{"collection":"Islam","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/isl/yaq/yaq076.htm","path":"isl/yaq/yaq076.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/isl/yaq/yaq076.htm","text":"The Holy Quran, tr. by Yusuf Ali, [1934]\nIn the name of God, Most Gracious,\n Most Merciful.\n1. Has there not been\n Over Man a long period\n Of Time, when he was\n Nothing\u2014(not even) mentioned?\n2. Verily We created\n Man from a drop\n Of mingled sperm,\n In order to try him:\n So We gave him (the gifts).\n Of Hearing and Sight.\n3. We showed him, the Way:\n Whether he be grateful\n Or ungrateful (rests\n On his will).\n4. For the Rejecters\n We have prepared\nChains, Yokes, and\n A Blazing Fire.\n5. As to the Righteous,\n They shall drink\n Of a Cup (of Wine)\n Mixed with K\u0101f\u016br,\u2014\n6. A Fountain where\n The Devotees of God\n Do drink, making it\n Flow in unstinted abundance.\n7. They perform (their) vows,\n And they fear a Day\n Whose evil flies far and wide.\n8. And they feed, for the love\n Of God, the indigent,\n The orphan, and the captive,\u2014\n9. (Saying), \"We feed you\n For the sake of God alone:\n No reward do we desire\n From you, nor thanks.\n10. \"We only fear a Day\n Of distressful Wrath\n From the side of our Lord.\"\n11. But God will deliver\n Them from the evil\n Of that Day, and will\n Shed over them a Light\n Of Beauty and\n A (blissful) Joy.\n12. And because they were\n Patient and constant, He will\n Reward them with a Garden\n And (garments of) silk.\n13. Reclining in the (Garden)\n On raised thrones,\n They will see there neither\n The sun's (excessive heat)\n Nor (the moon's) excessive cold.\n14. And the shades of the (Garden)\n Will come low over them,\n And the bunches (of fruit),\n There, will hang low\n In humility.\n15. And amongst them will be\n Passed round vessels of silver\n And goblets of crystal,\u2014\n16. Crystal-clear, made of silver:\n They will determine\n The measure thereof\n (According to their wishes).\n17. And they will be given\n To drink there of a Cup\n (Of Wine) mixed \n With Zanja\u1e05\u012bl,\u2014\n18. A fountain there,\n Called Salsab\u012bl.\n19. And round about them\n Will (serve) youths\n Of perpetual (freshness):\n If thou seest them,\n Thou wouldst think them\n Scattered Pearls.\n20. And when thou lookest,\n It is there thou wilt see\nA Bliss and\n A Realm Magnificent.\n21. Upon them will be\n Green Garments of fine silk\n And heavy brocade,\n And they will be adorned\n With Bracelets of silver;\n And their Lord will\n Give to them to drink\n Of a Wine\n Pure and Holy.\n22. \"Verily this is a Reward\n For you, and your Endeavour\n Is accepted and recognised.\"\n23. It is We Who\n Have sent down the Qur-\u0101n\n To thee by stages.\n24. Therefore be patient\n With constancy to the Command\n Of thy Lord, and hearken not\n To the sinner or the ingrate\n Among them.\n25. And celebrate the name\nOf thy Lord morning\n And evening,\n26. And part of the night,\n Prostrate thyself to Him;\n And glorify Him\n A long night through.\n27. As to these, they love\n The fleeting life,\n And put away behind them\n A Day (that will be) hard.\n28. It is We Who created\n Them, and We have made\n Their joints strong;\n But, when We will,\n We can substitute\n The like of them\n By a complete change.\n29. This is an admonition:\n Whosoever will, let him\n Take a (straight) Path\n To his Lord.\n30. But ye will not,\n Except as God wills;\nFor God is full of\n Knowledge and Wisdom.\n31. He will admit\n To His Mercy Whom He will;\n But the wrong-doers,\u2014\n For them has He prepared\n A grievous Penalty.","title":"The Holy Quran: S\u016bra LXXVI. Dahr, or Time, or Ins...","type":"page"}