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What are they asking one another about?

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About the great news -

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That which they are in disagreement over.

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No! They are going to know.

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Then, no! They are going to know.

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Have We not made the earth a resting place?

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And the mountains as stakes [to anchor the earth]?

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And We created you in pairs,

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And made your sleep [a means for] rest,

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And made the night as clothing,

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And made the day for livelihood,

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And constructed seven strong [heavens] above you,

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And made a burning lamp [therein],

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And sent down water pouring abundantly from the rain clouds,

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So that We may bring forth grain thereby and vegetation

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And gardens of entwined growth.

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Indeed, the Day of Separation is an appointed time -

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The Day the Trumpet is blown and you will come forth in multitudes,

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And the heaven is opened and will become gates,

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And the mountains are removed ^{*Isaiah 54:10, *Judith 16:15, *Revelation 6:14} and will be a mirage.

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Indeed, Gehenna has been lying in wait -

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[It will be] a place of return for the transgressors,

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In which they will remain for [everlasting] ages.

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They will not taste [any] coolness therein or drink,

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Except scalding water and [foul] purulence -

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An appropriate recompense.

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Indeed, they were not expecting an account

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And denied Our verses with [emphatic] denial.

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But We have enumerated all things in a Book. ^{*Matthew 10:20, *Luke 12:7}

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So taste [the penalty], and We will never increase you in [anything] except punishment.

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Indeed, there is success for those who fear [God] -

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Orchards and grapevines,

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And splendid companions of equal age,

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And a full cup.

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They will hear no idle talk therein or any falsehood -

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[As] reward from your Lord, a gift [on the Day of] Account,

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[From] the Lord of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them, the Most Gracious. They do not possess [authority] from Him [for] speech.

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The Day that the [Holy] Spirit and the angels will stand in rows, they will not speak except for one whom the Most Gracious permits, and he will say what is correct.

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That is the True Day; so he who wills may take a [way of] return to his Lord.

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Indeed, We have warned you of a near punishment on the Day when a man will observe what his hands have put forth, and the disbeliever will say, "Oh, I wish that I were dust!"