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075.017 It is for Us to collect it and to promulgate it:
075.018 But when We have promulgated it, follow thou its recital (as promulgated):
075.019 Nay more, it is for Us to explain it (and make it clear):
075.020 Nay, (ye men!) but ye love the fleeting life,
075.021 And leave alone the Hereafter.
075.022 Some faces, that Day, will beam (in brightness and beauty);-
075.023 Looking towards their Lord;
075.024 And some faces, that Day, will be sad and dismal,
075.025 In the thought that some back-breaking calamity was about to be inflicted on them;
075.026 Yea, when (the soul) reaches to the collar-bone (in its exit),
075.027 And there will be a cry, "Who is a magician (to restore him)?"
075.028 And he will conclude that it was (the Time) of Parting;
075.029 And one leg will be joined with another:
075.030 That Day the Drive will be (all) to thy Lord!
075.031 So he gave nothing in charity, nor did he pray!-
075.032 But on the contrary, he rejected Truth and turned away!
075.033 Then did he stalk to his family in full conceit!
075.034 Woe to thee, (O men!), yea, woe!
075.035 Again, Woe to thee, (O men!), yea, woe!
075.036 Does man think that he will be left uncontrolled, (without purpose)?
075.037 Was he not a drop of sperm emitted (in lowly form)?
075.038 Then did he become a leech-like clot; then did (God) make and fashion (him) in due proportion.
075.039 And of him He made two sexes, male and female.
075.040 Has not He, (the same), the power to give life to the dead?
TIME, MAN, (EVERY) MAN, THIS (DAY-AND-)AGE, CHAPTER NO. 076
076.001 Has there not been over Man a long period of Time, when he was nothing - (not even) mentioned?
076.002 Verily We created Man from a drop of mingled sperm, in order to try him: So We gave him (the gifts), of
Hearing and Sight.
076.003 We showed him the Way: whether he be grateful or ungrateful (rests on his will).
076.004 For the Rejecters we have prepared chains, yokes, and a blazing Fire.
076.005 As to the Righteous, they shall drink of a Cup (of Wine) mixed with Kafur,-
076.006 A Fountain where the Devotees of God do drink, making it flow in unstinted abundance.
076.007 They perform (their) vows, and they fear a Day whose evil flies far and wide.
076.008 And they feed, for the love of God, the indigent, the orphan, and the captive,-
076.009 (Saying),"We feed you for the sake of God alone: no reward do we desire from you, nor thanks.
076.010 "We only fear a Day of distressful Wrath from the side of our Lord."
076.011 But God will deliver them from the evil of that Day, and will shed over them a Light of Beauty and (blissful)
Joy.
076.012 And because they were patient and constant, He will reward them with a Garden and (garments of) silk.
076.013 Reclining in the (Garden) on raised thrones, they will see there neither the sun's (excessive heat) nor (the
moon's) excessive cold.
076.014 And the shades of the (Garden) will come low over them, and the bunches (of fruit), there, will hang low in
humility.
076.015 And amongst them will be passed round vessels of silver and goblets of crystal,-
076.016 Crystal-clear, made of silver: they will determine the measure thereof (according to their wishes).
076.017 And they will be given to drink there of a Cup (of Wine) mixed with Zanjabil,-
076.018 A fountain there, called Salsabil.
076.019 And round about them will (serve) youths of perpetual (freshness): If thou seest them, thou wouldst think