Ali Unal · MealMerkezi.Net

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Prosperous indeed are the believers.

Ali Unal 23:1

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They are in their Prayer humble and fully submissive (being overwhelmed by the awe and majesty of God).

Ali Unal 23:2

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They always turn away from and avoid whatever is vain and frivolous.

Ali Unal 23:3

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They are in a constant effort to give alms and purify their own selves and wealth.

Ali Unal 23:4

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They strictly guard their private parts, and their chastity and modesty,

Ali Unal 23:5

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Save from their spouses or (as a permission for men) those (bondsmaids) whom their right hands possess, for with regard to them they are free from blame.

Ali Unal 23:6

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But whoever seeks beyond that, such are they who exceed the bounds (set by God).

Ali Unal 23:7

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They are faithful and true to their trusts (which either God or society or an individual places in their charge) and to their pledges (between them and God or other persons or society).

Ali Unal 23:8

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They are ever mindful guardians of their Prayers (including all the rites of which they are constituted).

Ali Unal 23:9

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Those (illustrious ones) are the inheritors,

Ali Unal 23:10

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Who will inherit the highest floor of Paradise. Therein they will abide forever.

Ali Unal 23:11

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We created humankind (in the very beginning) from a specially sifted extract of clay.

Ali Unal 23:12

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Then We have made it into a fertilized ovum in a safe lodging.

Ali Unal 23:13

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Then We have created of the fertilized ovum a clot clinging (to the womb wall), and (afterwards in sequence) We have created of the clinging clot a (chew of) lump, and We have created of (a chew of) lump bones, and We have clothed the bones in flesh. Then We have caused it to grow into another creation. So Blessed and Supreme is God, the Creator Who creates everything in the best and most appropriate form and has the ultimate rank of creativity.

Ali Unal 23:14

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Then, after all this, you are bound to die.

Ali Unal 23:15

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Thereafter, you will, on the Day of Resurrection, certainly be raised up.

Ali Unal 23:16

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Indeed, We have created above you seven heavens, one layer upon the other, and seven paths (for angels to move, God’s commands to descend, and acts of conscious beings to ascend, along). Never are We unaware of creation and what We create (with all aspects of their lives).

Ali Unal 23:17

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We send down from the sky water with a measure set by Us, and lodge it in the earth. We are most certainly able to withdraw it.

Ali Unal 23:18

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And with it We cause to grow for you gardens of date-palms and vines, wherein are abundant, diverse fruits for you, and from which you eat and obtain some of your livelihood.

Ali Unal 23:19

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As well as a tree that grows from and in the lands around Mount Sinai, yielding oil and a kind of relish for all to eat.

Ali Unal 23:20

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And in the cattle (feeding on the grass God brings forth with the water He sends down) there is a lesson for you. We give you to drink of that (milk) which is within their bodies; and you have many other benefits in them, and from them you obtain food.

Ali Unal 23:21

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And on them (on land) and on the ships (in the sea) you are carried.

Ali Unal 23:22

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Indeed, We sent Noah to his people as Messenger, and he said: "O my people! Worship God alone: you have no deity other than Him. Will you not, then, keep from disobedience to Him in reverence for Him and piety?"

Ali Unal 23:23

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The leading ones who disbelieved from among his people reacted, saying (among themselves and to each other): "This is but a mortal like you. He only wishes to gain superiority over you. Had God willed (to send us a Messenger to convey His Message), He would surely have sent down angels (to communicate His Message). Further, we have never heard of anything like this in the case of our forefathers of old.

Ali Unal 23:24

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He is but a man in whom there is madness, so watch him for a while (to see) whether he will recover.

Ali Unal 23:25

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Noah prayed: "My Lord, help me because they have denied me!"

Ali Unal 23:26

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Thereupon We revealed to him: "Build the Ark (which We have described to you) under Our eyes and in accordance with Our instructions to be revealed (to you). Then finally, when Our command comes to pass and the boiler starts boiling over, take on board a pair of each kind of animal, as well as your family, except those of them against whom Our sentence (of destruction) has already been passed. Do not plead with Me for those people who have persisted in wrongdoing. They are bound to be drowned.

Ali Unal 23:27

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Then, when you are seated in the Ark, you and those who are with you, say: ‘All praise and gratitude are for God, Who has saved us from the wrongdoing people.’

Ali Unal 23:28

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And pray: ‘My Lord, let me land in a blessed place (in peace and safety and) with blessings from You. You are the Best to cause people to land in peace and safety’.

Ali Unal 23:29

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Surely in that (exemplary story) are signs (manifesting the truth); and for sure We are ever trying (people).

Ali Unal 23:30