Az-Zukhruf
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Ha, Meem.
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By the clear Book,
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Indeed, We have made it an Arabic Qur'an that you might understand.
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And indeed it is, in the Mother of the Book with Us, exalted and full of
wisdom.
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Then should We turn the message away, disregarding you, because you are a
transgressing people?
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And how many a prophet We sent among the former peoples,
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But there would not come to them a prophet except that they used to ridicule
him.
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And We destroyed greater than them in [striking] power, and the example of the
former peoples has preceded.
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And if you should ask them, "Who has created the heavens and the
earth?" they would surely say, "They were created by the Exalted in
Might, the Knowing."
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[The one] who has made for you the earth a bed and made for you upon it
roads that you might be guided
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And who sends down rain from the sky in measured amounts, and We revive
thereby a dead land - thus will you be brought forth -
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And who created the species, all of them, and has made for you of ships
and animals those which you mount.
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That you may settle yourselves upon their backs and then remember the
favor of your Lord when you have settled upon them and say. "Exalted is He
who has subjected this to us, and we could not have [otherwise] subdued it.
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And indeed we, to our Lord, will [surely] return."
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But they have attributed to Him from His servants a portion. Indeed, man
is clearly ungrateful.
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Or has He taken, out of what He has created, daughters and chosen you
for [having] sons?
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And when one of them is given good tidings of that which he attributes
to the Most Merciful in comparison, his face becomes dark, and he suppresses
grief.
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So is one brought up in ornaments while being during conflict unevident
[attributed to Allah]?
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And they have made the angels, who are servants of the Most Merciful, females.
Did they witness their creation? Their testimony will be recorded, and they
will be questioned.
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And they said, "If the Most Merciful had willed, we would not have
worshipped them." They have of that no knowledge. They are not but
falsifying.
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Or have We given them a book before the Qur'an to which they are
adhering?
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Rather, they say, "Indeed, we found our fathers upon a religion,
and we are in their footsteps [rightly] guided."
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And similarly, We did not send before you any warner into a city except
that its affluent said, "Indeed, we found our fathers upon a religion, and
we are, in their footsteps, following."
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[Each warner] said, "Even if I brought you better guidance than
that [religion] upon which you found your fathers?" They said,
"Indeed we, in that with which you were sent, are disbelievers."
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So we took retribution from them; then see how was the end of the
deniers.
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And [mention, O Muhammad], when Abraham said to his father and his
people, "Indeed, I am disassociated from that which you worship
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Except for He who created me; and indeed, He will guide me."
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And he made it a word remaining among his descendants that they might
return [to it].
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However, I gave enjoyment to these [people of Makkah] and their fathers
until there came to them the truth and a clear Messenger.
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But when the truth came to them, they said, "This is magic, and
indeed we are, concerning it, disbelievers."
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And they said, "Why was this Qur'an not sent down upon a great man
from [one of] the two cities?"
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Do they distribute the mercy of your Lord? It is We who have apportioned
among them their livelihood in the life of this world and have raised some of
them above others in degrees [of rank] that they may make use of one another
for service. But the mercy of your Lord is better than whatever they
accumulate.
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And if it were not that the people would become one community [of
disbelievers], We would have made for those who disbelieve in the Most Merciful
- for their houses - ceilings and stairways of silver upon which to mount
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And for their houses - doors and couches [of silver] upon which to
recline
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And gold ornament. But all that is not but the enjoyment of worldly
life. And the Hereafter with your Lord is for the righteous.
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And whoever is blinded from remembrance of the Most Merciful - We
appoint for him a devil, and he is to him a companion.
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And indeed, the devils avert them from the way [of guidance] while they
think that they are [rightly] guided
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Until, when he comes to Us [at Judgement], he says [to his companion],
"Oh, I wish there was between me and you the distance between the east and
west - how wretched a companion."
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And never will it benefit you that Day, when you have wronged, that you
are [all] sharing in the punishment.
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Then will you make the deaf hear, [O Muhammad], or guide the blind or he
who is in clear error?
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And whether [or not] We take you away [in death], indeed, We will take
retribution upon them.
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Or whether [or not] We show you that which We have promised them,
indeed, We are Perfect in Ability.
