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Alif Lam Mim Sad. |
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A Book revealed unto you - so let your
heart be oppressed no more by any difficulty on that account - that
with it you might warn (the
erring) and teach the Believers. |
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Follow (O
men!) the revelation given unto
you from your Lord, and follow not, as friends or protectors, other
than Him. Little it is you remember of admonition. |
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How many towns have We destroyed
(for their sins)?
Our punishment took them on a sudden by night or while they slept
for their afternoon rest. |
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When (thus)
our punishment took them, no cry did they utter but this: "indeed
we did wrong." |
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Then shall We question those to whom
Our Message was sent and those by whom We sent it. |
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And verily We shall recount their whole
story with knowledge, for We were never absent (at
any time or place). |
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The balance that day will be true (to
a nicety): those whose scale
(of good)
will be heavy, will prosper: |
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Those whose scale will be light, will
find their souls in perdition, for that they wrongfully treated Our
Signs. |
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It is We who have placed you with authority
on earth, and provided you therein with means for the fulfillment
of your life: small are the thanks that you give! |
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It is We who created you and gave you
shape; then We bade the angels bow down to Adam, and they bowed down;
not so Iblis; he refused to be of those who bow down. |
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(Allah)
said: "what prevented you from bowing down when I commanded you?"
He said: "I am better than he: you did create me from Fire, and
him from clay." |
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(Allah)
said: "Get you down from this: it is not for you to be arrogant
here: get out, for you are of the meanest (of
creatures)." |
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He said: "give me respite till
the day they are raised up." |
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(Allah)
said: "Be you among those who have respite." |
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He said: "Because You have thrown
me out of the Way, lo! I will lie in wait for them on Your Straight
Way: |
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"Then will I assault them from
before them and behind them, from their right and their left: nor
will You find, in most of them, gratitude (for
Your mercies)." |
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(Allah)
said: "Get out from this, disgraced and expelled. If any of them
follow you - hell will I fill with you all. |
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O Adam! dwell you and your wife in
the Garden, and enjoy (its good
things) as you wish: but approach
not this tree, or you run into harm and transgression." |
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Then began Satan to whisper suggestions
to them, in order to reveal to them their shame that was hidden from
them (before):
he said "Your Lord only forbade you this tree, lest you should
become angels or such beings as live forever." |
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And he swore to them both, that he
was their sincere adviser. |
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So by deceit he brought about their
fall: when they tasted of the tree, their shame became manifest to
them, and they began to sew together the leaves of the garden over
their bodies. And their Lord called unto them: "Did I not forbid
you that tree, and tell you that Satan was an avowed enemy unto you?" |
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They said: "Our Lord! we have
wronged our own souls: if You forgive us not and bestow not upon us
Your Mercy, we shall certainly be lost." |
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(Allah)
said: "Get you down, with enmity between yourselves. On earth
will be your dwelling-place and your means of livelihood - for a time." |
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He said: "therein shall you live,
and therein shall you die; but from it shall you be taken out
(at last)." |
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O you children of Adam! We have bestowed
raiment upon you to cover your shame, as well as to be an adornment
to you. But the raiment of righteousness - that is the best. Such
are among the Signs of Allah, that they may receive admonition! |
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O you children of Adam! let not Satan
seduce you, in the same manner as he got your parents out of the Garden,
stripping them of their raiment, to expose their shame: for he and
his tribe watch you from a position where you cannot see them: We
made the Evil Ones friends
(only) to those without Faith. |
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When they do aught that is shameful,
they say: "We found our fathers doing so"; and "Allah
commanded us thus;" say: "Nay, Allah never commands what
is shameful: do you say of Allah what you know not?" |
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Say: "My Lord has commanded justice;
and that you set your whole selves (to
him) at every time and place
of prayer, and call upon him, making your devotion sincere as in His
sight: such as He created you in the beginning, so shall you return." |
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Some He has guided: others have
(by their choice)
deserved the loss of their way; in that they took the Evil Ones, in
preference to Allah, for their friends and protectors, and think that
they receive guidance. |
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