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020.107 "Nothing crooked or curved wilt thou see in their place."
020.108 On that Day will they follow the Caller (straight): no crookedness (can they show) him: all sounds shall
humble themselves in the Presence of (God) Most Gracious: nothing shalt thou hear but the tramp of their feet (as they
march).
020.109 On that Day shall no intercession avail except for those for whom permission has been granted by (God) Most
Gracious and whose word is acceptable to Him.
020.110 He knows what (appears to His creatures as) before or after or behind them: but they shall not compass it with
their knowledge.
020.111 (All) faces shall be humbled before (Him) - the Living, the Self-Subsisting, Eternal: hopeless indeed will be
the man that carries iniquity (on his back).
020.112 But he who works deeds of righteousness, and has faith, will have no fear of harm nor of any curtailment (of
what is his due).
020.113 Thus have We sent this down - an arabic Qur'an - and explained therein in detail some of the warnings, in order
that they may fear God, or that it may cause their remembrance (of Him).
020.114 High above all is God, the King, the Truth! Be not in haste with the Qur'an before its revelation to thee is
completed, but say, "O my Lord! advance me in knowledge."
020.115 We had already, beforehand, taken the covenant of Adam, but he forgot: and We found on his part no firm
resolve.
020.116 When We said to the angels, "Prostrate yourselves to Adam", they prostrated themselves, but not Iblis: he
refused.
020.117 Then We said: "O Adam! verily, this is an enemy to thee and thy wife: so let him not get you both out of the
Garden, so that thou art landed in misery.
020.118 "There is therein (enough provision) for thee not to go hungry nor to go naked,
020.119 "Nor to suffer from thirst, nor from the sun's heat."
020.120 But Satan whispered evil to him: he said, "O Adam! shall I lead thee to the Tree of Eternity and to a kingdom
that never decays?"
020.121 In the result, they both ate of the tree, and so their nakedness appeared to them: they began to sew together,
for their covering, leaves from the Garden: thus did Adam disobey his Lord, and allow himself to be seduced.
020.122 But his Lord chose him (for His Grace): He turned to him, and gave him Guidance.
020.123 He said: "Get ye down, both of you,- all together, from the Garden, with enmity one to another: but if, as is
sure, there comes to you Guidance from Me, whosoever follows My Guidance, will not lose his way, nor fall into
misery.
020.124 "But whosoever turns away from My Message, verily for him is a life narrowed down, and We shall raise him
up blind on the Day of Judgment."
020.125 He will say: "O my Lord! why hast Thou raised me up blind, while I had sight (before)?"
020.126 (God) will say: "Thus didst Thou, when Our Signs came unto thee, disregard them: so wilt thou, this day, be
disregarded."
020.127 And thus do We recompense him who transgresses beyond bounds and believes not in the Sings of his Lord:
and the Penalty of the Hereafter is far more grievous and more enduring.
020.128 Is it not a warning to such men (to call to mind) how many generations before them We destroyed, in whose
haunts they (now) move? Verily, in this are Signs for men endued with understanding.
020.129 Had it not been for a Word that went forth before from thy Lord, (their punishment) must necessarily have
come; but there is a Term appointed (for respite).
020.130 Therefore be patient with what they say, and celebrate (constantly) the praises of thy Lord, before the rising
of the sun, and before its setting; yea, celebrate them for part of the hours of the night, and at the sides of the day: that
thou mayest have (spiritual) joy.
020.131 Nor strain thine eyes in longing for the things We have given for enjoyment to parties of them, the splendour
of the life of this world, through which We test them: but the provision of thy Lord is better and more enduring.
020.132 Enjoin prayer on thy people, and be constant therein. We ask thee not to provide sustenance: We provide it