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SURE

Alak Suresi

Muhammad Asad •
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READ in the name of thy Sustainer, who has-
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created man out of a germ-cell
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Read - for thy Sustainer is the Most Bountiful One
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who has taught [man] the use of the pen –
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taught man what he did not know!
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Nay, verily, man becomes grossly overweening
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whenever he believes himself to be self-sufficient:
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for, behold, unto thy Sustainer all must return.
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HAST THOU ever considered him who tries to prevent
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a servant [of God] from praying?
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Hast thou considered whether he is on the right way,
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or is concerned with God-consciousness?
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Hast thou considered whether he may [not] be giving the lie to the truth and turning his back [upon it]?
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Does he, then, not know that God sees [all]?
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Nay, if he desist not, We shall most surely drag him down upon his forehead
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the lying, rebellious forehead! –
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and then let him summon [to his aid] the counsels of his own [spurious] wisdom,
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[the while] We shall summon the forces of heavenly chastisement!
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Nay, pay thou no heed to him, but prostrate thyself [before God] and draw close [unto Him]!