# Sura  76 - Man

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> SURA LXXVI (76) - Man      (Mecca - 31 Verses)                 (LII - 87)      
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>        In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
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>        Doth not a long time pass over Man, during which he is a thing
> unremembered?
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>        We have created man from the union of the sexes that we might prove him;
> and hearing, seeing, have we made him:
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>        In a right way have we guided him, be he thankful or ungrateful.
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>        For the Infidels we have got ready chains and collars and flaming fire.
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>        But a wine cup tempered at the camphor fountain the just shall quaff:
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>        Fount whence the servants of God shall drink, and guide by channels from
> place to place;
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>        They who fulfilled their vows, and feared the day whose woes will spread
> fare and wide;
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>        Who thought longing for it themselves, bestowed their food on the poor
> and the orphan and the captive:
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>        "We feed you for the sake of God: we seek from you neither recompense or
> thanks:
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> 76:10  A stern and calamitous day dread we from our Lord."
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>        From the evil therefore of that day hath God delivered them and cast on
> them brightness of face and joy:
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>        And hath rewarded their constancy, with Paradise and silken robes:
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>        Reclining therein on bridal couches, nought shall they know of sun or
> piercing cold:
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>        Its shades shall be close over them, and low shall its fruits hang down:
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>        And vessels of silver and goblets like flagons shall be borne round
> among them:
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>        Flagons of silver whose measure themselves shall mete.
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>        And there shall they be given to drink of the cup tempered with
> zendjebil (ginger)
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>        From the fount therein whose name is Selsebil (the softly flowing).
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>        Aye-blooming youths go round among them.  When thou lookest at them thou
> wouldest deem them scattered pearls;
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> 76:20  And when thou seest this, thou wilt see delights and a vast kingdom:
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>        Their clothing green silk robes and rich brocade: with silver bracelets
> shall they be adorned; and drink of a pure beverage shall their Lord give them.
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>        This shall be your recompense.  Your efforts shall meet with thanks.
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>        We ourselves have sent down to thee the Koran as a missive from on high.
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>        Await then with patience the judgments of thy Lord, and obey not the
> wicked among them and the unbelieving:
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>        And make mention of the name of thy Lord at morn, at even,
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>        And at night.  Adore him, and praise him the livelong night.
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>        But these men love the fleeting present, and leave behind them the heavy
> day of doom.
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>        Ourselves have we created them, and strengthened their joints; and when
> we please, with others like unto themselves will we replace them.
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>        This truly is a warning:  And whoso willeth, taketh the way to his Lord;
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> 76:30  But will it ye shall not, unless God will it, for God is Knowing, Wise.
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>        He causeth whom He will to enter into his mercy.  But for the evil
> doers, He hath made ready an afflictive chastisement.
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> — *Sura  76 - Man*