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76. "The Man"
  
     
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 Has there come upon man ever any period of time in which he was a thing unremembered?
 
2.
 Behold! The Lord created mankind from a drop of thickened stream of awareness to test him; so He made him capable of hearing and knowing.
 
3.
 Behold! The Lord has shown mankind the way, whether he be grateful or disbelieving.
 
4.
 Behold! The disbelievers have prepared for themselves their own chains and prison of anguish.
 
5.
 Behold! The righteous shall drink of a cup of which the mixture is of wellspring of universal wisdom,
 
6.
 A spring wherefrom the loyal servants of Allah drink, making it gush forth abundantly,
 
7.
 Because they perform their vows and fear a day when evil is widespread across the Earth.
 
8.
 And they feed with food the poor, the orphan and the prisoner, for love of God,
 
9.
 Saying: We feed you, for the sake of Allah only. We wish for no reward nor thanks from you;
 
10.
 Behold! we fear from our Lord a day of frowning and of fate.
 
11.
 Therefore Allah has warded off from them the evil of that day, and has made them find brightness and joy;
 
12.
 And has awarded them for all that they endured, the paradise of One Heaven along with great refinements and spiritual clothing.
 
13.
 Reclining therein upon couches, they will find there neither heat of a sun nor bitter cold.
 
14.
 The shade thereof is close upon them and the clustered fruits thereof bow down.
 
15.
 Goblets of silver are brought round for them, and beakers as of glass
 
16.
 Bright as glass but made of silver, which they themselves have measured to the measure of their deeds.
 
17.
 There are they watered with a cup of which the mixture is of Zanjabil,
 
18.
 The water of a spring therein, named Salsabil.
 
19.
 There wait on them immortal youths, whom, when you see, you would take for scattered pearls.
 
20.
 When you see One Heaven, you will see there is bliss and high estate.
 
21.
 Their raiment will be fine green silk and gold embroidery. Bracelets of silver will they wear. Their Lord will slake their thirst with a pure drink.
 
22.
 And it will be said unto them: Behold! this is a reward for you. Your endeavour upon earth has found acceptance.
 
23.
 Lo! We, even We, have revealed unto you the Qur'an, a revelation;
 
24.
 So submit patiently to thy Lord's command, and obey not of them any guilty one or disbeliever.
 
25.
 Remember the name of thy Lord at morn and evening.
 
26.
 And worship Him a portion of the night. And glorify Him through the livelong night.
 
27.
 Lo! These love fleeting life, and put behind them (the remembrance of) a grievous day.
 
28.
 We, even We, created them, and strengthened their frame. And when We will, We can replace them, bringing others like them in their stead.
 
29.
 Behold! this is a warning, that whosoever will may choose a way unto his Lord.
 
30.
 Yet you will not, unless Allah wills it. Behold! Allah is Knower, Wise.
 
31.
 He makes whom He will to enter His mercy, as evil-doers have prepared their own painful doom in the afterlife.
 
   
 
 

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