You, wrapped in your cloak, arise and give warning! Proclaim the greatness of your Lord; clean your garments; keep away from all idolatry; do not be overwhelmed and weaken; be steadfast in your Lord’s cause. When the Trumpet sounds, that will be a Day of anguish for the disbelievers. They will have no ease. Prophet, leave Me to deal with the one I created helpless, then gave vast wealth, and sons by his side, making everything easy for him––yet he still hopes I will give him more. No! He has been stubbornly hostile to Our revelation: I will inflict a spiraling torment on him. He planned and plotted––devilishly he plotted! ferociously he plotted!––and looked and frowned and scowled and turned away and behaved arrogantly and said, ‘This is just old sorcery, just the talk of a mortal!’ I will throw him into the scorching Fire. What will explain to you what the scorching Fire is? It spares nothing and leaves nothing; it scorches the flesh of humans; there are nineteen in charge of it––none other than angels appointed by Us to guard Hellfire—and We have made their number a test for the disbelievers. So those who have been given the Scripture will be certain and those who believe will have their faith increased: neither those who have been given the Scripture nor the believers will have any doubts, but the sick at heart and the disbelievers will say, ‘What could God mean by this description?’ God leaves whoever He will to stray and guides whoever He will—no one knows your Lord’s forces except Him—this description is a warning to mortals. Yes—by the moon! By the departing night! By the shining dawn! It is one of the mightiest things, a warning to all mortals, to those of you who choose to go ahead and those who lag behind. Qur’an 74:1-37
Posted on: Sat, 09 Nov 2013 19:21:31 +0000
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