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(He left them)
as they were: We completely understood what was before him. |
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Then followed he (another)
way, |
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Until, when he reached (a
tract) between two mountains,
he found, beneath them, a people who scarcely understood a word. |
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They said: "O Zul-qarnain! The
Gog and Magog (people)
do great mischief on earth: shall we then render you tribute in order
that you might erect a barrier between us and them?" |
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He said: "(The
power) in which my Lord has
established me is better (than
tribute): help me therefore
with strength (and labor):
I will erect a strong barrier between you and them: |
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"Bring me blocks of iron."
At length, when he had filled up the space between the two steep mountain
sides, he said "Blow (with
your bellows)." Then, when
he had made it (red)
as fire, he said: "Bring me, that I may pour over it, molten
lead." |
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Thus were they made powerless to scale
it or to dig through it. |
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He said: "This is a mercy from
my Lord: but when the promise of my Lord comes to pass, He will make
it into dust; and the promise of My Lord is true." |
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On that day We shall leave them to
surge like waves on one another; the trumpet will be blown, and We
shall collect them all together. |
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And We shall present Hell that day
for Unbelievers to see, all spread out-- |
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(Unbelievers)
whose eyes had been under a veil from Remembrance of Me and who had
been unable even to hear |
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Do the Unbelievers think that they
can take my servants as protectors besides Me? Verily We have prepared
Hell for the Unbelievers for
(their) entertainment |
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Say: "Shall we tell you of those
who lose most in respect of their deeds?-- |
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"Those whose efforts have been
wasted in this life while they thought that they were acquiring good
by their works?" |
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They are those who deny the Signs of
their Lord and the fact of their having to meet Him (in
the Hereafter): vain will be
their works, nor shall We, on the Day of Judgment, give them any Weight. |
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That is their reward, Hell; because
they rejected Faith, and took My Signs and My Messengers by way of
jest. |
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As to those who believe and work righteous
deeds, they have, for their entertainment, the Gardens of Paradise, |
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Wherein they shall dwell (for
aye): no change will they wish
for themselves |
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Say: "If the ocean were ink
(wherewith to write out)
the words of my Lord. Sooner would the ocean be exhausted than would
the words of my Lord, even if we added another ocean like it, for
its aid." |
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Say: "I am but a human like yourselves,
(but)
the inspiration has come to me, that your Allah is one Allah: whoever
expects to meet his Lord, let him work righteousness, and, in the
worship of his Lord, admit no one as partner." |
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