Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallBy those who drag forth to destruction,
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Juz 30
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallBy the meteors rushing,
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallBy the lone stars floating,
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallBy the angels hastening,
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd those who govern the event,
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallOn the day when the first trump resoundeth.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd the second followeth it,
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallOn that day hearts beat painfully
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWhile eyes are downcast
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall(Now) they are saying: Shall we really be restored to our first state
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallEven after we are crumbled bones?
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThey say: Then that would be a vain proceeding.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallSurely it will need but one shout,
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd lo! they will be awakened.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallHath there come unto thee the history of Moses?
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallHow his Lord called him in the holy vale of Tuwa,
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall(Saying:) Go thou unto Pharaoh - Lo! he hath rebelled -
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd say (unto him): Hast thou (will) to grow (in grace)?
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThen I will guide thee to thy Lord and thou shalt fear (Him).
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd he showed him the tremendous token.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallBut he denied and disobeyed,
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThen turned he away in haste,
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThen gathered he and summoned
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd proclaimed: "I (Pharaoh) am your Lord the Highest."
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallSo Allah seized him (and made him) an example for the after (life) and for the former.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallLo! herein is indeed a lesson for him who feareth.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAre ye the harder to create, or is the heaven that He built?
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallHe raised the height thereof and ordered it;
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd He made dark the night thereof, and He brought forth the morn thereof.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd after that He spread the earth,
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd produced therefrom the water thereof and the pasture thereof,
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd He made fast the hills,
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallA provision for you and for your cattle.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallBut when the great disaster cometh,
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThe day when man will call to mind his (whole) endeavour,
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd hell will stand forth visible to him who seeth,
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThen, as for him who rebelled
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd chose the life of the world,
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallLo! hell will be his home.
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallBut as for him who feared to stand before his Lord and restrained his soul from lust,
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Quran text: Tanzil Quran Text (Uthmani), tanzil.net – CC BY 3.0, unchanged. Translation: The Meaning of the Glorious Koran, Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall – Public domain (published 1930).