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Most Auspicious is He Who has sent down the Furqan (the Criterion – the Holy Qur'an) upon His chosen bondman for him to be a Herald of Warning to the entire world. (Prophet Mohammed – peace and blessings be upon him – is the Prophet towards all mankind.)
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The One to Whom belongs the kingship of the heavens and of the earth, and has not chosen a child, and has no partner in His kingship, and He has created everything and kept it in proper measure.
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And people have appointed other Gods besides Him, those who do not create anything but are themselves created, and those who do not have the power to harm or benefit themselves, and who do not have any authority over death or life nor over resurrection.
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And the disbelievers said, "This is nothing but a slur he has fabricated and others have helped him upon it"; so indeed the disbelievers have stooped to injustice and lie.
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And they said, "These are stories of the former people, which he has written down, so they are read to him morning and evening."
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Proclaim (O dear Prophet Mohammed - peace and blessings be upon him), "It is sent down by Him Who knows all the secrets of the heavens and the earth; indeed He Oft Forgiving, Most Merciful."
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And they said, "What is the matter with this (Noble) Messenger, that he eats food and walks in the markets? Why was not an angel sent down along with him, to give warning along with him?"
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Or that he should have obtained a hidden treasure, or should have had a garden from which to eat; and the unjust said, "You do not follow but a man under a magic spell."
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O dear Prophet (Mohammed – peace and blessings be upon him) see how they invent examples for you - they have therefore gone astray, unable find a road.
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Most Auspicious is He Who, if He wills, may make it much better for you - Gardens beneath which rivers flow, and may create high palaces for you.
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In fact they deny the Last Day; and We have kept prepared a blazing fire for those who deny the Last Day.
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When it will see them from afar, they will hear its raging and roaring.
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And when they are thrown into a narrow place in it, bound in chains, they will pray for death in it.
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It will be said "Do not pray this day for one death – and pray for many deaths."
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Say, "Is this better or the Everlasting Gardens which are promised to those who fear? That is their reward and their outcome."
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In it for them is all that they may desire, abiding in it for ever; a promise incumbent upon your Lord, that is prayed for.
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And on the day when He will assemble them and all what they worship instead of Allah - then will say to those deities, "Did you mislead my bondmen or did they themselves forget the path?"
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They will submit, "Purity is to You - it was not rightful for us to appoint any Master besides You; but You gave them and their forefathers usage to the extent that they forgot Your Remembrance; and they were indeed the people who destroy themselves."
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So the deities have belied what you state - so now you can neither avert the punishment nor help yourself; and whoever among you is unjust, We shall make him taste a terrible punishment.
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And all the Noble Messengers We sent before you were like this – eating food and walking in the markets; and We have made some of you a test for others; so will you, O people, patiently endure? And O dear Prophet, your Lord is All Seeing.
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And those who do not expect to meet Us said, "Why were the angels not sent down to us or we been able to see our Lord?" Indeed they thought too highly of themselves and they turned extremely rebellious.
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The day when they will see the angels - that day will not be of any happiness for the guilty - and they will cry, "O God, erect a barrier between us and them!"
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And We turned all the deeds they had performed into scattered floating specks of dust.
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And for the People of the Garden on that day is a better destination and account, and a better place of afternoon rest.
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And the day when the sky will be split asunder with clouds and the angels will be sent down in full.
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The true kingship on that day belongs to the Most Gracious; and that is hard for the disbelievers.
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And the day when the unjust will gnaw his hands, saying, "Alas, if only I had chosen a way along with the (Noble) Messenger (of Allah)!"
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Woe to me – alas, if only I had not taken that one for a friend.
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He indeed led me astray from the advice that had come to me; and Satan deserts man, leaving him unaided.
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And the Noble Messenger submitted, "O my Lord - indeed my people took this Qur'an as worthy of being abandoned."
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