A.Maududi · MealMerkezi.Net

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Allah's judgement has (all but) come; do not, then, call for its speedy advent. Holy is He, and far above their associating others with Him in His Divinity.

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He sends down this spirit (of prophecy) by His command through His angels on any of His servants whom He wills, (directing them): "Warn people that there is no deity but Me; so hold Me alone in fear."

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He created the heavens and the earth with Truth. Exalted is He above whatever they associate with Allah in His Divinity.

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He created man out of a mere drop of fluid, and lo! he turned into an open wrangler.

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He created the cattle. They are a source of clothing and food and also a variety of other benefits for you.

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And you find beauty in them as you drive them to pasture in the morning and as you drive them back home in the evening;

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and they carry your loads to many a place which you would be unable to reach without much hardship. Surely your Lord is Intensely Loving, Most Merciful.

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And He created horses and mules and asses for you to ride, and also for your adornment. And He creates many things (for you) that you do not even know about.

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It rests with Allah alone to show you the Right Way, even when there are many crooked ways. Had He so willed, He would have (perforce) guided you all aright.

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He it is Who sends down water for you from the sky out of which you drink and out of which grow the plants on which you pasture your cattle,

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and by virtue of which He causes crops and olives and date-palms and grapes and all kinds of fruit to grow for you. Surely in this there is a great Sign for those who reflect.

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He has subjected for you the night and the day and the sun and the moon and the stars have also been made subservient by His command. Surely there are Signs in this for those who use their reason.

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And there are also Signs for those who take heed in the numerous things of various colours that He has created for you on earth.

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And He it is Who has subjected the sea that you may eat fresh fish from it and bring forth ornaments from it that you can wear. And you see ships ploughing their course through it so that you may go forth seeking His Bounty and be grateful to Him.

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And He has placed firm mountains on the earth lest it should move away from you, and has made rivers and tracks that you may find your way,

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and He has set other landmarks in the earth. And by the stars too do people find their way.

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Is then the One Who creates like the one who does not create? Will you not, then, take heed?

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For, were you to count the favours of Allah, you will not be able to count them. Surely Allah is Ever Forgiving, Most Merciful.

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Allah knows all that you conceal and all that you disclose.

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Those whom they call upon beside Allah have created nothing; rather, they themselves were created;

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they are dead, not living. They do not even know when they will be resurrected.

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Your God is the One God. But the hearts of those who do not believe in the Hereafter are steeped in rejection of the Truth, and they are given to arrogance.

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Surely Allah knows all that they conceal and all that they disclose. He certainly does not love those who are steeped in arrogance.

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When they are asked: "What is it that your Lord has revealed?" They answer: "They are merely tales of olden times!"

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(They say so) that they may bear the full weight of their burdens on the Day of Resurrection and also of the burdens of those whom they misled on account of their ignorance. What a heavy burden are they undertaking to bear!

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Surely many people before them had plotted in a similar manner to (vanquish the Truth), but Allah uprooted the whole structure of their plot from its foundations so that the roof fell in upon them, and the chastisement (of Allah) visited them from unknown directions.

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And again, on the Day of Resurrection, He will bring them to disgrace, and say: "Tell Me, now, where are those to whom you ascribed a share in My Divinity, and for whose sake you disputed (with the upholders of the Truth)?" Those who were endowed with knowledge (in the world) will say: "Surely today humiliation and misery shall be the lot of the unbelievers";

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the same unbelievers who, when the angels seize them and cause them to die while they are engaged in wrong-doing, they will proffer their submission saying: "We were engaged in no evil." (The angels will answer them): "Surely Allah knows well all that you did.

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Go now, and enter the gate of Hell, and abide in it for ever. " Evil indeed is the abode of the arrogant.

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And when the God-fearing are asked: "What has your Lord revealed?" they answer: "Something excellent!" Good fortune in this world awaits those who do good; and certainly the abode of the Hereafter is even better for them. How excellent is the abode of the God-fearing:

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