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76. Al-Insan - The Man
| 1 | Has there come on man a while of time when he was a thing unremembered? |
| 2 | We created man of a sperm-drop, a mingling, and We made him hearing, seeing. |
| 3 | Surely We guided him upon the way whether he be thankful or unthankful. |
| 4 | Surely We have prepared for the unbelievers chains, fetters, and a Blaze. |
| 5 | Surely the pious shall drink of a cup whose mixture is camphor, |
| 6 | a fountain whereat drink the servants of God, making it to gush forth plenteously. |
| 7 | They fulfil their vows, and fear a day whose evil is upon the wing; |
| 8 | they give food, for the love of Him, to the needy, the orphan, the captive: |
| 9 | 'We feed you only for the Face of God; we desire no recompense from you, no thankfulness; |
| 10 | for we fear from our Lord a frowning day, inauspicious. |
| 11 | So God has guarded them from the evil of that day, and has procured them radiancy and gladness, |
| 12 | and recompensed them for their patience with a Garden, and silk; |
| 13 | therein they shall recline upon couches, therein they shall see neither sun nor bitter cold; |
| 14 | near them shall be its shades, and its clusters hung meekly down, |
| 15 | and there shall be passed around them vessels of silver, and goblets of crystal, |
| 16 | crystal of silver that they have measured -- very exactly. |
| 17 | And therein they shall be given to drink a cup whose mixture is ginger, |
| 18 | therein a fountain whose name is called Salsabil. |
| 19 | Immortal youths shall go about them; when thou seest them, thou supposest them scattered pearls, |
| 20 | when thou seest them then thou seest bliss and a great kingdom. |
| 21 | Upon them shall be green garments of silk and brocade; they are adorned with bracelets of silver, and their Lord shall give them to drink a pure draught. |
| 22 | Behold, this is a recompense for you, and your striving is thanked.' |
| 23 | Surely We have sent down the Koran on thee, a sending down; |
| 24 | so be thou patient under the judgment of thy Lord, and obey not one of them, sinner or unbeliever. |
| 25 | And remember the Name of thy Lord at dawn and in the evening |
| 26 | and part of the night; bow down before Him and magnify Him through the long night. |
| 27 | Surely these men love the hasty world, and leave be behind them a heavy day. |
| 28 | We created them, and We strengthened their joints; and, when We will, We shall exchange their likes. |
| 29 | Surely this is a Reminder; so he who will, takes unto his Lord a way. |
| 30 | But you will not unless God wills; surely God is ever All-knowing, All-wise. |
| 31 | For He admits into His mercy whomsoever He will; as for the evildoers, He has prepared for them a painful chastisement. |