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In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

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A summary from the Tafsir of al-Tabari.

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Abridged by Dr. Aqil ibn Salim al-Shammari.

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Surah al-Haqqah (The Inevitable Reality).

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In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

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The Inevitable Reality.

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What is the Inevitable Reality?

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And what can make you know what the Inevitable Reality is?

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It is the Hour of Resurrection, in which matters are confirmed and settled.

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And in which requital for deeds becomes mandatory.

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What is the Hour of the Inevitable Reality?

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And what could make you know and understand what the Inevitable Reality is?

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“(The tribes of) Thamud and A'ad disbelieved in the judgment to come.” (69:4)

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“As for Thamud, they were destroyed by the lightning.” (69:5)

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Thamud, the people of Salih, and ‘Ad, the people of Hud, denied it.

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They denied the Hour that strikes the hearts of the servants.

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By its sudden onslaught upon them.

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As for Thamud, the people of Salih:

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Allah destroyed them with a devastating, overwhelming blast.

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“And as for A'ad, they were destroyed by a fierce roaring wind,” (69:6)

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“Which He imposed on them for seven long nights and eight long days so that thou mightest have seen men lying overthrown, as they were hollow trunks of palm-trees.” (69:7)

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You would see the people therein lying prostrate, as if they were hollow trunks of palm trees.

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“Canst thou (O Muhammad) see any remnant of them?” (69:8)

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And as for ‘Ad, the people of Hud:

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Allah destroyed them with a wind of intense, howling violence.

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Accompanied by extreme cold.

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It defied its keepers in its blowing.

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It exceeded, in its intensity and howling, the known limits of wind and cold.

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That wind was unleashed upon ‘Ad for seven nights and eight days in succession.

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You would see, O Muhammad, the people of ‘Ad destroyed.

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As if they were the roots of palm trees that had rotted away.

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So do you see, O Muhammad, any remnant of the people of ‘Ad?

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“And Pharaoh and those before him, and the communities that were destroyed, brought error,” (69:9)

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They disobeyed the messenger of their Lord, so He seized them with a mounting, severe seizure.

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And there came Pharaoh.

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And those before him, from the nations that denied the signs of Allah.

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Like the people of Nuh, ‘Ad, and Thamud, who committed sins.

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And the cities that were overturned upon their inhabitants.

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Their tops were turned to their bottoms due to their sins.

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Their sin was their practice of sodomy.

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These people whom Allah mentioned disobeyed.

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Namely Pharaoh, those before him, and the people of the overturned cities, they all disobeyed the messenger of their Lord.

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So their Lord seized them for their denial of His messenger with an excessive, severe, and growing seizure.

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We carried you in the sailing ship.

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“That We might make it a memorial for you, and that remembering ears (that heard the story) might remember.” (69:12)

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When the water rose and exceeded its known limits.

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We carried you in the ship that sails upon the water.

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So that We might make the sailing ship in which We carried you.

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A lesson and an admonition for you to take heed.

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And that a receptive ear might grasp and understand from Allah what it has heard.

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When the Trumpet is blown by Israfil, the first blast.

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And the earth and the mountains are lifted and leveled with a single crushing blow.

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On that day, the Hour will occur and the Resurrection will be established.

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“And the heaven will split asunder, for that day it will be frail.” (69:16)

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And the angels will be at its borders.

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“And the angels will be on the sides thereof, and eight will uphold the Throne of thy Lord that day, above them.” (69:17)

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“On that day ye will be exposed; not a secret of you will be hidden.” (69:18)

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The heaven will split asunder, for on that day it will be torn and fractured.

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And the angels will be at the edges and fringes of the heaven as it splits.

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And the Throne of your Lord will be borne above them on that day by eight ranks of angels.

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None knows their number except Allah.

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Or eight mighty angels.

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On that day, O people, you will be presented before your Lord.

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No secret of yours will be hidden from Allah.

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For He is All-Knowing of you all, encompassing you all.

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“Then, as for him who is given his record in his right hand, he will say: Take, read my book!” (69:19)

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He will say, "Here, read my record!"

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“Surely I knew that I should have to meet my reckoning.” (69:20)

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As for the one who is given his record of deeds in his right hand, he will say, "Come, read my record!"

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"I knew that I would meet my reckoning," when he arrived before his Lord on the Day of Resurrection.

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So he will be in a pleasant life.

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In a lofty Garden.

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Its fruits will be hanging low.

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“(And it will be said unto those therein): Eat and drink at ease for that which ye sent on before you in past days.” (69:24)

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The one whose state I have described is he who was given his record in his right hand.

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In a life that is pleasing, or a life in which there is contentment.

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The life is described as being one of contentment, and it is indeed pleasing.

