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The Qur'an (Oxford World's Classics)

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102. STRIVING FOR MORE<br />

A Meccan sura which criticizes man’s preoccupation with worldly wealth and<br />

stresses that he will be brought to account on the Day of Resurrection.<br />

In the name of God, the Lord of Mercy, the Giver of Mercy<br />

1 Striving for more distracts you 2 until you go into your graves. a 3 No<br />

indeed! You will come to know. 4 No indeed! In the end you will come<br />

to know. 5 No indeed! If only you knew for certain. 6 You will most<br />

definitely see Hellfire, 7 you will see it with the eye of certainty. 8 On<br />

that Day, you will be asked about your pleasures.<br />

a Literally ‘until you visit the graves’. <strong>The</strong>ir stay in the grave is like a short visit (cf.<br />

46: 35).

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