لَّا يَمَسُّهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱلۡمُطَهَّرُونَ
(56:79) which none but the pure may touch;9
تَنزِيلٞ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ
(56:80) a revelation from the Lord of the Universe.
أَفَبِهَٰذَا ٱلۡحَدِيثِ أَنتُم مُّدۡهِنُونَ
(56:81) Do you, then, take this discourse in light esteem,0
وَتَجۡعَلُونَ رِزۡقَكُمۡ أَنَّكُمۡ تُكَذِّبُونَ
(56:82) and your portion in it is simply that you denounce it as false?1
فَلَوۡلَآ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلۡحُلۡقُومَ
(56:83) Why, then, when the soul leaps up to the throat,
وَأَنتُمۡ حِينَئِذٖ تَنظُرُونَ
(56:84) the while you are helplessly watching that he is on the verge of
death,
death,
وَنَحۡنُ أَقۡرَبُ إِلَيۡهِ مِنكُمۡ وَلَٰكِن لَّا تُبۡصِرُونَ
(56:85) – at that moment when We are closer to him than you, although you
do not see (Us)
do not see (Us)
فَلَوۡلَآ إِن كُنتُمۡ غَيۡرَ مَدِينِينَ
(56:86) if you are not subject to anyone's authority,