AL AHQAAF
In the name of God, Most Gracious,
Most Merciful.
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Ha-Mim.
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The Revelation of the Book is from God the Exalted in Power,
Full of Wisdom.
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We created not the heavens and the earth and all between
them but for just ends, and for a Term Appointed: But those who reject Faith
turn away from that whereof they are warned.
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Say: "Do ye see what it is ye invoke besides God? Show
me what it is they have created on earth, or have they a share in the heavens
bring me a book (revealed) before this, or any remnant of knowledge (ye may
have), if ye are telling the truth!
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And who is more astray than one who invokes besides God,
such as will not answer him to the Day of Judgment, and who (in fact) are
unconscious of their call (to them)?
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And when mankind are gathered together (at the
Resurrection), they will be hostile to them and reject their worship (altogether)!
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When Our Clear Signs are rehearsed to them, the Unbelievers
say, of the Truth when it comes to them: "This is evident sorcery!"
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Or do they say, "He has forged it"? Say: "Had
I forged it, then can ye obtain no single (blessing) for me from God. He knows
best of that whereof ye talk (so glibly)! Enough is He for a witness between me
and you! And he is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful."
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Say: "I am no bringer of new-fangled doctrine among the
apostles, nor do I know what will be done with me or with you. I follow but
that which is revealed to me by inspiration; I am but a Warner open and
clear."
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Say: "See ye? If (this
teaching) be from God, and ye reject it, and a witness from among the Children
of
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The Unbelievers say of those who believe: "If (this
Message) were a good thing, (such men) would not have gone to it first, before
us!" And seeing that they guide not themselves thereby, they will say,
"this is an (old,) falsehood!"
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And before this, was the Book of Moses as a guide and a
mercy: And this Book confirms (it) in the Arabic tongue; to admonish the unjust,
and as Glad Tidings to those who do right.
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Verily those who say, "Our Lord is God," and
remain firm (on that Path),- on them shall be no fear, nor shall they grieve.
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Such shall be Companions of the Gardens, dwelling therein
(for aye): a recompense for their (good) deeds.
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We have enjoined on man kindness to his parents: In pain did
his mother bear him, and in pain did she give him birth. The carrying of the
(child) to his weaning is (a period of) thirty months. At length, when he reaches
the age of full strength and attains forty years, he says, "O my Lord!
Grant me that I may be grateful for Thy favour which Thou has bestowed upon me,
and upon both my parents, and that I may work righteousness such as Thou mayest
approve; and be gracious to me in my issue. Truly have I turned to Thee and
truly do I bow (to Thee) in Islam."
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Such are they from whom We shall accept the best of their
deeds and pass by their ill deeds: (They shall be) among the Companions of the
Garden: a promise! of truth, which was made to them (in this life).
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But (there is one) who says to his parents, "Fie on
you! Do ye hold out the promise to me that I shall be raised up, even though
generations have passed before me (without rising again)?" And they two
seek God's aid, (and rebuke the son): "Woe to thee! Have faith! for the
promise of God is true." But he says, "This is nothing but tales of
the ancients!"
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Such are they against whom is proved the sentence among the
previous generations of Jinns and men, that have passed away; for they will be
(utterly) lost.
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And to all are (assigned) degrees according to the deeds
which they (have done), and in order that (God) may recompense their deeds, and
no injustice be done to them.
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And on the Day that the Unbelievers will be placed before
the Fire, (It will be said to them): "Ye received your good things in the
life of the world, and ye took your pleasure out of them: but today shall ye be
recompensed with a Penalty of humiliation: for that ye were arrogant on earth
without just cause, and that ye (ever) transgressed."
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Mention (Hud) one of 'Ad's (own) brethren: Behold, he warned
his people about the winding Sand-tracts: but there have been warners before
him and after him: "Worship ye none other than God: Truly I fear for you
the Penalty of a Mighty Day."
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They said: "Hast thou come in order to turn us aside
from our gods? Then bring upon us the (calamity) with which thou dost threaten
us, if thou art telling the truth?"
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He said: "The Knowledge (of when it will come) is only
with God: I proclaim to you the mission on which I have been sent: But I see
that ye are a people in ignorance!"..
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Then, when they saw the (Penalty in the shape of) a cloud
traversing the sky, coming to meet their valleys, they said, "This cloud
will give us rain!" "Nay, it is the (Calamity) ye were asking to be
hastened!- A wind wherein is a Grievous Penalty!
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"Everything will it destroy by the command of its
Lord!" Then by the morning they - nothing was to be seen but (the ruins
of) their houses! thus do We recompense those given to sin!
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And We had firmly established them in a (prosperity and)
power which We have not given to you (ye Quraish!) and We had endowed them with
(faculties of) hearing, seeing, heart and intellect: but of no profit to them
were their (faculties of) hearing, sight, and heart and intellect, when they
went on rejecting the Signs of God; and they were (completely) encircled by
that which they used to mock at!
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We destroyed aforetime populations round about you; and We
have shown the Signs in various ways, that they may turn (to Us).
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Why then was no help forthcoming to them from those whom
they worshipped as gods, besides God, as a means of access (to God)? Nay, they
left them in the lurch: but that was their falsehood and their invention.
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Behold, We turned towards thee a company of Jinns (quietly)
listening to the Qur'an: when they stood in the presence thereof, they said,
"Listen in silence!" When the (reading) was finished, they returned
to their people, to warn (them of their sins).
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They said, "O our people! We have heard a Book revealed
after Moses, confirming what came before it: it guides (men) to the Truth and
to a Straight Path.
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"O our people, hearken to the one who invites (you) to
God, and believe in him: He will forgive you your faults, and deliver you from
a Penalty Grievous.
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"If any does not hearken to the one who invites (us) to
God, he cannot frustrate (God's Plan) on earth, and no protectors can he have
besides God: such men (wander) in manifest error."
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See they not that God, Who created the heavens and the
earth, and never wearied with their creation, is able to give life to the dead?
Yea, verily He has power over all things.
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And on the Day that the Unbelievers will be placed before
the Fire, (they will be asked,) "Is this not the Truth?" they will
say, "Yea, by our Lord!" (One will say:) "Then taste ye the
Penalty, for that ye were wont to deny (Truth)!"
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Therefore patiently persevere, as did (all) apostles of
inflexible purpose; and be in no haste about the (Unbelievers). On the Day that
they see the (Punishment) promised them, (it will be) as if they had not tarried
more than an hour in a single day. (Thine but) to proclaim the Message: but
shall any be destroyed except those who transgress