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Tekvir Suresi

Abdel Khalek Himmat • Al- Muntakhab
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When once the sun is contracted and loses light and becomes dim,
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The stars emit no light, lose aspect, contribute to cosmic catastrophes and they are no longer in trim,
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The mountains are put in motion and vanish,
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The precious pregnant she - camels are forsaken,
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The wild beasts are thronged,
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The seas boil and become inundated,
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The like are consorted with the like, joined in companionship and associated (or the souls embodied)
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The entombed - alive female infant is asked,
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For what guilt was she made to suffer infanticide?
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And when the records are laid open and are open wide,
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And when the heaven is erased,
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And when Hell is blazed,
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And when Paradise is brought close at hand,
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Then, every soul becomes fully cognizant of what she brought along of deeds imprinted with wisdom and piety or works imprinted with iniquity and impiety.
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I swear by the heavenly bodies that recede,
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The planets which in a retrograde motion do proceed,
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And by the night when she feels her way and then softly moves away,
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And by the morn when it draws the breath of relief and heyday:
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That it -the Quran- is the word of Allah conveyed by a distinguished Messenger Jibril (Gabriel) who is regarded with honour.
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He is quite powerful and he is endued from the Throne of grace with high esteem;
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And he is obeyed in the realm and to his trust he is faithfully supreme.
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Nor is your companion the -Prophet Muhammad- possessed by an evil spirit,
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For he certainly saw him -the angel Jibril- at the clear horizon.
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Nor should he be accused of withholding any heavenly or divine knowledge of the unseen,
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Nor is it -the Quran- the word of an accursed spirit.
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How could you think this way and where can you turn?
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This Quran is but a universal message and an admonition of great concern,
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For him who, among you, wishes to follow the path of rectitude which is the path in the main.
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But even then you cannot exercise your will unless it be Allah's will; He is the Creator of the worlds.