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| 20. Hearken ! you love the present life; 21. And you neglect the Hereafter. 22. Some faces on that day will be radiant, 23. Looking eagerly towards their Lord; 24. And some faces on that day will be dismal, 25. Knowing that a back-breaking calamity will befall them. 26. Hearken ! when the soul of the dying man comes up to the throat, 27. And it is said, `Who is the Wizard to save him ?' 28. And he is sure that it is the parting; 29. And one shank rubs against the other shank in death-agony; 30. Unto thy Lord that day will be the driving. 31. For, he neither accepted the Truth nor observed Prayer; 32. But he rejected the Truth and turned his back on it; 33. Then he went to kinsfolk, strutting along in pride. 34. `Woe unto thee ! and woe again ! 35. `Then woe unto thee ! and woe again ! 36. Does man think that he is to be left alone without purpose ? 37. Was he not a drop of fluid, emitted forth ? 38. The he became a clot, then ALLAH gave him shape and perfected him. 39. Then HE made of him a pair; the male and female. 40. Has not such a one the power to raise the dead to life ? 1. There has, certainly, come upon man a period of time when he was not a thing worth mentioning. 2. WE have created man from a mingled sperm-drop that WE might try him; so WE made him hearing, seeing. 3. WE have shown him the way, whether he be grateful or ungrateful. 4. Verily, WE have prepared for the disbelievers chains and iron-collars and blazing Fire. 5. But the virtuous shall drink of a cup, tempered with camphor - |
