Quran — Page 520

AND HOW MANY a generation have We destroyed before those [who now deny the truth] people of greater might than theirs; but [when Our chastise­ment befell them,] they became wanderers on the face of the earth, seeking no more than a place of refuge

In this, behold, there is indeed a reminder for everyone whose heart is wide-awake -that is, [every­one who] lends ear with a conscious mind -

and [who knows that] We have indeed created the heavens and the earth and all that is between them in six aeons, and [that] no weariness could ever touch Us.

HENCE, [O believer,] bear thou with patience what­ever they may say, and extol thy Sustainer’s limit­less glory and praise before the rising of the sun and before its setting;

and in the night, too, extol His glory, and at every prayer’s end.

And [always] listen for the day when He who issues the call [of death] shall call [thee] from close-by;

[and bethink thyself, too, of] the Day on which all [human beings] will in truth hear the final blast - that Day of [their] coming-forth [from death].

Verily, it is We who grant life and deal death; and with Us will be all journeys’ end

on the Day when the earth is riven asunder all around them as they hasten forth [towards God’s judgment]: that gathering will be easy for Us [to encompass].

Fully aware are We of what they [who deny resurrection] do say; and thou canst by no means force them [to believe in it]. Yet none the less, remind, through this Qur’an, all such as may fear My warning.

CONSIDER the winds that scatter the dust far and wide,

and those that carry the burden [of heavy clouds],

and those that speed along with gentle ease,

and those that apportion [the gift of life] at [God’s] behest!

Verily, that which you are promised is true indeed,

and, verily, judgment is bound to come!