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Alif. Lam. Ra. These are the Revelations of the Book, a Qur’an clear in itself and clearly showing the truth.
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Again and again will those who disbelieve wish that they had been Muslims.
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Leave them that they may continue to eat and enjoy themselves, and that hope (for a long, easy life) distract them (from considering their main duty in life and considering their end). In time they will come to know (the truth).
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And We did not destroy any township unless it had a known and recorded decree.
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No community can ever hasten on the end of its term, nor can they delay it.
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They say: "O you, on whom the Reminder (the Book of advice, warning, and instructions) is sent down, truly you are a madman.
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Why do you not bring down the angels to us if you are truthful (in your claim)!
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We do not send down the angels save with the truth (for a just reason and with wisdom, not to satisfy vain caprice or curiosity, and once the angels are sent down, the matter is decided, and) then they are allowed no (further) respite.
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Indeed it is We, We Who send down the Reminder in parts, and it is indeed We Who are its Guardian.
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Certainly We sent Messengers before you among the communities of old.
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And there never came to them a Messenger but they did mock him.
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Thus do We cause it (the Qur’an) to pass unheeded through the hearts of the disbelieving criminals.
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They do not believe in it: for certain the pattern of life of the (sinful) peoples of old times has already passed.
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Even if (as a miracle to convince them of the truth of God’s Message) We opened to them a gate in heaven and they kept ascending through it all the while,
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They would say, "Our eyes are but spellbound; rather, we have been bewitched!"
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(As evidence for a people open to belief) We have assuredly set in the heaven great constellations, and We have made it (the heaven) beautiful for those beholding;
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And We have made it secure against every satan rejected (from God’s mercy),
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Excepting one who listens by stealth, and is pursued (and destroyed) by a shooting-star clear to see.
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And the earth – We have spread it out and set therein firm mountains, and caused to grow therein of every kind in balance and proportion (and in a measured quantity);
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And We have provided means of livelihood therein for you, and for those for whom you do not provide (such as beasts, birds, and fish).
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There is not a thing but the stores (for its life and sustenance) are with Us, and We do not send it down except in due, determined measure.
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And We send the winds to fertilize, and so We send down water from the sky, and give it to you to drink (and use in other ways); it is not you who are the keepers of its stores (under earth).
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Surely it is also We, We Who give life and cause to die, and We are the Inheritors (it is We Who remain after all others have passed away).
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And well do We know those of you who have gone before and those who are to come later.
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And your Lord – He will surely raise to life and gather them together (on Judgment Day). He is All-Wise, All-Knowing.
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Assuredly We have created humankind from dried, sounding clay, from molded dark mud.
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And the jinn We had created before, from smokeless, scorching fire penetrating through the skin.
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And (remember) when your Lord said to the angels: "I am creating a mortal from dried, sounding clay, from molded dark mud.
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When I have fashioned him in due proportions and breathed into him out of My Spirit, then fall down prostrating before him (as a token of respect for him and his superiority).
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So the angels prostrated themselves, all of them together,
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