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Alif. Lam. Ra. (This
is) a Scripture the revelations
whereof are perfected and then expounded. (It
comes) from One Wise, Informed, |
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(Saying):
Serve none but Allah. Lo! I am Unto you from Him a warner and a bringer
of good tidings. |
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And (bidding
you) : Ask pardon of your Lord
and turn to Him repentant. He will cause you to enjoy a fair estate
until a time appointed. He gives His bounty unto every bountiful one.
But if you turn away, Lo! (then)
I fear for you the retribution of an awful Day. |
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Unto Allah is your return, and He is
able to do all things. |
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Lo! now they fold up their breasts
that they may hide (their thoughts)
from Him. At the very moment when they cover themselves with their
clothing, Allah knows that which they keep hidden and that which they
proclaim. Lo! He is Aware {Al-'Alim}
of what is in the breasts (of
men). |
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And there is not a beast in the earth
but the sustenance thereof depends on Allah. He knows its habitation
and its repository. All is in a clear record. |
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And He it is Who created the heavens
and the earth in six Days and His Throne was upon the water that He
might try you, which of you is best in conduct. Yet if you (O
Muhammad) sayest: Lo! you will
be raised again after death! those who disbelieve will surely say:
This is naught but mere magic. |
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And if We delay for them the doom until
a reckoned time, they will surely say: What withholds it? Verily on
the day when it comes unto them, it cannot be averted from them, and
that which they derided will surround them. |
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And if We cause man to taste some mercy
from Us and afterward withdraw it from him, lo! he is despairing,
thankless. |
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And if We cause him to taste grace
after some misfortune that had befallen him, he saith: The ills have
gone from me. Lo! he is exultant, boastful; |
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Save those who persevere and do good
works. Theirs will be forgiveness and a great reward. |
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A likely thing, that you wouldst forsake
aught of that which has been revealed unto you, and that your breast
should be straitened for it, because they say: Why has not a treasure
been sent down for him, or an angel come with him? You are but a warner,
and Allah is in charge of all things. |
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Or they say: He has invented it. Say:
Then bring ten Surahs, the like thereof, invented, and call on everyone
you can beside Allah, if you are truthful! |
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And if they answer not your prayer,
then know that it is revealed only in the knowledge of Allah; and
that there is no God save Him. Will you then be (of)
those who surrender? |
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Whoso desires the life of the world
and its pomp, We shall repay them their deeds herein, and therein
they will not be wronged. |
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Those are they for whom is naught in
the Hereafter save the Fire.
(All) that they contrive here
is vain and (all)
that they are wont to do is fruitless. |
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Is he (to
be counted equal with them)
who relies on a clear proof from his Lord, and a witness from Him
recites it, and before it was the Book of Moses {Musa},
an example and a mercy? Such believe therein, and Whoso disbelieves
therein of the clans, the Fire is his appointed place. So be not you
in doubt concerning it. Lo! it is the Truth from your Lord; but most
of mankind believe not. |
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Who does greater wrong than he who
invents a lie concerning Allah? Such will be brought before their
Lord, and the witnesses will say: These are they who lied concerning
their Lord. Now the curse of Allah is upon wrong-doers, |
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Who debar (men)
from the way of Allah and would have it crooked, and who are disbelievers
in the Hereafter. |
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Such will not escape in the earth,
nor have they any protecting friends beside Allah. For them the torment
will be double. They could not bear to hear, and they used not to
see. |
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Such are they who have lost their souls,
and that which they used to invent has failed them. |
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Assuredly in the Hereafter they will
be the great losers. |
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Lo! those who believe and do good works
and humble themselves before their Lord: such are rightful owners
of the Garden; they will abide therein. |
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The similitude of the two parties is
as the blind and the deaf and the seer and the hearer. Are they equal
in similitude? Will you not then be admonished? |
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And We sent Noah unto his folk
(and he said):
Lo! I am a plain warner unto you. |
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That you serve none, save Allah. Lo!
I fear for you the retribution of a painful Day. |
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The chieftains of his folk, who disbelieved,
said: We see you but a mortal like us, and we see not that any follow
you save the most abject among us, without reflection. We behold in
you no merit above us--nay, we deem you liars. |
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He said: O my people! Bethink you,
if I rely on a clear proof from my Lord and there has come unto me
a mercy from His presence, and it has been made obscure to you, can
we compel you to accept it when you are averse thereto? |
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And O my people! I ask of you no wealth
therefor. My reward is the concern only of Allah, and I am not going
to thrust away those who believe Lo! they have to meet their Lord
but I see you a folk that are ignorant. |
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And, O my people! who would deliver
me from Allah if I thrust them away? Will you not then reflect? |
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