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he says: My Lord has disgraced me.
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Y: Nay, nay! but ye honour not the orphans!
P: Nay, but ye (for your part) honour not the orphan
S: Nay! but you do not honor the orphan,
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Y: Nor do ye encourage one another to feed the poor!-
P: And urge not on the feeding of the poor.
S: Nor do you urge one another to feed the poor,
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Y: And ye devour inheritance - all with greed,
P: And ye devour heritages with devouring greed.
S: And you eat away the heritage, devouring (everything)
indiscriminately,
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Y: And ye love wealth with inordinate love!
P: And love wealth with abounding love.
S: And you love wealth with exceeding love.
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Y: Nay! When the earth is pounded to powder,
P: Nay, but when the earth is ground to atoms, grinding, grinding,
S: Nay! when the earth is made to crumble to pieces,
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Y: And thy Lord cometh, and His angels, rank upon rank,
P: And thy Lord shall come with angels, rank on rank,
S: And your Lord comes and (also) the angels in ranks,
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Y: And Hell, that Day, is brought (face to face),- on that Day will man
remember, but how will that remembrance profit him?
P: And hell is brought near that day; on that day man will remember, but
how will the remembrance (then avail him)?
S: And hell is made to appear on that day. On that day shall man be
mindful, and what shall being mindful (then) avail him?
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Y: He will say: "Ah! Would that I had sent forth (good deeds) for (this)
my (Future) Life!"
P: He will say: Ah, would that I had sent before me (some provision) for
my life!
S: He shall say: O! would that I had sent before for (this) my life!
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Y: For, that Day, His Chastisement will be such as none (else) can
inflict,
P: None punisheth as He will punish on that day!
S: But on that day shall no one chastise with (anything like) His
chastisement,
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Y: And His bonds will be such as none (other) can bind.
P: None bindeth as He then will bind.
S: And no one shall bind with (anything like) His binding.
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Y: (To the righteous soul will be said:) "O (thou) soul, in (complete)
rest and satisfaction!"
P: But ah! thou soul at peace!
S: O soul that art at rest!
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Y: "Come back thou to thy Lord,- well pleased (thyself), and
well-pleasing unto Him!"
P: Return unto thy Lord, content in His good pleasure!
S: Return to your Lord, well-pleased (with him), well-pleasing (
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