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Alif-Lam-Ra; these are verses of the Book and the bright Qur’an.
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The disbelievers will ardently wish that if only they had been Muslims! (At the time of death / in their graves / on the Day of Resurrection.)
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Leave them to eat and enjoy, and for aspiration to involve them in play – so they will shortly come to know.
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And every dwelling that We destroyed, had a known decree for it.
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No group may advance its appointed promise nor postpone it.
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And they said, “O you upon whom the Qur’an has been sent, you are indeed insane.”
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“Why do you not bring angels to us, if you are truthful?”
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We do not send down angels without reason, and if the angels descend they would not get any respite!
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Indeed We have sent down the Qur’an, and indeed We Ourselves surely are its Guardians. (This is one of the miracles of the Qur’an – no one has been able to change even one letter of its text, despite every effort. It has remained in its original form since the 6th Century (A. D) and will remain so forever. Other Holy Books such as the Torah and the Bible have lost their originality.)
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And indeed We sent Noble Messengers before you, to the former nations.
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And never does a Noble Messenger come to them, but they mock at him.
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This is how We make the mocking* enter the hearts of the guilty. (* The acts of disbelief.)
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They do not believe in him, and the tradition of earlier nations has passed.
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And if We open for them a gate in the heavens, to ascend it through the day –
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Even then they would say, “Our sights have been hypnotised – in fact, a magic spell has been cast upon us.”
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And indeed We created towers in the skies, and beautified it for the beholders.
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And We have kept it guarded from every outcast devil.
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Except one who comes to eavesdrop – therefore a bright flame goes after him.
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And We spread out the earth, and placed mountains as anchors in it, and in it grew all things by a proper measure.
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And created livelihoods for you in it, and created those for whom you do not provide the sustenance.
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And there is not a thing the treasure* of which is not with Us; and We do not send it down except by a known measure. (* The power to create it.)
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And We sent the winds that relieve the clouds’ burden, therefore caused water to descend from the sky, then give it to you to drink; and you are not at all its treasurers.
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And indeed it is We Who give life and it is We Who cause death, and We are the Inheritors.
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And indeed We know those among you who came forward and indeed We know those among you who remained behind.
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Indeed your Lord only will raise them all on the Day of Resurrection; indeed only He is Wise, All Knowing.
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Indeed We created man from sounding clay made out of black smelly mud.
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And created the jinn before him, from smokeless fire.
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And recall when your Lord said to the angels, “I will create man from sounding clay made out of black smelly mud.”
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“Therefore when I have properly fashioned him and breathed into him a chosen noble soul from Myself, fall down before him in prostration.”
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Therefore all the angels, each and every one of them, fell prostrate.
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