proclamation,
079.024 Saying, "I am your Lord, Most High".
079.025 But God did punish him, (and made an) example of him, - in the Hereafter, as in this life.
079.026 Verily in this is an instructive warning for whosoever feareth (God).
079.027 What! Are ye the more difficult to create or the heaven (above)? (God) hath constructed it:
079.028 On high hath He raised its canopy, and He hath given it order and perfection.
079.029 Its night doth He endow with darkness, and its splendour doth He bring out (with light).
079.030 And the earth, moreover, hath He extended (to a wide expanse);