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Blessed
is He Who sent down the Criterion, to His servant that it may be an
admonition to all creatures-- |
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He
to Whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth: no son
has He begotten, nor has He a partner in His dominion: it is He Who
created all things, and ordered them in due proportions. |
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Yet
have they taken, besides Him, gods that can create nothing but are
themselves created; that have no control of hurt or good to themselves;
nor can they control Death nor Life nor Resurrection. |
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But
the Misbelievers say: "Naught is this but a lie which he has
forged, and others have helped him at it." In truth it is they
who have put forward an iniquity and a falsehood. |
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And
they say: "Tales of the ancients, which he has caused to be written:
and they are dictated before him morning and evening." |
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Say:
"The (Qur-an)
was sent down by Him Who knows the Mystery (that
is) in the heavens and the earth:
verily He is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful." |
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And
they say: "What sort of a messenger is this, who eats food, and
walks through the streets? Why has not an angel been sent down to
him to give admonition with him? |
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"Or
(why)
has not a treasure been bestowed on him, or why has he (not)
a garden for enjoyment?" The wicked say: "You follow none
other than a man bewitched." |
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See
what kinds of companions they make for you! But they have gone astray,
and never a way will they be able to find! |
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Blessed
is He Who, if that were His will, could give you better
(things) than those--Gardens
beneath which rivers flow; and He could give you Palaces (secure
to dwell in). |
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Nay,
they deny the Hour (of the
Judgment to come): but We have
prepared a Blazing Fire for such as deny the Hour: |
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When
it sees them from a place far off, they will hear its fury and its
raging sigh. |
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And
when they are cast, bound together, into a constricted place therein,
they will plead for destruction there and then! |
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"This
day plead not for a single destruction: plead for destruction oft-repeated!" |
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Say:
"Is that best, or the eternal Garden, promised to the righteous?
For them, that is a reward as well as a goal (of
attainment). |
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"For
them there will be therein all that they wish for: they will dwell
(there)
for aye: a promise to be prayed for from your Lord." |
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The
Day He will gather them together as well as those whom they worship
besides Allah, He will ask: "Was it you who led these my servants
astray or did they stray from the Path themselves?" |
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They
will say: "Glory to You! Not meet was it for us that we should
take for protectors others besides You: but You did bestow, on them
and their fathers, good things (in life), until
they forgot the Message: for they were a people (worthless
and) lost.” |
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(Allah
will say): "Now have they
proved you liars in what you say: so you cannot avert (your
penalty) nor (get)
help." And whoever among you does wrong, him shall We cause to
taste of a grievous Penalty. |
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And
the messengers whom We sent before you were all (men)
who ate food and walked through the streets: We have made some of
you as a trial for others: will you have patience? For Allah is One
Who sees (all things). |
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Such
as fear not the meeting with Us (for
Judgment) say: "Why are
not the angels sent down to us, or (why)
do we not see our Lord?" Indeed they have an arrogant conceit
of themselves, and mighty is the insolence of their impiety! |
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The
Day they see the angels--no joy will there be to the sinners that
Day: the (angels)
will say: "There is a barrier forbidden (to
you) altogether!" |
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And
We shall turn to whatever deeds they did (in
this life), and We shall make
such deeds as floating dust scattered about. |
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The
Companions of the Garden will be well, that Day, in their abode, and
have the fairest of places for repose. |
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The
Day the heaven shall be rent asunder with clouds, and angels shall
be sent down, descending (in
ranks)-- |
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That
Day, the dominion as of right and truth, shall be (wholly)
for (Allah)
Most Merciful: it will be a Day of dire difficulty for the Misbelievers. |
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The
Day that the wrongdoer will bite at his hands, he will say, "Oh!
Would that I had taken a (straight)
path with the Messenger! |
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"Ah!
Woe is me! Would that I had never taken such a one for a friend! |
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"He
did lead me astray from the Message (of
Allah) after it had come to
me! Ah! The Evil One is but a traitor to human! |
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Then
the Messenger will say: "O my Lord! Truly my people took this
Qur-an for just foolish nonsense." |
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