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So adhere to that which is revealed to you. Indeed, you are on a
straight path.
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And indeed, it is a remembrance for you and your people, and you [all]
are going to be questioned.
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And ask those We sent before you of Our messengers; have We made besides
the Most Merciful deities to be worshipped?
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And certainly did We send Moses with Our signs to Pharaoh and his
establishment, and he said, "Indeed, I am the messenger of the Lord of the
worlds."
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But when he brought them Our signs, at once they laughed at them.
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And We showed them not a sign except that it was greater than its
sister, and We seized them with affliction that perhaps they might return [to
faith].
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And they said [to Moses], "O magician, invoke for us your Lord by
what He has promised you. Indeed, we will be guided."
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But when We removed from them the affliction, at once they broke their
word.
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And Pharaoh called out among his people; he said, "O my people,
does not the kingdom of Egypt belong to me, and these rivers flowing beneath
me; then do you not see?
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Or am I [not] better than this one who is insignificant and hardly makes
himself clear?
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Then why have there not been placed upon him bracelets of gold or come
with him the angels in conjunction?"
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So he bluffed his people, and they obeyed him. Indeed, they were
[themselves] a people defiantly disobedient [of Allah].
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And when they angered Us, We took retribution from them and drowned them
all.
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And We made them a precedent and an example for the later peoples.
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And when the son of Mary was presented as an example, immediately your
people laughed aloud.
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And they said, "Are your gods better, or is he?" They did not
present the comparison except for [mere] argument. But, [in fact], they are a
people prone to dispute.
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Jesus was not but a servant upon whom We bestowed favor, and We made him
an example for the Children of Israel.
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And if We willed, We could have made [instead] of you angels succeeding
[one another] on the earth.
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And indeed, Jesus will be [a sign for] knowledge of the Hour, so be not
in doubt of it, and follow Me. This is a straight path.
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And never let Satan avert you. Indeed, he is to you a clear enemy.
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And when Jesus brought clear proofs, he said, "I have come to you
with wisdom and to make clear to you some of that over which you differ, so
fear Allah and obey me.
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Indeed, Allah is my Lord and your Lord, so worship Him. This is a
straight path."
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But the denominations from among them differed [and separated], so woe
to those who have wronged from the punishment of a painful Day.
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Are they waiting except for the Hour to come upon them suddenly while
they perceive not?
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Close friends, that Day, will be enemies to each other, except for the
righteous
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[To whom Allah will say], "O My servants, no fear will there be
concerning you this Day, nor will you grieve,
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[You] who believed in Our verses and were Muslims.
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Enter Paradise, you and your kinds, delighted."
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Circulated among them will be plates and vessels of gold. And therein is
whatever the souls desire and [what] delights the eyes, and you will abide
therein eternally.
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And that is Paradise which you are made to inherit for what you used to
do.
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For you therein is much fruit from which you will eat.
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Indeed, the criminals will be in the punishment of Hell, abiding
eternally.
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It will not be allowed to subside for them, and they, therein, are in
despair.
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And We did not wrong them, but it was they who were the wrongdoers.
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And they will call, "O Malik, let your Lord put an end to us!"
He will say, "Indeed, you will remain."
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We had certainly brought you the truth, but most of you, to the truth,
were averse.
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Or have they devised [some] affair? But indeed, We are devising [a
plan].
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Or do they think that We hear not their secrets and their private
conversations? Yes, [We do], and Our messengers are with them recording.
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Say, [O Muhammad], "If the Most Merciful had a son, then I would be
the first of [his] worshippers."
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Exalted is the Lord of the heavens and the earth, Lord of the Throne,
above what they describe.
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So leave them to converse vainly and amuse themselves until they meet
their Day which they are promised.
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And it is Allah who is [the only] deity in the heaven, and on the earth
[the only] deity. And He is the Wise, the Knowing.
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And blessed is He to whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the
earth and whatever is between them and with whom is knowledge of the Hour and
to whom you will be returned.
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And those they invoke besides Him do not possess [power of]
intercession; but only those who testify to the truth [can benefit], and they
know.
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And if you asked them who created them, they would surely say,
"Allah." So how are they deluded?
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And [Allah acknowledges] his saying, "O my Lord, indeed these are a
people who do not believe."
