The Good Life
Magnifying the Lord
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MAGNIFYING THE LORD
You who are wrapped up in your vestment, arise
and give warning, Magnify your Lord, purify your
inner self. Keep away from all pollution. Be patient,
for your Lord’s sake. The day when the trumpet
sounds should not be an easy one for the
unbelievers; it shall be a day of anguish for them
(74:1-10).
No, by the moon! By the departing night and the
rising dawn, Hell is a dire scourge, a warning to
mankind; alike to those of you who would advance
and those who would hang back. Each soul is the
hostage of its own deeds. But those on the right
hand—they will be in their gardens, inquiring of the
sinners; “What brought you into the Fire?” They
will reply: “We never prayed or fed the hungry. We
engaged in vain disputes and denied the Day of
Reckoning until death overtook us.” No
intercessor’s plea shall avail them then (74:32-48).
