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Glorified be He Who carried His servant
by night from the Inviolable Place of Worship to the Far Distant Place
of Worship the neighborhood whereof We have blessed, that We might
show him of Our tokens! Lo! He, only He, is the Hearer, the Seer. |
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We gave unto Moses {Musa}
the Scripture, and We appointed it a guidance for the Children of
Israel, saying: Choose no guardian beside Me. |
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(They were)
the seed of those whom We carried (in
the ship) along with Noah. Lo!
he was a grateful slave. |
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And We decreed for the Children of
Israel in the scripture: You verily will work corruption in the earth
twice, and you will become great tyrants. |
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So when the time for the first of the
two came, We roused against you slaves of Ours of great might who
ravaged (your)
country, and it was a threat performed. |
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Then we gave you once again your turn
against them, and We aided you with wealth and children and made you
more in soldiery, |
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(Saying):
If you do good, you do good for your own souls, and if you do evil,
it is for them (in like manner).
So, when the time for the second (of
the judgments) came (We
roused against you others of Our slaves)
to ravage you, and to enter the Temple even as they entered it the
first time, and to lay waste all that they conquered with an utter
wasting. |
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It may be that your Lord will have
mercy on you, but if you repeat
(the crime) We shall repeat
(the punishment),
and We have appointed hell a dungeon for the disbelievers. |
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Lo! this Qur-an guides unto that which
is straightest, and gives tidings unto the believers who do good works
that theirs will be a great reward. |
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And that those who believe not in the
Hereafter, for them We have prepared a painful doom. |
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Man prays for evil as he prays for
good; for man was ever hasty. |
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And we appoint the night and the day
two portents. Then We make dark the portent of the night, and We make
the portent of the day sight- giving, that you may seek bounty from
your Lord, and that you may know the computation of the years, and
the reckoning; and everything have We expounded with a clear expounding. |
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And every man's augury have We fastened
to his own neck, and We shall bring forth for him on the Day of Resurrection
a book which he will find wide open. |
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(And it will be said unto him):
Read your book. Your soul suffices as reckoner against you this day. |
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Whosoever goes right, it is only for
(the good of)
his own soul that he goes right, and whosoever erreth, errs only to
its hurt. No laden soul can bear another's load. We never punish until
We have sent a messenger. |
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And when We would destroy a township
We send commandment to its folk who live at ease, and afterward they
commit abomination therein, and so the Word (of
doom) has effect for it, and
We annihilate it with complete annihilation. |
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How many generations have we destroyed
since Noah! And Allah suffices as knower and Beholder of the sins
of His slaves. |
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Whoso desires that (life)
which hastens away, We hasten for him therein that We will for whom
We please. And afterward We have appointed for him hell; he will endure
the heat thereof, condemned, rejected. |
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And whoso desires the Hereafter and
strives for it with the effort necessary, being a believer; for such,
their effort finds favor (with
their Lord). |
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Each do We supply, both these and those,
from the bounty of your Lord. And the bounty of your Lord can never
be walled up. |
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See how We prefer one above another,
and verily the Hereafter will be greater in degrees and greater in
preferment. |
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Set not up with Allah any other god
(O man)
lest you sit down reproved, forsaken. |
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Your Lord has decreed, that you worship
none save Him, and (that you
show) kindness to parents. If
one of them or both of them to attain old age with you, say not "Fie"
unto them nor repulse them, but speak unto them a gracious word. |
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And lower unto them the wing of submission
through mercy, and say: My Lord! Have mercy on them both as they did
care for me when I was little. |
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Your Lord is best aware of what is
in your minds. If you are righteous, then lo! He was ever Forgiving
unto those who turn (unto Him). |
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Give the kinsman his due, and the needy,
and the wayfarer, and squander not (your
wealth) in wantonness. |
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Lo! the squanderers were ever brothers
of the devils, and the devil was ever an ingrate to his Lord. |
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But if you turn away from them, seeking
mercy from your Lord, for which you hopest, then speak unto them a
reasonable word. |
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And let not your hand be chained to
your neck nor open it with a complete opening, lest you sit down rebuked,
denuded. |
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Lo! your Lord enlarges the provision
for whom He will, and straitens
(it for whom He will). Lo, He
was ever Knower, Seer of His slaves. |
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