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Hâ Mîm - Allâh is Praiseworthy, Lord of Honour.
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The compilation and orderly arrangement (of this Qur'ân) proceeds from the Most Gracious, the Ever Merciful (God).
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(It is) a Book, the verses of which are detailed and clear in exposition. It is beautifully inter linked, (and it is in a language that) makes the meanings eloquently clear. It is very useful for a people who have knowledge.
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It is a bearer of good tidings and a warner, yet most of these (people) turn away (from it) because they do not (even) give (it) ear.
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And they say, 'Our hearts are (fortified) within a covering against that (Book) towards which you call us. We are deaf in the ear and there exists a barrier between us and you. So carry on your work (according to your creed) and surely we are the workers (in accordance with our own doctrines).'
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Say, 'I am but a human being like yourselves (with the only difference that) it is revealed to me that your God is One God, so stick to the straight path (leading) to Him and ask for His protection.' And woe be to the polytheists;
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Those who do not present the Zakât (purifying dues) and who are disbelievers in the Hereafter also.
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(On the contrary) those who believe and do deeds of righteousness, there awaits them a reward never to be cut off.
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Say, 'Would you really disbelieve in Him Who created the earth in two aeons? And do you set up compeers with Him?' He alone is the Lord of the worlds.
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He placed therein (in the earth) firm mountains rising above (its surface) and showered it with His blessings and placed in it various provisions according to a set measure, (provisions to which) all those who require them have equal rights, (and all this He created) in four aeons.
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Again, He directed Himself towards the space. Behold! it was (like) a mass of gas. (The Almighty God) said to it (the space) and to the earth, 'Come both of you (in obedience to Me) willingly or unwillingly.' They said, 'We obey you with all our will.'
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So He ordained them seven heavens in two aeons and assigned to each (heaven) its (relevant) function. And We decked the nearest heaven with lamps (shining stars for light) and made it to guard. Such is the decree of the All-Mighty, the All-Knowing.
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But if even now they turn away then say, 'I have warned you of a scourge which will be like the scourge (that befell the people) of 'âd and Thamûd.'
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When the Messengers (of God) came to them (successively) from before them and from behind them (from all directions with the teaching) 'Worship none but Allâh.' They said, 'If Allâh had willed (to send Messengers), He would certainly have sent angels. So we are indeed disbelievers in that (teachings) with which you have been sent.'
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As for (the people of) 'âd, they behaved arrogantly in the land without any justification and said, 'Who is mightier than we?' Do they not see that Allâh, Who had created them, is Mightier than they? And (not only that they behaved arrogantly) they went on denying Our Messages persistently.
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So We sent upon them a furious wind for several (of their) ominous days in order to make them suffer a punishment of humiliation in this life, and the punishment which awaits them in the Hereafter will surely be more humiliating, and against which they will not be helped.
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As for (the tribe of) Thamûd, We gave them guidance, but they preferred misguidance to guidance so the scourge of a humiliating punishment seized them on account of the (bad) deeds they had done.
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Yet We delivered those who believed and guarded against evil.
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Beware of the day when the enemies of Allâh will be resurrected (and) driven towards the Fire; while they will be formed into different groups.
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Till, when they all reach it (the Hell) their hearing and their eyes and their skins will be (testifying to and) bearing witness against them as to their (mis)deeds.
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And they will say to their skins, 'Why did you bear witness against us?' They will reply, 'Allâh made us speak as He had given speech to everything else. And (disbelievers!) it is He Who created you the first time and to Him you have been brought back.
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'And (while committing sinful acts) you could not hide yourselves from the fact that neither your (own) hearing, nor your own eyes, nor your own skins should bear witness against you. As a matter of fact you had assumed that (even) Allâh did not know much of what you used to do,
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'And it was this (very wrong) belief of yours which you hold about your Lord that has ruined you, so that you have now become of the losers.'
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Now, if (in this state of theirs) they show patience (even then) the Fire is their resort. And if they ask to be allowed to approach the threshold (of God's Throne) they will not be of those who are allowed to approach the threshold (to seek His forgiveness and mercy).
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And We had assigned to them certain companions who made (the sinful acts) which were being committed in their presence, and those which had been done behind them (in their past), seem fair and attractive to them. The verdict (of punishment) stands confirmed against them as it did in the case of the sinful communities of jinn (fiery and houghty natured) and (ordinary) people who had passed away before them. As a matter of fact they all were losers.
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And those who took to disbelief say, 'Do not listen to this Qur'ân, but (when it is recited) interrupt it by making noise so that you may gain the upper hand.'
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We shall most surely make those who disbelieve meet with severe punishment and we shall certainly recompense them for the worst what they did.
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Such is the punishment of the enemies of Allâh. It is the Fire. They shall find in it a long-lasting home. (The punishment is) a recompense of their persistently denying of Our Messages.
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(There) the disbelievers will say, 'Our Lord! show us those (two sets of people) who led us astray from among both the jinn (houghty) and (ordinary) people that we may trample them under our feet with the result that they become of the most abased and humiliated ones.'
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Verily, those who say, 'Allâh is our Lord,' and then remain steadfast (and follow the straight path), the angels will descend upon them (saying), 'Have no fear nor grieve rather rejoice at the glad tidings of receiving the Gardens (of Paradise) which you have been promised.
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