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By the lucid Scripture!
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We have made it an Arabic Koran — perhaps you will understand it!
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Verily, it is for us the mother of Scripture, exalted and wise.
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Shall We withhold the Reminder from you for being a people who transgressed all limits?
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We sent so many Prophets to the first generations,
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but not a single Prophet has ever come to them without them laughing at him!
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We destroyed them, albeit they were greater in power than these ones. Such is the example of the first people.
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But had you asked them, Who has created the Heavens and earth, they would have certainly said: “They’ve been created by the Almighty, the Knowing.”
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He is the One, Who has spread out the earth for you and has traced roads upon it — perhaps, you will follow the right way!
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He is the One Who in due measure pours down the rain from the sky. We shall revive you just as We revive a dead land!
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He is the One, Who has created everything in pairs. He gave you ships to sail and beasts to ride.
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When you sit squarely on their backs, you remember the favors of your Lord. Sitting upon them, you say: “Glory to Him, who made this for our use, indeed, we wouldn’t have ever achieved it ourselves.
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And we’ll surely return to our Lord!”
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Yet, they made of some of His servants a part of Himself. Verily, stubborn is man in his disbelief!
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Is it possible that from all He has created, He took daughters for Himself, and He gave sons to you?
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Although they ascribe [daughters] to the Compassionate, when a man receives the news of the [birth of a daughter], his face darkens, and he can hardly contain his rage.
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How can one [associate to God those] who grew among trinkets and are unskilled in debates?
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And the Angels who serve the Compassionate, they mistake for females! Have they witnessed their creation? Their testimony shall be recorded and they shall be called to account!
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They say: “Had the Compassionate willed it, we wouldn’t have worshiped them!” But they do not know anything about them — they are only their own fabrications!
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Have We not given them a Scripture before, to which they should have been holding fast?
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They say: “We’ve found that our fathers have been following a certain creed, and we’re following in their tracks.”
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— And before you, [o Muhammad!], whenever We sent a Warner to a town, the most notable of the dwellers said: “We’ve found that our fathers had a creed, and we’re following in their tracks.”
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[The Prophet] said to them: “And what if the Guidance that I brought you is better than the one you’ve found with your fathers?” They said: “We deny [the Message] you’ve been sent with!”
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— And We took revenge upon them: consider the fate of those who denied!
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Abraham said to his father and to his people: “I’m staying clear of what you’re worshiping.
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[I worship] only the One, Who has created me — He’ll certainly show me the way.”
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He left these words to his posterity, hoping that perhaps they will repent.
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— Yes, I let them and their fathers enjoy life until the Truth and a Messenger came to them with clear explanations.
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But when the Truth came to them, they said: “This is just magic! We won’t ever believe it!”
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