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Alif. Lam. Mim.

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A DIVINE WRIT has been bestowed from on high upon thee -and let there be no doubt about this in thy heart-in order that thou mayest warn (the erring) thereby, and (thus) admonish the believers:

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Follow what has been sent down unto you by your Sustainer, and follow no masters other than Him. How seldom do you keep this in mind!

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And how many a (rebellious) community have We destroyed, with Our punishment coming upon it by night, or while they were resting at noontide!

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And when Our punishment came upon them, they had nothing to say for themselves, and could only cry, "Verily, we were wrongdoers!"

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Thus, (on Judgment Day) We shall most certainly call to account all those unto whom a (divine) message was sent, and We shall most certainly call to account the message-bearers (themselves);

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and thereupon We shall most certainly reveal unto them Our knowledge (of their doings): for never have We been absent (from them).

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And true will be the weighing on that Day; and those whose weight (of good deeds) is heavy in the balance -it is they, they who shall attain to a happy state;

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whereas those whose weight is light in the balance - it is they who will have squandered their own selves by their wilful rejection of Our messages.

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YEA, INDEED, (O men,) We have given you a (bountiful) place on earth, and appointed thereon means of livelihood for you: (yet) how seldom are you grateful!

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Yea, indeed, We have created you, and then formed you; and then We said unto the angels, "Prostrate yourselves before Adam!" - whereupon they (all) prostrated themselves, save Iblis: he was not among those who prostrated themselves.

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(And God) said: "What has kept thee from prostrating thyself when I commanded thee?" Answered (Iblis): "I am better than he: Thou hast created me out of fire, whereas him Thou hast created out of clay."

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(God) said: "Down with thee, then, from this (state) -for it is not meet for thee to show arrogance here! Go forth, then: verily, among the humiliated shalt thou be!"

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Said (Iblis): "Grant me a respite till the Day when all shall be raised from the dead."

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(And God) replied: "Verily, thou shalt be among those who are granted a respite."

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(Whereupon Iblis) said: "Now that Thou hast thwarted me," shall most certainly lie in ambush for them all along Thy straight way,

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and shall most certainly fall upon them openly as well as in a manner beyond their ken, and from their right and from their left: and most of them Thou wilt find ungrateful."

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(And God) said: "Go forth from here, disgraced and disowned! (And) as for such of them as follow thee - I will most certainly fill hell with you all!

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And (as for thee), O Adam', dwell thou and thy wife in this garden, and eat, both of you, whatever you may wish; but do not approach this one tree, lest you become evildoers!"

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Thereupon Satan whispered unto the two with a view to making them conscious of their nakedness, of which (hitherto) they had been unaware; and he said: "Your Sustainer has but forbidden you this tree lest you two become .(as) angels, or lest you live forever."

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And he swore unto them, "Verily, I am of those who wish you well indeed!"

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-and thus he led them on with deluding thoughts. But as soon as the two had tasted (the fruit) of the tree, they became conscious of their nakedness; and they began to cover themselves with pieced-together leaves from the garden. And their Sustainer calle

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The two replied: "O our Sustainer! We have sinned against ourselves -and unless Thou grant us forgiveness and bestow Thy mercy upon us, we shall most certainly be lost!"

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Said He: "Down with you, (and be henceforth) enemies unto one another, having on earth your abode and livelihood for a while:

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there shall you live" - He added - "and there shall you die, and thence shall you be brought forth (on Resurrection Day)!

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O CHILDREN of Adam! Indeed, We have bestowed upon you from on high (the knowledge of making) garments to cover your nakedness, and as a thing of beauty: but the garment of God-consciousness is the best of all. Herein lies a message from God, so that man” might take it to heart.

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O children of Adam! Do not allow Satan to seduce you in the same way as he caused your ancestors to be driven out of the garden: he deprived them of their garment (of God-consciousness) in order to make them aware of their nakedness. Verily, he and his tribe are lying in wait for you where you cannot perceive them! Verily, We have placed (all manner of) satanic forces near unto those who do not (truly) believe;

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and (so,) whenever they commit a shameful deed, they are wont to say, "We found our forefathers doing it," and, "God has enjoined it upon us." Say: "Behold, never does God enjoin deeds of abomination. Would you attribute unto God something of which you have no knowledge?"

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Say: "My Sustainer has (but) enjoined the doing of what is right; and (He desires you to) put your whole being into every act of worship, and to call unto Him, sincere in your faith in Him alone. As it was He who brought you into being in the first instance, so also (unto Him) you will return:

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some (of you) He will have graced with His guidance, whereas, for some a straying from the right path will have become unavoidable: for, behold, they will have taken (their own) evil impulses for their masters in preference to God, thinking all the while that they have found the right path!"

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