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Highly blessed is He, Who has sent down Al-Furqan, to His servant so that it may be a warner to all mankind:

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He to Whom belongs the Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth: Who has begotten no son: Who has no partner in His Sovereignty: Who created each and every thing and then ordained its destiny.

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Yet the people have set up, besides Him, deities, who do not create anything but are themselves created: who can neither harm nor help even themselves: who have no power over life or death, nor can they raise up the dead.

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Those who have rejected the Message of the Prophet, say, "This (Al-Furgan) is a forgery which this man himself has devised, and some others have helped him at it. " What a cruel injustice and an impudent lie!

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They say, "These things are the writings of the ancients which he has got copied down for himself, and then these are recited to him in the morning and evening.''

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O Muhammad, say to them, "This has been sent down by Him, Who knows the secret of the heavens and the earth." The fact is that He is very Forgiving and Merciful.

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They say, "What sort of a Messenger is he that he eats food and moves about in the streets? Why has not an angel been sent down to accompany him and threaten (the disbelievers)?

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Or why has not at least a treasure been sent down for him or a garden given to him for (easy) sustenance?" And the wicked people say, "You are following a man bewitched."

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Just see what strange arguments they bring forward with regard to you! They have gone so far astray that they cannot charge any thing against you.

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Highly blessed is He, Who, if He wills, could give you much more and better things than what they propose for you: (Not one but) many gardens, beneath which rivers flow; and big castles:

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The fact of the matter is that these people have denied "the Hour", --And for the one who denies the coming of the Hour, We have prepared a blazing Fire.

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When it will see them from afar, they will hear the sounds of its raging and roaring.

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And when they are chained together and flung into a narrow space therein, they will begin to call for death.

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(Then it will be said to them:) "Do not call for one death today, but call for many deaths."

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Ask them "Is this (Fire) better or the everlasting Garden which has been promised to the God-fearing righteous people?" which will be the recompense of their good deeds and the final destination of their journey

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wherein they will get everything they desire and wherein they will dwell for ever. This is a promise which your Lord has taken upon Himself to fulfil.

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And on that Day (your Lord will gather these people together as well as their deities, whom they worship besides AIlah. Then He will ask them, "Did you mislead these servants of Mine, or did they themselves go astray?"

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They will answer, "Glory be to Thee! We dared not take anyguardian besides Thee: (they were misled because) Thou didst give them and their forefathers all the good things of life till they forgot the Admonition, and incurred the punishment. "

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Thus will your gods deny alI that you are professing today. Then you shall neither be able to repel your punishment nor shall get any help from anywhere; and whoso is guilty. of iniquity'' among you, We shall make him taste a severe torment.

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O Muhammad,, all the Messengers whom We sent before you also ate food and moved about in the streets. In fact, We have made you all a means of test for one another. Will you show patience? for your Lord sees everything.

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Those people, who have no fear of coming before Us, say, "Why should not the angels be sent down to us? Or else we should see our Lord. " Great arrogance have they assumed in regard to themselves, and have transgressed all limits in their rebellion.

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The Day, when they will see the angels, will not be a day of rejoicing for the criminals; they will cry out, "May Allah save us!"

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Then We shall turn to what they had done and render it vain like scattered dust.

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(On the contrary) only those who have deserved the Garden, will have a good abode on that Day and a cool place for midday rest.

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On that Day, a cloud will appear rending the sky and the angels will be senthi down rank after rank.

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The real Kingdom on that Day will belong only to the Merciful, and it will be a very hard Day for the disbelievers.

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The unjust man will bite at his hand and say, "Would that I had stood by the Messenger!

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O, woe to me! Would that I had not chosen so and so for a friend!

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For it was he, who had deluded me to reject the Admonition which had come to me. Satan has proved very treacherous to man. "

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And the Messenger will say, "O my Lord, my people had made this Qur'an the object of their ridicule."

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