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Do people really think that if they say: “We have believed,” they will be left alone and will not be tried?
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Yet, We have tried their predecessors! God surely knows who is telling the truth, and He knows who is lying.
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Do the evil doers think they can elude Us? How bad is their judgment!
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As for the ones who hope to meet God, verily, God’s term is sure to come. He is the Hearer, the Knowing.
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Anyone who strives, strives for himself. Verily, God has no need for the Worlds!
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We will surely cancel the evil deeds of those who believed and did good works, and We will reward them according to the best of their deeds.
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We have enjoined man to be kind to his parents. But do not obey them if they try to make you associate with Me something you have no knowledge about. You shall all return to Me, and I will announce to you what you have done.
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Those who believed and did good works, We will make them join the upright.
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Some people say: “We believe in God.” But as soon as they suffer in the way of God, they mistake men’s persecutions for God’s punishment. If your Lord helped them, they would surely say: “We were with you!” Does not God know best what is in people’s hearts?
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God surely knows who is a believer and He surely knows who is a Hypocrite.
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The disbelievers say to the believers: “Follow our way, and we’ll take your sins upon us!” They will not take your sins upon themselves — indeed, they are such liars!
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They shall bear their burden and, in addition, the burden [of others]; and on Resurrection Day they shall be asked about their fabrications.
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We sent Noah to his people. He lived among them a thousand years, but fifty. The flood overtook them while they were sinning,
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But We saved him and his companions on the ark, of which We made a Sign for the Worlds.
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Abraham said to his people: “Worship God and fear Him. That’s better for you, if you [only] knew!
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But you worship [idols] besides God and fabricate lies. Those you worship besides God cannot feed you. Therefore, seek provisions from God, worship Him, and be grateful to Him — indeed, to Him is your return!
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If you refuse, so did the people before you. The Messenger’s duty is only a clear delivery.”
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Do they not see how God starts the Creation and then repeats it? Verily, this is easy for God!
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Say: “Travel in the land and see how God has started the Creation. Finally, God will produce the last Creation. Verily, God has power over all things.
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He punishes whom He wills and pardons whom He wills. To Him is your return!
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You cannot escape on earth or in Heaven, and you have no protector and no helper besides God.”
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Only those who despair of My mercy deny the Signs of God and the meeting with Him — they will get a painful punishment.
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[And Abraham?] His people had only one response: “Kill or burn him!” But God saved him from the fire. Verily, there are Signs in this for the people who believe.
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[Abraham] said: “You’ve taken for yourselves some idols besides God because of your mutual affection in this life, but on Resurrection Day you’ll disown and curse one another. Your abode shall be the Fire, and you’ll find no one to help you.”
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Lot believed in Him. He said: “I’ll resettle to my Lord, verily, He’s the Mighty, the Wise.”
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[To Abraham] We gave Isaac and Jacob, and We established the prophetic mission and the Scripture among his posterity. We rewarded him in this life, and in the Hereafter he will be among the upright.
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Lot said to his people: “Indeed, you commit indecency, unsurpassed by no one in the Worlds.
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Is it not true that you come at men, cut them off on their way, and commit shameful acts at your gatherings?” But his people had just one answer: “Bring God’s wrath upon us if you’re telling the truth!”
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[Lot] said: “O my Lord! Help me against the corrupt people!”
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