Ayetbul | Kuran Mealleri | Quran | Shabbir Ahmed meali

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Nay! I call to witness the Day of Resurrection.

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Nay, I call to witness the person who shows remorse after wrongdoing. (12:53. Notice the Law taking the first step instantly).

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Does the human being think that We will not assemble his bones? ((36:78), (37:16). Life goes on without its essence, the 'Self', undergoing disintegration).

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Yes indeed, Yes, We have the Power to restore even his finger tips with finger prints!

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But man is after subverting his own future.

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(Yet) he asks, "When will this Day of Resurrection be?"

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But when the sight is dazzled.

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And the moon is darkened. (The banner of the Age of Ignorance bearing the moon logo goes down).

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And the sun and the moon are brought together. (Persia and Arabia come under one Rule. Sun being the logo on the Persian banner).

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On that Day man will wonder, "Where to flee!" (In this life and in the life to come. Verses 7-10 could easily allude to the merging of the super power of the times, Persia with the newly enlightened Arabia in 642 C.E., 10 years after the exalted Prophet's death).

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But, nay! No height to mount above the turmoil!

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Unto your Lord that Day is the resting place.

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On the Day when man is apprised of all his acts of commission and omission. (All he has done and left undone. All deeds that advanced him and kept him behind).

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Oh, but man is a telling witness against himself.

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Even though he were to put forward all his excuses.

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(Now whenever you read the verses of the Qur'an) read not in haste stirring your tongue. (20:114).

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Behold, it is up to Us to gather it (in your heart) and the reading of it. (He will bless whatever effort we put into learning it).

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Thus, when We read it, follow you the reading. (Allah has revealed the Qur'an, and bestowed upon us the faculty of understanding, hence, "When We read it.")

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Then, behold! It is for Us to explain it. (The Qur'an is its own best commentary. It explains itself).

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Nay, but you love instant results.

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And give little thought to the long term. ('Akhirah' = Hereafter = Life to come = Future = Long term = What follows = Subsequent = Enduring. Tomorrow is today's 'Akhira'.)

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Some faces that Day will beam with happiness.

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Looking up to their Lord.

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And some faces on that Day will be despondent.

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Expecting a back breaking calamity.

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Nay, when the last breaths come up to the throat.

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And those around cry, "Is there any charmer?"

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But he knows that this is the parting.

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And it is pang upon pang.

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That day the drive is to your Lord.

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For he neither stood by the Truth, nor did he follow it. ('Sal'= To follow, like the runners-up horse closely follows the winner = To closely follow the Commands of Allah).

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Rather, he used to deny and turn away.

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And then used to walk back to his folk and his ways gleefully.

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This is the most befitting for you - now this is the most befitting.

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Again! This is the most befitting for you - now this is the most befitting. (The impending requital befits the behavior).

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Does man think he will be left alone like a soundless broken musical string?

37

Was he not gametes that moved to join?

38

Then he became a zygote. And He shaped and fashioned him in due proportion.

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And He has made of humans pairs, male and female.

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Is not He, then, Able to bring the dead to life?

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