A.R.Omar · MealMerkezi.Net

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All type of true and perfect praise belongs to Allâh Who has revealed this perfect Book to His servant, and has not assigned to it any crookedness.

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(He has made it) rightly directing, that it may warn (the disbelievers) of a severe calamity (coming) from Him and that it may give good tidings to the believers who do deeds of righteousness, that there awaits them a (place of) goodly reward,

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Wherein they shall stay for ever.

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And that it may warn those who say, 'Allâh has begotten a son.'

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(This is absolutely wrong.) They have no real knowledge of Him, nor (had) their fathers. Grievous is the word that comes out of their mouths. They speak naught but a lie.

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Will you worry yourself to death sorrowing after them, if they do not believe in this (great) discourse (the Qur'ân).

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Verily, We have made all that is on the earth as an embellishment for it, that We may try them as to which of them is the most excellent in (respect of) performing the noblest deeds.

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Yet it is We Who shall (one day) reduce all that is on it to a barren soil.

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Do you think that the People of the Place of Refuge and of the Inscriptions were a wonder among Our signs.

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(Recall the time) when the young men betook themselves to the Place of Refuge and said (in prayer), 'Our Lord! grant us mercy from Yourself and provide for us right course in our affair (setting all things right for us).'

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So We sealed up their ears (to cut them off from the outside world) in their Place of Refuge for (only) a number of years.

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Then We raised them up (for making certain efforts) that We might distinguish as to which of the two groups had made better use of the time they had stayed there according to its rightful requirement.

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We relate to you their true story. They were a few young men who believed in their Lord and whom We had led from guidance to guidance.

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And We strengthened their hearts when they stood up (in the cause of God) and (said), 'Our Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth. Never shall we call upon any god apart from Him (for in that case) we would certainly be uttering a preposterous thing far from the truth.

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'These people of ours have taken to them (for worship) other gods apart from Him. Why do they not bring any clear proof and authority in support (of their belief). (Infact they have no such proof,) Who can be more unjust than the person who forges a lie against Allâh?'

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(They said one to another), 'So (now) when you have left them and that which they worship apart from Allâh, you should take shelter in the Place of Refuge. (If you do so) your Lord will extend to you His mercy and will provide some ease for you in (this) affair of yours.'

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And (O people!) you could see the sun when it rose, inclining to the right of their (spacious) Place of Refuge, and when it set declining to their left, while they were in the open space of this (refuge of theirs); this was one of the signs of Allâh. He alone is rightly guided whom Allâh guides. As for the person whom He forsakes, you will find no helper, no guide, for him.

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You might think them wary while they are dormant and asleep. We shall make them turn over (now) to the right and (then) to the left while their dog is (present with them) stretching its paws forward on the threshold in the courtyard. If you had become aware of their (true) state you would have turned back from them in fright and you would have surely been filled with great awe of them.

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And (just as We made them dormant) We raised them (to life from the state of lethargy). So that they questioned one another. One of them asked, 'How long have you remained (dormant)?' (Some of them) said, 'We have remained (in this state of inactivity) a day or a part of a day.' (Others) said, 'Only your Lord knows best (the time) you have remained so. Now send one of you with these silver coins of yours to the city, he should see which of its (inhabitants) has the best and purest food and let him bring for you provisions from it. And let him be courteous and let him not at all apprise anyone about you.

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'(For) if they come to know of you they will condemn you or make you revert to their faith (by force) and in that case (that you revert to their faith), you will never attain your goal and prosper ever.'

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That is how We let (other people) know about them (their intentions and the real state of their affairs), that people might know that the promise of Allâh is true and that as to the (coming of the promised) hour there is no doubt about it. And (recall the time) when the people (that followed) argued among themselves about their affairs and they said, 'Build a monument over them;' their Lord knows them best. Those (of them) who won their point said, 'We will certainly build a mosque (place of worship) over them.'

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Guessing at random (about them) some say, '(They were) three, their dog being the fourth,' while others say, '(They were) five and their dog being the sixth.' Yet there are others who say, '(They were) seven and their dog being the eighth.' Say, 'My Lord knows best their real number. None knows them except a few.' So do not argue about them save with arguing on known premise (which is) overpowering and seek no legal order concerning them from anyone of them, (from those who make random guesses).

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And never say of anything, 'I am going to do it tomorrow,'

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Unless (you add to it) 'God willing.' And remember your Lord whenever you forget (and make a mistake) and say, 'I hope my Lord will guide me to a course even shorter than this to the right path (leading to success).

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And they (the early Christians) stayed in this Place of Refuge three hundred years and extended (their stay) another nine (years).

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Say, 'Allâh knows best how long they stayed. To Him belong the hidden realities in the heavens and the earth. How clear He sees and how well He hears! They have no helper beside Him. He lets none associate with Him and share His judgment.

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And recite (to these people) what is revealed to you of the commandment of your Lord. There is none who can change His words, and you will find no refuge apart from Him.

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And keep yourself attached to those who call upon their Lord morning and evening, constantly seeking His pleasure, and do not let your eyes turn away from them to pursue the glamour of the present life and do not follow him whose heart We have declared unmindful of Our remembrance; who follows his evil inclinations, and whose affair exceeds all legitimate limits.

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And say, 'It is the truth from your Lord, therefore let him who wishes (it) believe (in it) and let him who wishes (otherwise) disbelieve (in it).' (But let everyone remember,) We have prepared for the unjust a fire whose (flaming) enclosure will surround (and fumes envelope) them. If they cry for water, they shall be helped with water (boiling) like molten lead, which will scald their faces. How dreadful the drink and how dismal is (the Fire as) a resting place!

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But those who believe and do deeds of righteousness (should know that) We surely do not suffer the reward of those who do good deeds to be lost.

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