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Alif. Lam. Mim.

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GOD - there is no deity save Him, the Ever-Living, the Self-Subsistent Fount of All Being!

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Step by step has He bestowed upon thee from on high this divine writ, setting forth the truth which confirms whatever there still remains (of earlier revelations): for it is He who has bestowed from on high the Torah and the Gospel

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aforetime, as a guidance unto mankind, and it is He who has bestowed (upon man) the standard by which to discern the true from the false. Behold, as for those who are bent on denying God's messages - grievous suffering awaits them: for God is almighty, an avenger of evil.

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Verily, nothing on earth or in the heavens is hidden from God.

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He it is who shapes you in the wombs as He wills. There is no deity save Him, the Almighty, the Truly Wise.

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He it is who has bestowed upon thee from on high this divine writ, containing messages that are clear in and by themselves - and these are the essence of the divine writ - as well as others that are allegorical. Now those whose hearts are given to swerving from the truth go after that part of the divine writ which has been expressed in allegory, seeking out (what is bound to create) confusion, and seeking (to arrive at) its final meaning (in an arbitrary manner); but none save God knows its final meaning. Hence, those who are deeply rooted in knowledge say: "We believe in it; the whole (of the divine writ) is from our Sustainer - albeit none takes this to heart save those who are endowed with insight.

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O our Sustainer! Let not our hearts swerve from the truth after Thou hast guided us; and bestow upon us the gift of Thy grace: verily, Thou art the (true) Giver of Gifts.

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O our Sustainer! Verily, Thou wilt gather mankind together to witness the Day about (the coming of) which there is no doubt: verily, God never fails to fulfil His promise.

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BEHOLD, as for those who are bent on denying the truth - neither their worldly possessions nor their offspring will in the least avail them against God; and it is they, they who shall be the fuel of the fire!

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(To them shall - happen) the like of what happened to Pharaoh's people and those who lived before them: they gave the lie to Our messages - and so God took them to task for their sins: for God is severe in retribution.

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Say unto those who are bent on denying the truth: "You shall be overcome and gathered unto hell - and how evil a resting-place!"

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You have already had a sign in the two hosts that met in battle, one host fighting in God's cause and the other denying Him; with their own eyes (the former) saw the others as twice their own number: but God strengthens with His succour whom He wills. In this, behold, there is indeed a lesson for all who have eyes to see.

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ALLURING unto man is the enjoyment of worldly desires through women, and children, and heaped-up treasures of gold and silver, and horses of high mark, and cattle, and lands. All this may be enjoyed in the life of this world - but the most beauteous of all goals is with God.

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Say: "Shall I tell you of better things than those (earthly joys)? For the God-conscious there are, with their Sustainer, gardens through which running waters flow, therein to abide, and spouses pure, and God's goodly acceptance." And God sees all that is in (the hearts of) His servants -

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those who say, "O our Sustainer! Behold, we believe (in Thee); forgive us, then, our sins, and keep us safe from suffering through the fire" - :

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those who are patient in adversity, and true to their word, and truly devout, and who spend (in God's way), and pray for forgiveness from their innermost hearts.

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GOD (Himself) proffers evidence - and (so do) the angels and all who are endowed with knowledge - that there is no deity save Him, the Upholder of Equity: there is no deity save Him, the Almighty, the Truly Wise.

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Behold, the only (true) religion in the sight of God is (man's) self-surrender unto Him; and those who were vouchsafed revelation aforetime took, out of mutual jealousy, to divergent views (on this point) only after knowledge (thereof) had come unto them. But as for him who denies the truth of God's messages - behold, God is swift in reckoning!

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Thus, (O Prophet,) if they argue with thee, say, "I have surrendered my whole being unto God, and (so have) all who follow me!" - and ask those who have been vouchsafed revelation aforetime, as well as all unlettered people, "Have you (too) surrendered yourselves unto Him?" And if they surrender themselves unto Him, they are on the right path; but if they turn away - behold, thy duty is no more than to deliver the message: for God sees all that is in (the hearts of) His creatures.

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Verily, as for those who deny the truth of God's messages, and slay the prophets against all right, and slay people who enjoin equity - announce unto them a grievous chastisement.

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It is they whose works shall come to nought both in this world and in the life to come; and they shall have none to succour them.

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Art thou not aware of those who have been granted their share of revelation (aforetime)? They have been called upon to let God's writ be their law - and yet some of them turn away (from it) in their obstinacy,

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simply because they claim, "The fire will most certainly not touch us for more than a limited number of days": and thus the false beliefs which they invented have (in time) caused them to betray their faith.

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How, then, (will they fare) when We shall gather them all together to witness the Day about (the coming of) which there is no doubt, and every human being shall be repaid in full for what he has done, and none shall be wronged?

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SAY: "O God, Lord of all dominion! Thou grantest dominion unto whom Thou willest, and takest away dominion from whom Thou willest; and Thou exaltest whom Thou willest, and abasest whom Thou willest. In Thy hand is all good. Verily, Thou hast the power to will anything.

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Thou makest the night grow longer by shortening the day, and Thou makest the day grow longer by shortening the night. And Thou bringest forth the living out of that which is dead, and Thou bringest forth the dead out of that which is alive. And Thou grantest sustenance unto whom `Thou willest, beyond all reckoning.

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LET NOT the believers take those who deny the truth for their allies in preference to the believers - since he who does this cuts himself off from God in everything - unless it be to protect yourselves against them in this way. But God warns you to beware of Him: for with God is all journeys' end.

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Say: "Whether you conceal what is in your hearts or bring it into the open, God knows it: for He knows all that is in the heavens and all that is on earth; and God has the power to will anything."

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On the Day when every human being will find himself faced with all the good that he has done, and with all the evil that he has done, (many a one) will wish that there were a long span of time between himself and that (Day). Hence, God warns you to beware of Him; but God is most compassionate towards His creatures.

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