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[This is] the Revelation of a Scripture which cannot be doubted — it is from the Lord of the Worlds.
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They say: “[Muhammad] invented it!” No! It is the Truth from your Lord to warn a people that no Warner had ever visited before — perhaps they will accept Guidance!
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God created the Heavens and earth and what is between in six days; then He sat on the Throne. You have no helper and no intercessor besides Him, why do you not remember [it]?
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He manages all affairs from Heaven to earth. They ascend to Him in a Day that lasts a thousand years by your count.
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He knows the hidden and the open, He is the Mighty, the Compassionate.
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He brings everything He creates to perfection. First He created man from clay,
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then He made his progeny from an extract of a lowly fluid.
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Then He proportioned him and breathed into him of His Spirit. He gave you hearing, sight and a heart, but how small is your gratitude!
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They say: “Is it possible that after the earth consumes us, we’ll return in a new Creation?” This is how they deny the meeting with their Lord!
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Say: “The Angel of death responsible for you will receive your souls, and you’ll be returned to your Lord.”
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If you could see how the sinners hanging their heads before their Lord: “O our Lord! We saw and we heard everything. Send us back, and we’ll be acting uprightly, for [now] we are convinced!”
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[God will say]: — Had We so willed, We would have guided every soul. But My Word will come true, and I will fill Hell with all of you, both Jinn and men!
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Let you taste [of it] for having forgotten the meeting of this Day of yours! And now We will forget you, so taste the everlasting punishment for your deeds!
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Those who believe in Our Verses prostrate themselves when they are read to them. They praise their Lord and do not bristle with pride.
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They raise their sides from their couches and call onto their Lord with fear and hope. They contribute from what We have given to them.
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No soul can know what delight for their eyes is prepared as a reward for their deeds!
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Is a believer like a reprobate? No! They are not alike!
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Those who believed and did good works will receive Gardens as a haven for what they had done,
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but the reprobates shall abide in the Fire! Each time they will try to escape from it, they shall be returned with the words: — Taste the punishment! This is the Fire you used to deny!
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We will make them taste a punishment in this life before the greater punishment [in Hell] — perhaps they will repent!
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Who does a greater wrong than the one who turns away from the Verses of his Lord when they are recited to him. Verily, We will retaliate against the sinners!
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In the past We gave the Scripture to Moses. We made it a Guidance for the Sons of Israel. So have no doubts about your meeting with Him.
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As long as they were patient and believed in Our Signs, We have been appointing imams from their midst who guided them under Our command.
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Verily, on Resurrection Day your Lord will judge their disagreements!
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Is it not a lesson for them that We had destroyed many generations in the past? Do they not walk in [the ruins of] their houses? Verily, there are Signs in this — so why do they not listen?
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Do they not see how We irrigate the barren land and how We use water to produce crops that feed them and their cattle? Do they not see [it]?
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They say: “When is the Decision due if you’re telling the truth?”
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Say: “When the disbelievers will believe on Decision Day, it’ll be too late for their faith to help them, and they shall receive no reprieve!”
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So turn away from them and wait, and let them wait [as well]!