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88. "The Overwhelming Calamity"
 
     
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Has there come unto you the news of the coming overwhelming calamity?
 
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On that day many faces will be downcast,
 
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Toiling, weary and scorched by fire,  
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Flooded and drowned from boiling seas ,  
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No food nor nourishment to release them from hunger ,  
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They will curse the name of God  
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And still plead for mercy upon their willing ignorance .
 
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In those End of Days other faces will be calm,
 
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Understanding in the cause of all signs,  
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Is the work of great seasons and cycle,  
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For Allah's kindness towards all things  
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is greater than a mother's love towards her children,  
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That to live in ignorance and hatred  
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Is to choose to exile themselves from Allah  
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But to respect wisdom and all living things  
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Is to live bathed in the love of the Lord's blessings  
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They will not question the calamity or why it is created.
 
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And the heavens, why they are raised?
 
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And the hills, how they roar?
 
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And the earth, how it is has changed?  
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Remind them, for you are but a messenger of future visions,
 
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You are not at all a judge over them.
 
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Nor does Allah hate those whoso are averse and disbelieve,
 
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For Allah is the creator of all things.
 
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Behold! Given Unto Us is the return of the Earth to be as Heaven  
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And Ours the choice.  
   
 
 

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