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So turn aside from them and say, "Peace." But they are going
to know.
Ad-Dukhan
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Ha, Meem.
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By the clear Book,
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Indeed, We sent it down during a blessed night. Indeed, We were to warn
[mankind].
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On that night is made distinct every precise matter -
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[Every] matter [proceeding] from Us. Indeed, We were to send [a messenger]
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As mercy from your Lord. Indeed, He is the Hearing, the Knowing.
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Lord of the heavens and the earth and that between them, if you would be
certain.
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There is no deity except Him; He gives life and causes death. [He is] your Lord
and the Lord of your first forefathers.
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But they are in doubt, amusing themselves.
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Then watch for the Day when the sky will bring a visible smoke.
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Covering the people; this is a painful torment.
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[They will say], "Our Lord, remove from us the torment; indeed, we
are believers."
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How will there be for them a reminder [at that time]? And there had come
to them a clear Messenger.
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Then they turned away from him and said, "[He was] taught [and is]
a madman."
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Indeed, We will remove the torment for a little. Indeed, you
[disbelievers] will return [to disbelief].
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The Day We will strike with the greatest assault, indeed, We will take
retribution.
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And We had already tried before them the people of Pharaoh, and there
came to them a noble messenger,
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[Saying], "Render to me the servants of Allah. Indeed, I am to you
a trustworthy messenger,"
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And [saying], "Be not haughty with Allah. Indeed, I have come to
you with clear authority.
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And indeed, I have sought refuge in my Lord and your Lord, lest you
stone me.
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But if you do not believe me, then leave me alone."
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And [finally] he called to his Lord that these were a criminal people.
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[Allah said], "Then set out with My servants by night. Indeed, you
are to be pursued.
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And leave the sea in stillness. Indeed, they are an army to be
drowned."
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How much they left behind of gardens and springs
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And crops and noble sites
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And comfort wherein they were amused.
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Thus. And We caused to inherit it another people.
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And the heaven and earth wept not for them, nor were they reprieved.
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And We certainly saved the Children of Israel from the humiliating
torment -
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From Pharaoh. Indeed, he was a haughty one among the transgressors.
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And We certainly chose them by knowledge over [all] the worlds.
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And We gave them of signs that in which there was a clear trial.
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Indeed, these [disbelievers] are saying,
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"There is not but our first death, and we will not be resurrected.
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Then bring [back] our forefathers, if you should be truthful."
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Are they better or the people of Tubba' and those before them? We
destroyed them, [for] indeed, they were criminals.
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And We did not create the heavens and earth and that between them in
play.
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We did not create them except in truth, but most of them do not know.
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Indeed, the Day of Judgement is the appointed time for them all -
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The Day when no relation will avail a relation at all, nor will they be
helped -
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Except those [believers] on whom Allah has mercy. Indeed, He is the
Exalted in Might, the Merciful.
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Indeed, the tree of zaqqum
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Is food for the sinful.
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Like murky oil, it boils within bellies
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Like the boiling of scalding water.
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[It will be commanded], "Seize him and drag him into the midst of
the Hellfire,
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Then pour over his head from the torment of scalding water."
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[It will be said], "Taste! Indeed, you are the honored, the noble!
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Indeed, this is what you used to dispute."
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Indeed, the righteous will be in a secure place;
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Within gardens and springs,
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Wearing [garments of] fine silk and brocade, facing each other.
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Thus. And We will marry them to fair women with large, [beautiful] eyes.
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They will call therein for every [kind of] fruit - safe and secure.
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They will not taste death therein except the first death, and He will
have protected them from the punishment of Hellfire
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As bounty from your Lord. That is what is the great attainment.
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And indeed, We have eased the Qur'an in your tongue that they might be
reminded.
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So watch, [O Muhammad]; indeed, they are watching [for your end].
Al-Jathiya
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Ha, Meem.
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The revelation of the Book is from Allah, the Exalted in Might, the Wise.
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Indeed, within the heavens and earth are signs for the believers.
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And in the creation of yourselves and what He disperses of moving creatures are
signs for people who are certain [in faith].
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And [in] the alternation of night and day and [in] what Allah sends down from
the sky of provision and gives life thereby to the earth after its lifelessness
and [in His] directing of the winds are signs for a people who reason.
