In the name of God, Most Gracious,
Most Merciful.
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Praise be to God, to Whom belong all things in the heavens
and on earth: to Him be Praise in the Hereafter: and He is Full of Wisdom,
acquainted with all things.
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He knows all that goes into the earth, and all that comes
out thereof; all that comes down from the sky and all that ascends thereto and He
is the Most Merciful, the Oft-Forgiving.
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The Unbelievers say, "Never to us will come the
Hour": Say, "Nay! but most surely, by my Lord, it will come upon
you;- by Him Who knows the unseen,- from Whom is not hidden the least little
atom in the heavens or on earth: Nor is there anything less than that, or
greater, but is in the Record Perspicuous:
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That He may reward those who believe and work deeds of
righteousness: for such is Forgiveness and a Sustenance Most Generous."
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But those who strive against Our Signs, to frustrate them,-
for such will be a Penalty,- a Punishment most humiliating.
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And those to whom knowledge has come see that the
(Revelation) sent down to thee from thy Lord - that is the Truth, and that it
guides to the Path of the Exalted (in might), Worthy of all praise.
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The Unbelievers say (in ridicule): "Shall we point out
to you a man that will tell you, when ye are all scattered to pieces in
disintegration, that ye shall (then be raised) in a New Creation?
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"Has he invented a falsehood against God, or has a
spirit (seized) him?"- Nay, it is those who believe not in the Hereafter,
that are in (real) Penalty, and in farthest error.
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See they not what is before them and behind them, of the sky
and the earth? If We wished, We could cause the earth to swallow them up, or
cause a piece of the sky to fall upon them. Verily in this is a Sign for every
devotee that turns to God (in repentance).
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We bestowed Grace aforetime on David from ourselves: "O
ye Mountains! Sing ye back the Praises of God with him! and ye birds (also)!
And We made the iron soft for him;-
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(Commanding), "Make thou coast of mail, balancing well
the rings of chain armour, and work ye righteousness; for be sure I see
(clearly) all that ye do."
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And to Solomon (We made) the Wind (obedient): Its early
morning (stride) was a month's (journey), and its evening (stride) was a
month's (journey); and We made a Font of molten brass to flow for him; and
there were Jinns that worked in front of him, by the leave of his Lord, and if
any of them turned aside from our command, We made him taste of the Penalty of
the Blazing Fire.
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They worked for him as he desired, (making) arches, images,
basons as large as reservoirs, and (cooking) cauldrons fixed (in their places):
"Work ye, sons of David, with thanks! but few of My servants are
grateful!"
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Then, when We decreed (Solomon's) death, nothing showed them
his death except a little worm of the earth, which kept (slowly) gnawing away
at his staff: so when he fell down, the Jinns saw plainly that if they had
known the unseen, they would not have tarried in the humiliating Penalty (of
their Task).
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There was, for Saba, aforetime, a Sign in their home-land -
two Gardens to the right and to the left. "Eat of the Sustenance
(provided) by your Lord, and be grateful to Him: a territory fair and happy,
and a Lord Oft-Forgiving!
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But they turned away (from God), and We sent against them
the Flood (released) from the dams, and We converted their two garden (rows)
into "gardens" producing bitter fruit, and tamarisks, and some few
(stunted) Lote-trees.
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That was the Requital We gave them because they ungratefully
rejected Faith: and never do We give (such) requital except to such as are
ungrateful rejecters.
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Between them and the Cities on which We had poured our
blessings, We had placed Cities in prominent positions, and between them We had
appointed stages of journey in due proportion: "Travel therein, secure, by
night and by day."
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But they said: "Our Lord! Place longer distances
between our journey- stages": but they wronged themselves (therein). At
length We made them as a tale (that is told), and We dispersed them all in
scattered fragments. Verily in this are Signs for every (soul that is)
patiently constant and grateful.
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And on them did Satan prove true his idea, and they followed
him, all but a party that believed.
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But he had no authority over them,- except that We might
test the man who believes in the Hereafter from him who is in doubt concerning
it: and thy Lord doth watch over all things.
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Say: "Call upon other (gods) whom ye fancy, besides
God: They have no power,- not the weight of an atom,- in the heavens or on
earth: No (sort of) share have they therein, nor is any of them a helper to
God.
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"No intercession can avail in His Presence, except for
those for whom He has granted permission. So far (is this the case) that, when
terror is removed from their hearts (at the Day of Judgment, then) will they
say, 'what is it that your Lord commanded?' they will say, 'That which is true
and just; and He is the Most High Most Great'."
