# Sura  77 - The Sent

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> SURA LXXVII (77) - The Sent   (Mecca - 50 Verses)     (XXXVI - 50)            
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>        In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
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>        By the train of The Sent ones,
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>        And the swift in their swiftness;
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>        By the scatterers who scatter,
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>        And the distinguishers who distinguish;
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>        And by those that give forth the word
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>        To excuse or warn;
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>        Verily that which ye are promised is imminent.
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>        When the stars, therefore, shall be blotted out,
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>        And when the heaven shall be cleft,
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> 77:10  And when the mountains shall be scattered in dust,
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>        And when the Apostles shall have a time assigned them;
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>        Until what day shall that time be deferred?
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>        To the day of severing!
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>        And who shall teach thee what the day of severing is?
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>        Woe on that day to those who charged with imposture!
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>        Have we not destroyed them of old?
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>        We will next cause those of later times to follow them.
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>        Thus deal we with the evil doers.
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>        Woe on that day to those who charged with imposture!
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> 77:20  Have we not created you of a sorry germ,
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>        Which we laid up in a secure place,
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>        Till the term decreed for birth?
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>        Such is our power! and how powerful are We!
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>        Woe on that day to those who charged with imposture!
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>        Have we not made the earth to hold
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>        The living and the dead?
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>        And placed on it the tall firm mountains, and given you to drink of
> sweet water.
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>        Woe on that day to those who charged with imposture!
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>        Begone to that Hell which ye called a lie: -
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> 77:30  Begone to the shadows that lie in triple masses;
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>        "But not against the flame shall they shade or help you:" -
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>        The sparks which it casteth out are like towers -
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>        Like tawny camels.
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>        Woe on that day to those who charged with imposture!
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>        On that day they shall not speak,
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>        Nor shall it be permitted them to allege excuses.
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>        Woe on that day to those who charged with imposture!
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>        This is the day of severing, when we will assemble you and your
> ancestors.
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>        If now ye have any craft truly your craft on me.
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> 77:40  Woe on that day to those who charged with imposture!
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>        But the god-fearing shall be placed amid shades and fountains,
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>        And fruits, whatsoever they shall desire:
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>        "Eat and drink, with health, as the meed of your toils."
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>        Thus recompense we the good.
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>        Woe on that day to those who charged with imposture!
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>        "Eat ye and enjoy yourselves a little while.  Verily, ye are doers. of
> evil."
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>        Woe on that day to those who charged with imposture!
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>        For when it is said to them, bend the knee, they bend it not.
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>        Woe on that day to those who charged with imposture!
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> 77:50  In what other revelation after this will they believe?
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> — *Sura  77 - The Sent*