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These are the verses of Allah which We recite to you in truth. Then in what
statement after Allah and His verses will they believe?
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Woe to every sinful liar
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Who hears the verses of Allah recited to him, then persists arrogantly as if he
had not heard them. So give him tidings of a painful punishment.
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And when he knows anything of Our verses, he takes them in ridicule. Those will
have a humiliating punishment.
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Before them is Hell, and what they had earned will not avail them at all
nor what they had taken besides Allah as allies. And they will have a great
punishment.
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This [Qur'an] is guidance. And those who have disbelieved in the verses
of their Lord will have a painful punishment of foul nature.
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It is Allah who subjected to you the sea so that ships may sail upon it
by His command and that you may seek of His bounty; and perhaps you will be
grateful.
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And He has subjected to you whatever is in the heavens and whatever is
on the earth - all from Him. Indeed in that are signs for a people who give
thought.
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Say, [O Muhammad], to those who have believed that they [should] forgive
those who expect not the days of Allah so that He may recompense a people for
what they used to earn.
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Whoever does a good deed - it is for himself; and whoever does evil - it
is against the self. Then to your Lord you will be returned.
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And We did certainly give the Children of Israel the Scripture and
judgement and prophethood, and We provided them with good things and preferred
them over the worlds.
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And We gave them clear proofs of the matter [of religion]. And they did
not differ except after knowledge had come to them - out of jealous animosity
between themselves. Indeed, your Lord will judge between them on the Day of
Resurrection concerning that over which they used to differ.
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Then We put you, [O Muhammad], on an ordained way concerning the matter
[of religion]; so follow it and do not follow the inclinations of those who do
not know.
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Indeed, they will never avail you against Allah at all. And indeed, the
wrongdoers are allies of one another; but Allah is the protector of the
righteous.
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This [Qur'an] is enlightenment for mankind and guidance and mercy for a
people who are certain [in faith].
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Or do those who commit evils think We will make them like those who have
believed and done righteous deeds - [make them] equal in their life and their
death? Evil is that which they judge.
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And Allah created the heavens and earth in truth and so that every soul
may be recompensed for what it has earned, and they will not be wronged.
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Have you seen he who has taken as his god his [own] desire, and Allah
has sent him astray due to knowledge and has set a seal upon his hearing and
his heart and put over his vision a veil? So who will guide him after Allah?
Then will you not be reminded?
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And they say, "There is not but our worldly life; we die and live,
and nothing destroys us except time." And they have of that no knowledge;
they are only assuming.
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And when Our verses are recited to them as clear evidences, their
argument is only that they say, "Bring [back] our forefathers, if you
should be truthful."
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Say, "Allah causes you to live, then causes you to die; then He
will assemble you for the Day of Resurrection, about which there is no doubt,
but most of the people do not know."
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And to Allah belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth. And the
Day the Hour appears - that Day the falsifiers will lose.
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And you will see every nation kneeling [from fear]. Every nation will be
called to its record [and told], "Today you will be recompensed for what
you used to do.
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This, Our record, speaks about you in truth. Indeed, We were having
transcribed whatever you used to do."
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So as for those who believed and did righteous deeds, their Lord will
admit them into His mercy. That is what is the clear attainment.
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But as for those who disbelieved, [it will be said], "Were not Our
verses recited to you, but you were arrogant and became a people of criminals?
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And when it was said, 'Indeed, the promise of Allah is truth and the
Hour [is coming] - no doubt about it,' you said, 'We know not what is the Hour.
We assume only assumption, and we are not convinced.' "
( 33 ) And the evil consequences of
what they did will appear to them, and they will be enveloped by what they used
to ridicule.
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And it will be said, "Today We will forget you as you forgot the
meeting of this Day of yours, and your refuge is the Fire, and for you there
are no helpers.
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That is because you took the verses of Allah in ridicule, and worldly
life deluded you." So that Day they will not be removed from it, nor will
they be asked to appease [Allah].
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Then, to Allah belongs [all] praise - Lord of the heavens and Lord of
the earth, Lord of the worlds.
( 37 )
And to Him belongs [all] grandeur within the heavens and the earth, and
He is the Exalted in Might, the Wise.
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