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Ta, Seen. These are the signs of the Quran and a manifest Book,
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a guidance and good news for the faithful
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—those who maintain the prayer and pay the zakat, and who are certain of the Hereafter.
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As for those who do not believe in the Hereafter, We have made their deeds seem decorous to them, and so they are bewildered.
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They are the ones for whom there is a terrible punishment, and they are the ones who will be the biggest losers in the Hereafter.
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Indeed you receive the Quran from One who is all-wise, all-knowing.
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When Moses said to his family, ‘Indeed I descry a fire! I will bring you some news from it, or bring you a firebrand so that you may warm yourselves.’
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When he came to it, he was called: ‘Blessed is He who is in the fire and who is [as well] around it, and immaculate is Allah, the Lord of all the worlds!’
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‘O Moses! Indeed I am Allah, the All-mighty, the All-wise.’
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‘Throw down your staff!’ When he saw it wriggling, as if it were a snake, he turned his back [to flee], without looking back. ‘O Moses! ‘Do not be afraid. Indeed the apostles are not afraid before Me,
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nor those who do wrong and then make up for [their] fault with goodness, for indeed I am all-forgiving, all-merciful.’
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‘Insert your hand into your shirt. It will emerge white and bright, without any fault—among nine signs meant for Pharaoh and his people. Indeed they are a transgressing lot.’
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But when Our signs came to them, as eye-openers, they said, ‘This is plain magic.’
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They impugned them, wrongfully and out of arrogance, though they were convinced in their hearts [of their veracity]. So observe how the fate of the agents of corruption was!
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Certainly, We gave knowledge to David and Solomon, and they said, ‘All praise belongs to Allah, who granted us an advantage over many of His faithful servants.’
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Solomon inherited from David, and he said, ‘O people! We have been taught the speech of the birds, and we have been given out of everything. Indeed this is a manifest advantage.’
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[Once] Solomon’s hosts were marched out for him, comprising jinn, humans and birds, and they were held in check.
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When they came to the Valley of Ants, an ant said, ‘O ants! Enter your dwellings, lest Solomon and his hosts should trample on you while they are unaware.’
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Whereat he smiled, amused at its words, and he said, ‘My Lord! Inspire me to give thanks for Your blessing with which You have blessed me and my parents, and that I may do righteous deeds which please You, and admit me, by Your mercy, among Your righteous servants.’
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[One day] he reviewed the birds, and said, ‘Why do I not see the hoopoe? Or is he absent?’
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‘I will punish him with a severe punishment, or I will behead him, unless he brings me a credible excuse.’
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He did not stay for long [before he turned up] and said, ‘I have alighted on something which you have not alighted on, and I have brought you from Sheba a definite report.
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I found a woman ruling over them, and she has been given everything, and she has a great throne.
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I found her and her people prostrating to the sun instead of Allah, and Satan has made their deeds seem decorous to them—thus he has barred them from the way [of Allah], so they are not guided—
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so that they do not prostrate themselves to Allah, who brings forth the hidden in the heavens and the earth, and He knows whatever you hide and whatever you disclose.
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Allah—there is no god except Him—is the Lord of the Great Throne.’
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He said, ‘We shall see whether you are truthful, or if you are one of the liars.
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Take this letter of mine and deliver it to them. Then draw away from them and observe what [response] they return.’
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She said, ‘O [members of the] elite! Indeed a noble letter has been delivered to me.
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It is from Solomon, and it begins in the name of Allah, the All-beneficent, the All-merciful.
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