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If there were a Qur-an with which mountains
were moved, or the earth were cloven asunder, or the dead were made
to speak, (this would be the
one!) But, truly, the Command
is with Allah in things! Do not the Believers know, that, had Allah
(so)
willed, He could have guided all mankind (to
the Right)? But the Unbelievers--never
will disaster cease to seize them for their (ill)
deeds, or to settle close to their homes, until the Promise of Allah
come to pass, for, verily, Allah will not fail in His promise. |
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Mocked were (many)
Messengers before you: but I granted respite to the Unbelievers, and
finally I punished them; then how (terrible)
was My requital! |
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Is then He Who stands over every soul
(and knows)
all that it does, (like any
others)? And yet they ascribe
partners to Allah. Say: "But name them! Is it that you will inform
Him of something He knows not on earth, or is it (just)
a show of words?" Nay! to those who believe not, their pretense
seems pleasing, but they are kept back (thereby)
from the Path: and those whom Allah leaves to stray, no one can guide. |
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For them is a Penalty in the life of
this world, but harder, truly, is the Penalty of the Hereafter; and
defender have they none against Allah. |
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The parable of the Garden which the
righteous are promised!--beneath it flow rivers: perpetual is the
enjoyment thereof and the shade therein: such is the End of the Righteous;
and the End of Unbelievers is the Fire. |
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Those to whom We have given the Book
rejoice at what has been revealed unto you: but there are among the
clans those who reject a part thereof. Say: "I am commanded to
worship Allah, and not to join partners with Him. Unto Him do I call,
and unto Him is my return." |
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Thus have We revealed it to be a judgment
of authority in Arabic. Were you to follow their (vain)
desires after the knowledge which has reached you, then would you
find neither protector nor defender against Allah. |
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We did send messengers before you,
and appointed for them wives and children: and it was never the part
of an messenger to bring a Sign except as Allah permitted
(or commanded).
For each period is a Book (revealed). |
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Allah does blot out or confirm what
He pleases: with Him is the Mother of the Book. |
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Whether We shall show you (within
your lifetime) part of what
We promised them or take to Ourselves your soul (before
it is all accomplished), your
duty is to (make the Message)
reach them: it is Our part to call them to account. |
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See they not that We gradually reduce
the land (in their control)
from its outlying borders?
(Where) Allah commands, there
is none to put back His command: and He is swift in calling to account. |
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Those before them did (also)
devise plots; but in all things the master planning is Allah's. He
knows the doings of every soul; and soon will the Unbelievers know
who gets home in the End. |
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The Unbelievers say: "No messenger
are you." Say: "Enough for a witness between me and you
is Allah, and such as have knowledge of the Book." |
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