P:  Nay, but when the earth is ground to atoms, grinding, grinding,

S:  Nay! when the earth is made to crumble to pieces,

089.022 Y:  And thy Lord cometh, and His angels, rank upon rank,

P:  And thy Lord shall come with angels, rank on rank,

S:  And your Lord comes and (also) the angels in ranks,

089.023 Y:  And Hell, that Day, is brought (face to face),- on that Day will man remember, but how will that remembrance profit him?

P:  And hell is brought near that day; on that day man will remember, but how will the remembrance (then avail him)?

S:  And hell is made to appear on that day.  On that day shall man be mindful, and what shall being mindful (then) avail him?

089.024 Y:  He will say:  “Ah!  Would that I had sent forth (good deeds) for (this) my (Future) Life!”

P:  He will say:  Ah, would that I had sent before me (some provision) for my life!

S:  He shall say:  O! would that I had sent before for (this) my life!

089.025 Y:  For, that Day, His Chastisement will be such as none (else) can inflict,

P:  None punisheth as He will punish on that day!

S:  But on that day shall no one chastise with (anything like) His chastisement,

089.026 Y:  And His bonds will be such as none (other) can bind.

P:  None bindeth as He then will bind.

S:  And no one shall bind with (anything like) His binding.

089.027 Y:  (To the righteous soul will be said:) “O (thou) soul, in (complete) rest and satisfaction!”

P:  But ah! thou soul at peace!

S:  O soul that art at rest!

089.028 Y:  “Come back thou to thy Lord,- well pleased (thyself), and well-pleasing unto Him!”

P:  Return unto thy Lord, content in His good pleasure!

S:  Return to your Lord, well-pleased (with him), well-pleasing (Him),

089.029 Y:  “Enter thou, then, among My devotees!”

P:  Enter thou among My bondmen!

S:  So enter among My servants,

089.030 Y:  “Yea, enter thou My Heaven!”

P:  Enter thou My Garden!

S:  And enter into My garden.

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Chapter 90: 

Al-BALAD (the city, this Countryside)
Total Verses:  20 Revealed At:  Makka

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In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.

090.001 Y:  I do call to witness this City;-

P:  Nay, I swear by this city —

S:  Nay!  I swear by this city.

090.002 Y:  And thou art a freeman of this City;-

P:  And thou art an indweller of this city —

S:  And you shall be made free from obligation in this city—­

090.003 Y:  And (the mystic ties of) parent and child;-