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For that is a praise of the life in a high, elevated garden.

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The fruits of the Garden that are plucked are near to the one plucking them.

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It is mentioned that whoever desires its fruit may take it as he wishes, whether standing or sitting.

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Neither distance prevents him from it, nor do thorns stand between him and it.

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"Eat," O you with whom I am pleased and whom I have admitted into My Garden.

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Eat of its fruits and the goodness of the food therein.

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And drink of its beverages.

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Enjoy it as a reward for what you sent forth in your worldly life for your Hereafter, through obedience to Allah.

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In the days of the world that have passed and gone.

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“But as for him who is given his record in his left hand, he will say: Oh, would that I had not been given my book” (69:25)

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“But as for him who is given his record in his left hand, he will say: Oh, would that I had not been given my book” (69:25)

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"And I did not know what my reckoning would be."

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“Oh, would that it had been death!” (69:27)

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But as for the one who is given his record of deeds in his left hand on that day.

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He will say, "Oh, I wish I had not been given my record!"

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"And I did not know what my reckoning was."

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"Oh, I wish the death that I died in the world."

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"Had been the end of everything thereafter."

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And that there had been no life or resurrection after it.

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Meaning that the wealth he possessed in the world will not save him from the punishment of Allah at all.

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"My arguments have vanished and are lost."

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I have no argument to plead my case.

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"Seize him and shackle him."

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"Then into the Hellfire drive him."

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"Then into a chain whose length is seventy cubits, insert him."

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The Almighty says, instructing His angels, the keepers of Hell:

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Seize him and shackle him.

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Then cast him into Hell to burn therein.

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Then insert him into a chain whose length is seventy cubits.

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By the cubit of Allah, for He knows the extent of its length.

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“Lo! He used not to believe in Allah the Tremendous,” (69:33)

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And he did not encourage the feeding of the poor.

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“Therefor hath he no lover here this day,” (69:35)

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“Nor any food save filth” (69:36)

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“Which none but sinners eat.” (69:37)

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Do this to him as a recompense for his disbelief in Allah in the world.

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He did not believe in the Oneness of the Almighty Allah.

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Nor did he encourage people to feed the needy and those in want.

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So on the Day of Resurrection, in the Hereafter, he will have no close relative to defend him.

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Or to save him from the affliction he is in.

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Nor will he have any food.

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Just as he did not encourage the feeding of the poor in the world.

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Except for food from the discharge of the people of the Fire.

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No one eats the food that comes from the washing of wounds.

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Except the sinners.

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Those whose sins are disbelief in Allah.

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And what you do not see.

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It is the word of a noble messenger.

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“It is not poet's speech - little is it that ye believe!” (69:41)

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Little is it that you believe.

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And it is not the word of a soothsayer.

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Little is it that you remember.

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It is a revelation from the Lord of the worlds.

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Nay.

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The matter is not as you say, O you who deny the Book of Allah and His messengers.

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I swear by all things.

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Those of which you see and those which you do not see.

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This Qur'an is not the word of a poet.

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Because Muhammad does not know how to compose poetry.

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Yet you say it is poetry.

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You believe in it but little.

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Nor is it the word of a soothsayer.

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Because Muhammad is not a soothsayer.

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Yet you say it is the rhymed prose of soothsayers.

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You take little admonition from it.

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And little do you reflect upon it.

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But it is a revelation from the Lord of the worlds, sent down upon him.

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“And if he had invented false sayings concerning Us,” (69:44)

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We would have seized him by the right hand.

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“And then severed his life-artery,” (69:46)

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“And not one of you could have held Us off from him.” (69:47)

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If Muhammad had fabricated against Us some false sayings.

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And lied about Us.

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We would have seized him with Our might and power.

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Then We would have cut his life-artery.

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By this, He means that He would have hastened his punishment and not delayed it.

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And there is no one among you, O people, who could prevent Us from dealing with Muhammad.

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Who could stop Us from punishing him or doing what We will to him.

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It is indeed a reminder for the righteous.

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“And lo! We know that some among you will deny (it).” (69:49)

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“And lo! it is indeed an anguish for the disbelievers.” (69:50)

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It is the absolute truth.

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So glorify the name of your Lord, the Great.

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For the righteous who fear the punishment of Allah by performing His obligatory duties and avoiding His prohibitions.

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We know that there are some among you, O people, who deny this Qur'an.

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And indeed, denying it will be a source of regret and remorse for the disbelievers in the Qur'an on the Day of Resurrection.

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It is the absolute truth, about which there is no doubt that it is from Allah.

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Muhammad (peace be upon him) did not fabricate it.

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So glorify the name of your Lord, the Great, before Whom everything is small in His greatness.