THE
QAYYŪM AL-ASMĀ' OF THE BĀB.
Part XC
[90]
سورة القتال
Sūrat al-Qital
(The Surah of the [Eschatological] Killing)
on
Qur'ān 12: [89]90.
Translation Stephen N. Lambden
1982-2016
[1]
بسم اللّه الرحمن الرحيم
In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate
[2]
[12:89 "He said, 'Are you aware of what you did with Joseph and his brother, when you were ignorant?']
12:90 They said, 'Why, art thou indeed Joseph?' 'I am Joseph,' he said. 'This is my brother.God has indeed been gracious unto us. Whosoever fears God, and is patient -- surely God leaves not to waste the wage of the good-doers. 'By God,' they said, 'God has indeed preferred thee above us, and certainly we have been sinful" (12:90, trans. Arberry).
[3]
المعص
A-L-M-`-Ṣ
[4]
God, no God is there save Him, the Living, the Self-Subsisting, the Lord of the heavens and of the earth and whatsoever lieth between them for He is indeed One Elevated, Mighty. [5] This is a Book from before God, the Wondrous (al-badi`). He, in very truth, hath ever been revealing, fashioning sūrahs. [6] These verses (al-āyat) are pages (waraqāt) from the Tree of the Friend [Abraham] (shajarat al-khalīl) in the rock of Abraham (ḥajr Ibrahīm) who was, indeed.... This is the Citadel of Ruby (qasabat al-yāqūt) in the Land of Sanctity (arḍ al-quds) for therein was it established [planted] (maghrūs an). [7] This is indeed the Word of Glorification (kalimat al-tasbih)...
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