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Say: "Who gives you sustenance, from the heavens and
the earth?" Say: "It is God; and certain it is that either we or ye
are on right guidance or in manifest error!"
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Say: "Ye shall not be questioned as to our sins, nor
shall we be questioned as to what ye do."
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Say: "Our Lord will gather us together and will in the
end decide the matter between us (and you) in truth and justice: and He is the
one to decide, the One Who knows all."
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Say: "Show me those whom ye have joined with Him as
partners: by no means (can ye). Nay, He is God, the Exalted in Power, the
Wise."
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We have not sent thee but as a universal (Messenger) to men,
giving them glad tidings, and warning them (against sin), but most men
understand not.
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They say: "When will this promise (come to pass) if ye
are telling the truth?"
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Say: "The appointment to you is for a Day, which ye
cannot put back for an hour nor put forward."
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The Unbelievers say: "We shall neither believe in this
scripture nor in (any) that (came) before it." Couldst thou but see when the
wrong-doers will be made to stand before their Lord, throwing back the word (of
blame) on one another! Those who had been despised will say to the arrogant
ones: "Had it not been for you, we should certainly have been
believers!"
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The arrogant ones will say to those who had been despised:
"Was it we who kept you back from Guidance after it reached you? Nay,
rather, it was ye who transgressed.
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Those who had been despised will say to the arrogant ones:
"Nay! it was a plot (of yours) by day and by night: Behold! Ye
(constantly) ordered us to be ungrateful to God and to attribute equals to
Him!" They will declare (their) repentance when they see the Penalty: We
shall put yokes on the necks of the Unbelievers: It would only be a requital for
their (ill) Deeds.
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Never did We send a warner to a population, but the wealthy
ones among them said: "We believe not in the (Message) with which ye have
been sent."
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They said: "We have more in wealth and in sons, and we
cannot be punished."
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Say: "Verily my Lord enlarges and restricts the
Provision to whom He pleases, but most men understand not."
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It is not your wealth nor your sons, that will bring you
nearer to Us in degree: but only those who believe and work righteousness - these
are the ones for whom there is a multiplied Reward for their deeds, while
secure they (reside) in the dwellings on high!
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Those who strive against Our Signs, to frustrate them, will
be given over into Punishment.
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Say: "Verily my Lord enlarges and restricts the
Sustenance to such of his servants as He pleases: and nothing do ye spend in
the least (in His cause) but He replaces it: for He is the Best of those who
grant Sustenance.
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One Day He will gather them all together, and say to the
angels, "Was it you that these men used to worship?"
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They will say, "Glory to Thee! our (tie) is with Thee -
as Protector - not with them. Nay, but they worshipped the Jinns: most of them
believed in them."
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So on that Day no power shall they have over each other, for
profit or harm: and We shall say to the wrong-doers, "Taste ye the Penalty
of the Fire,- the which ye were wont to deny!"
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When Our Clear Signs are rehearsed to them, they say,
"This is only a man who wishes to hinder you from the (worship) which your
fathers practised." And they say, "This is only a falsehood
invented!" and the Unbelievers say of the Truth when it comes to them,
"This is nothing but evident magic!"
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But We had not given them Books which they could study, nor
sent apostles to them before thee as Warners.
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And their predecessors rejected (the Truth); these have not
received a tenth of what We had granted to those: yet when they rejected My
apostles, how (terrible) was My rejection (of them)!
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Say: "I do admonish you on one point: that ye do stand
up before God,- (It may be) in pairs, or (it may be) singly,- and reflect
(within yourselves): your Companion is not possessed: he is no less than a
warner to you, in face of a terrible Penalty."
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Say: "No reward do I ask of you: it is (all) in your
interest: my reward is only due from God: And He is witness to all
things."
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Say: "Verily my Lord doth cast the (mantle of) Truth
(over His servants),- He that has full knowledge of (all) that is hidden."
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Say: "The Truth has arrived, and Falsehood neither
creates anything new, nor restores anything."
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Say: "If I am astray, I only stray to the loss of my
own soul: but if I receive guidance, it is because of the inspiration of my Lord
to me: it is He Who hears all things, and is (ever) near."
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If thou couldst but see when they will quake with terror;
but then there will be no escape (for them), and they will be seized from a
position (quite) near.
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And they will say, "We do believe (now) in the
(Truth)"; but how could they receive (Faith) from a position (so far off,-
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Seeing that they did reject Faith (entirely) before, and
that they (continually) cast (slanders) on the unseen from a position far off?
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And between them and their desires, is placed a barrier, as
was done in the past with their partisans: for they were indeed in suspicious
(disquieting) doubt.