ٱسْتَجِيبُوا۟ لِرَبِّكُم مِّن قَبْلِ أَن يَأْتِىَ يَوْمٌۭ لَّا مَرَدَّ لَهُۥ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ ۚ مَا لَكُم مِّن مَّلْجَإٍۢ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ وَمَا لَكُم مِّن نَّكِيرٍۢ
Istajeeboo li Rabbikum min qabli any yaatiya Yawmul laa maradda lahoo minal laah; maa lakum mim malja iny yawma'izinw wa maa lakum min nakeer
Respond to your Lord before a Day comes from Allah of which there is no repelling. No refuge will you have that day, nor for you will there be any denial.
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42:47Ayah 153
6 ayahs in Ash-Shura are strongly about the Day of Judgment. This is one of them.
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Answer your Lord respond to Him by affirming His Oneness and worshipping Him before there comes a day namely the Day of Resurrection for which there is no revoking from God in other words one which when He brings about He will not revoke. On that day you will have no refuge in which to seek refuge in and for you there will be no way of denying your sins.
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