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By the Scripture which maketh plain,
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Lo! We have appointed it a Lecture in Arabic that haply ye may understand.
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And lo! in the Source of Decrees, which We possess, it is indeed sublime, decisive,
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Shall We utterly ignore you because ye are wanton folk?
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How many a Prophet did We send among the men of old!
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And never came there unto them a Prophet but they used to mock him.
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Then We destroyed men mightier than these in prowess; and the example of the men of old hath gone (before them).
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And if thou (Muhammad) ask them: Who created the heavens and the earth, they will surely answer: The Mighty, the Knower created them;
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Who made the earth a resting-place for you, and placed roads for you therein, that haply ye may find your way;
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And Who sendeth down water from the sky in (due) measure, and We revive a dead land therewith. Even so will ye be brought forth;
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He Who created all the pairs and appointed for you ships and cattle whereupon ye ride.
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That ye may mount upon their backs, and may remember your Lord's favour when ye mount thereon, and may say: Glorified be He Who hath subdued these unto us, and we were not capable (of subduing them);
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And lo! unto our Lord we are returning.
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And they allot to Him a portion of His bondmen! Lo! man is verily a mere ingrate.
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Or chooseth He daughters of all that He hath created, and honoureth He you with sons?
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And if one of them hath tidings of that which he likeneth to the Beneficent One, his countenance becometh black and he is full of inward rage.
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(Liken they then to Allah) that which is bred up in outward show, and in dispute cannot make itself plain?
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And they make the angels, who are the slaves of the Beneficent, females. Did they witness their creation? Their testimony will be recorded and they will be questioned.
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And they say: If the Beneficent One had (so) willed, we should not have worshipped them. They have no knowledge whatsoever of that. They do but guess.
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Or have We given them any Scripture before (this Qur'an) so that they are holding fast thereto?
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Nay, for they say only: Lo! we found our fathers following a religion, and we are guided by their footprints.
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And even so We sent not a warner before thee (Muhammad) into any township but its luxurious ones said: Lo! we found our fathers following a religion, and we are following their footprints.
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(And the warner) said: What! Even though I bring you better guidance than that ye found your fathers following? They answered: Lo! in what ye bring we are disbelievers.
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So We requited them. Then see the nature of the consequence for the rejecters!
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And when Abraham said unto his father and his folk: Lo! I am innocent of what ye worshipp
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Save Him Who did create me, for He will surely guide me.
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And he made it a word enduring among his seed, that haply they might return.
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Nay, but I let these and their fathers enjoy life (only) till there should come unto them the Truth and a messenger making plain.
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And now that the Truth hath come unto them they say: This is mere magic, and lo! we are disbelievers therein.
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