So this Day they will have no close friend here,
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nor any food except ˹oozing˺ pus,
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which none will eat except the evildoers.”
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Now, I do swear by whatever you see,
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and whatever you cannot see!
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Indeed, this ˹Quran˺ is the recitation of a noble Messenger.
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It is not the prose of a poet ˹as you claim˺, ˹yet˺ you hardly have any faith.
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Nor is it the mumbling of a fortune-teller, ˹yet˺ you are hardly mindful.
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˹It is˺ a revelation from the Lord of all worlds.
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Had the Messenger made up something in Our Name,
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We would have certainly seized him by his right hand,
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then severed his aorta,
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and none of you could have shielded him ˹from Us˺!
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Indeed, this ˹Quran˺ is a reminder to those mindful ˹of Allah˺.
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And We certainly know that some of you will persist in denial,
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and it will surely be a source of regret for the disbelievers.
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And indeed, this ˹Quran˺ is the absolute truth.
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So glorify the Name of your Lord, the Greatest.
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A challenger1 has demanded a punishment bound to come
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for the disbelievers—to be averted by none—
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from Allah, Lord of pathways of ˹heavenly˺ ascent,
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˹through which˺ the angels and the ˹holy˺ spirit1 will ascend to Him on a Day fifty thousand years in length.2
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So endure ˹this denial, O Prophet,˺ with beautiful patience.
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They truly see this ˹Day˺ as impossible,
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but We see it as inevitable.
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On that Day the sky will be like molten brass
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and the mountains like ˹tufts of˺ wool.
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And no close friend will ask ˹about˺ their friends,
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