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Reckoning is coming closer to men, but being mindless, they turn away.
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No new Revelation comes to them from their Lord that they do not listen to without mockery.
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Frivolous are their hearts! The wrong-doers say in their secret [meetings]: “Isn’t [Muhammad] a man like us? Would you yield to magic with open eyes?”
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Say: “My Lord knows about [every] word in Heavens and earth. He’s the Hearer, the Knowing.”
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But they say: “No, [these are] only bundles of dreams, He contrived them himself! Indeed, he’s a poet! Let him bring us [at least] one Sign like the ones that were sent in old times!”
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Would they believe, if not a single town We had destroyed before them, had believed?
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— And before [you, o Muhammad], We used to send only men We had inspired. If you do not know it, ask those who have received the Revelation!
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We did not give them bodies that do not require food, and they were not immortal.
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We fulfilled Our promise to them: We saved those We pleased, and We destroyed those who were given to excesses.
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We have sent down upon you a Scripture with a Reminder. So why do you not understand?
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How many towns We have destroyed for their iniquity! We have settled other people in their place,
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but sensing the approach of Our retribution, they ran away from it.
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Do not run away, return to good life and your dwellings — perhaps you will be called to account!
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They said: “Woe to us! Truly We have transgressed!”
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They didn’t stop their lamentations until We changed them into a devastated field.
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We have not created the Heaven and the earth and what is in between on a whim.
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Were We looking for a pastime and had We wished for it, We would have found it in Ourselves.
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When We use Truth to eradicate falsehood, We smash it to pieces and it disappears. Woe to you for what you associate!
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Everything in Heavens and earth belongs to [God]. Those who are with Him are proud to serve Him — that never tires them out!
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They glorify Him night and day without interruption.
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Are gods from the earth really able to bring [the dead] back to life?
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How confused everything would have been if there were other gods besides God! Praised be God, the Lord of the Throne! Exalted He is above what they ascribe [to Him]!
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[God] cannot be questioned about His works; but they shall be questioned.
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Have they really taken other gods besides [God]? Say: “Then bring out your proofs! This is a Revelation for those who are with me and a Revelation for those who preceded me.” But most of them ignore the Truth and turn away.
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And before your time, We have never sent a Messenger without first inspiring him that there is no god, except Me. So, worship Me!
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They say: “The Compassionate has taken children for Himself!” Glory to Him! They are just honored servants [of His]
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who do not speak before He speaks and follow His command.
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He knows what was before them and what will be after them. Intercession is only for those He approves of, and they tremble in fear before Him.
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If one of them says: “I’m a god equal to Him,” he’ll be punished by Hellfire — such is Our reward for the wrong-doers!
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And the disbelievers, do they not realize that the Heavens and the earth were connected before We pulled them apart, and that We made all living things from water? Why will they not believe?
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