70. Al-M’arij/The Ascensions

I/We begin by the Blessed Name of Allah

The Immensely Merciful to all, The Infinitely Compassionate to everyone.

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a. A disbelieving questioner mockingly asked The Prophet about the punishment in the realm of the Hereafter which is bound to befall -

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a. – the disbelievers.
b. And no one can prevent the coming of it -
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a. as it is coming from Allah.
b. And, Allah is Rabb - The Lord - The Lord of the Ascensions.

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a. Ascensions to where the angels and the spirit take a day to ascend,
b. where duration of a day would be equivalent to fifty thousand years of your count.

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a. So O The Prophet!
b. Be patient with a gracious patience.

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a. They perceive this punishment to be far away,

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a. while WE see it as quite near at hand as an inevitable reality -

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a. it will befall at the Time when the celestial realm will be like molten copper,

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a. and the mountains will be floating about in the air like flakes of wool/yarn,

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a. and no close friend will ask any other close friend about his fate,
b. for everyone will be preoccupied with his own predicament -

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a. even though they could see one another.
b. The criminal would wish to ransom himself from the inevitable punishment of that Time by
offering his own children,

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a. and even his spouse and his brother/siblings,

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a. and his relatives - who had stood by him,

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a. and all persons and resources on the earth, if only he could be saved from this inevitable punishment.

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a. No, by no means!
b. The inevitable punishment is going to be the Raging Flame of the Hellfire,

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a. to strip off the scalp/head skin of the disbelievers -

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a. Raging Flame will call out to all those who turn their backs on the Call of Islam, and
b. turn away from The Faith of Islam,

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a. and who would have amassed wealth and hidden it from spending in the Cause of Allah.

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a. Indeed, human being has been created impatient and restless,

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a. complaining and panicking whenever misfortune would befall him,

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a. and ungenerous whenever good fortune would befall him,

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a. except for those who would establish the Salat/Prayers and fulfill their devotional
obligations,

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a. and persevere in their Salat/Prayers and devotional obligations,

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a. and in whose wealth there would always be a rightful share of charity/alms -

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a. - for the bagger and the deprived – the one who would have been deprived of his livelihood,

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a. and those who would affirm the truth of the Time of Judgment,

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a. and those who would endeavor to seek Countenance of Allah in every manner as they are fearful of the punishment of their Rabb - The Lord.

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a. Indeed, no one can feel wholly secure from the punishment of their Rabb - The Lord.

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a. And those who would guard the chastity of their private parts,

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a. from all except their own spouses and those whom you rightfully acquired in the qital/battle -
b. they would not be blamed,

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a. but whoever would seek ways other than those,
b. it is then those who will be the transgressors.

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a. However, those who would faithfully fulfill their promises, trusts, and oaths,

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a. and stand firmly by their testimonies in the court of law,

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a. and take due care of their Salat/Prayers and their devotional obligations -

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a. they all will dwell and be honored in Paradise.

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a. But what is the matter with those who disbelieve,
b. rushing to you – O The Prophet,

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a. - in groups,
b. sitting with you both from the right and from the left?

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a. Allah tells The Prophet:
b. Does each one of them aspire to enter a Paradise of Delight?

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a. No – never!
b. WE created them out of something lowly they know well.

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a. So I swear by Rabb - The Lord of the easts and the wests -
b. that WE have the Absolute Power,

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a. - of destroying and replacing them with those better than them in awe, reverence, and piety,
b. and WE are never to be overruled in executing OUR Will to replace them.

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a. So leave them O The Prophet.
b. Let them talk in vain and amuse themselves,
c. until they face their Time of Reckoning, which they are promised -

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a. - the Time when they will come out of their graves, in all haste, as though rushing to some
goal,

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a. their sights humbled, and overshadowed by shame of disbelief.
b. That would be the Time which they had been repeatedly promised and frequently reminded
- The Resurrection.