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Closer
and closer to mankind comes their Reckoning: yet they heed not and
they turn away. |
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Never
comes (aught)
to them of a renewed Message from their Lord, but they listen to it
as in jest-- |
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Their
hearts toying as with trifles. The wrongdoers conceal their private
counsels, (saying),
"Is this (one)
more than a human like yourselves? Will you go to witchcraft with
your eyes open?" |
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Say:
"My Lord knows (every)
word (spoken)
in the heavens and the earth: He is the One that hears and knows (all
things)." |
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"Nay,"
they say, "(these are)
medleys of dreams!--nay, he forged it!--nay, he is (but)
a poet! Let him then bring us a Sign like the ones that were sent
to (prophets)
of old!" |
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(As
to those) before them, not one
of the populations which We destroyed believed: will these believe? |
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Before
you, also, the messengers we sent were but men, to whom We granted
inspiration: if you realize this not, ask of those who possess the
Message |
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Nor
did We give them bodies that ate no food, nor were they exempt from
death. |
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In
the end We fulfilled to them Our promise, and We saved them and those
whom We pleased, but We destroyed those who transgressed beyond bounds. |
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We
have revealed for you (O men!)
a book in which is a Message for you: will you not then understand? |
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How
many were the populations we utterly destroyed because of their iniquities,
setting up in their places other peoples! |
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Yet,
when they felt Our Punishment (coming),
behold, they (tried to)
flee from it. |
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Flee
not, but return to the good things of this life which were given you,
and to your homes, in order that you may be called to account. |
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They
said: "Ah! Woe to us! We were indeed wrongdoers!" |
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And
that cry of theirs ceased not, till We made them as a field that is
mown, as ashes silent and quenched |
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Not
for (idle)
sport did We create the heavens and the earth and all that is between! |
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If
it had been Our wish to take (just)
a pastime, We should surely have taken it from the things nearest
to Us, if We would do (such
a thing)! |
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Nay,
We hurl the Truth against falsehood, and it knocks out its brain,
and behold, falsehood does perish! Ah! Woe be to you for the
(false)
things you ascribe (to Us). |
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To
Him belong all (creatures)
in the heavens and on earth: even those who are in His (very)
Presence are not too proud to serve Him nor are they (ever)
weary (of His service): |
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They
celebrate His praises night and day, nor do they ever flag or intermit. |
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Or
have they taken (for worship)
gods from the earth who can raise (the dead)? |
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If
there were, in the heavens and the earth, other gods besides Allah,
there would have been confusion in both! But glory to Allah, the Lord
of the Throne: (high is He)
above what they attribute to Him! |
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He
cannot be questioned for His acts, but they will be questioned (for
theirs). |
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Or
have they taken for worship (other)
gods besides Him? Say, "Bring your convincing proof: this is
the Message of those with me and the Message of those before me."
But most of them know not the Truth, and so turn away |
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Not
a messenger did We send before you without this inspiration sent by
Us to him: that there is no god but I; therefore worship and serve
Me |
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And
they say: "(Allah) Most Gracious has begotten
offspring." Glory to Him! they are (but)
servants raised to honor. |
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They
speak not before He speaks, and they act (in
all things) by His command. |
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He
knows what is before them, and what is behind them, and they offer
no intercession except for those who are acceptable, and they stand
in awe and reverence of His (glory). |
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If
any of them should say, "I am a god besides Him," such a
god We should reward with Hell: thus do We reward those who do wrong. |
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Do
not the Unbelievers see that the heavens and the earth were joined
together (as one unit of Creation),
before We clove them asunder? We made from water every living thing.
Will they not then believe? |
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