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This is a revelation of the Scripture from God, the Sublime, the Wise.
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We have created the Heavens and earth and what is in between only by the Truth and for a fixed time. However, the disbelievers turn away from what they have been warned about.
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Say: “Don’t you see what you call on besides God? Show me what they have created on earth, or what is their share in the Heavens! Show me a Scripture revealed before this one, or at least a trace of [your] Knowledge if you’re telling the truth!”
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Who is further astray than the one who, besides God, calls to those who will not answer him on Resurrection Day and will be heedless to his prayer?
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And when all the people are rounded up, they will be hostile to them and reject their worship.
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When Our clear Verses are recited to the disbelievers, they say of the Truth that came to them: “This is obvious magic!”
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And [of Muhammad] they say: “He forged [the Koran]!” Say: “If I forged it, you wouldn’t save me from God! He’s well aware of your insinuations, and sufficient He is as a witness between us! He is the Forgiving, the Merciful.”
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Say: “I’m not an innovator among the Messengers and I don’t know what will happen to you or me. I’m just following what I’m inspired with; I’m just a lucid Warner!”
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Say: “If you think that [the Koran] is from God, how can you reject it? Indeed, a witness from among the Children of Israel came forward and confirmed its similarity [to the Torah]. He believed, while you’re still boasting around. Verily, God doesn’t guide a people of transgressors!”
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The disbelievers say to those who believed: “If [your Revelation] were such a good thing, then nobody would’ve beaten us to it!” But they don’t follow it and say: “It’s an old fabrication!”
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In the past the Scripture of Moses was a Guidance and a mercy. This Scripture confirms it in the Arabic language. It warns the wrong-doers and brings good tidings to those who do right.
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Verily, those who say: “Our Lord is God!” and stand firmly [on it] shall neither fear nor grieve.
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They own Paradise where they shall dwell for ever in recompense for their good deeds.
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We have enjoined on man to be kind to his parents. His mother carries him in pain and gives birth in pain. She carries and nurses him thirty months till weaning. And when he is forty and reaches maturity, he says: “O my Lord! Make me grateful for the favor You’ve bestowed upon me and my parents. [Inspire] me to do good and to satisfy You. Extend [Your] favor to me and to my offspring. Truly I’m turning to You, and truly [to You] I’m submitting myself!”
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Such are those whose their best deeds We accept, and to whom We forgive their sins. We truly promise them to be among the dwellers of Paradise.
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[There is the one who] says to his parents: “Fie upon you! You’re threatening me with resurrection, but what about the generations that preceded me?” Seeking God’s help, they say: “Woe to you! God’s promise is surely true!”, but he says: “These are some tales of the old!”
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Such are those of the past generations of Jinn and men who have already been judged and became losers.
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Everyone has a degree [of guilt] for his deeds, for which he shall get a retribution — nobody shall be treated unjustly!
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On the Day when the disbelievers face the Fire, [they shall hear]: — Did you receive the amenities of this life? Did you enjoy them? Your reward today is a humiliating punishment for your unjustified conceit on earth and your corruption.
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Remember the brother of the [people] of ’Ad, who has been warning his people in the sand dunes. Messengers had come before and after him, and each [said]: “Don’t worship anyone, except God, I truly fear for you the punishment of the Great Day.”
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[The people] said: “Did you come to separate us from our gods? Then bring your threats upon us if you’re telling the truth!”
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He said: “Knowledge is with God; I’m only relaying to you what I’ve been sent with, but I see that you’re ignorant people!”
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Observing a cloud approaching their valleys, they said: “Here is a cloud that brings us rain!” — No! This is what you have been asking to hasten! It is a gust that carries a painful punishment
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and shall destroy everything by the command of its Lord! And so it was. In the morning one could see only ruins at the site of their dwellings — this is how We reward the people who transgress!
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We gave them opportunities you did not have; We gave them hearing, sight, and a heart. But hearing, sight, and a heart did not benefit them. When they denied the Signs of God, they were overcome by what they had been laughing at!
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In the past, before destroying some towns in your vicinity, We had been showing the Signs, hoping that they would have turned [to Us].
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Why have they not been helped by those whom they had worshiped besides God, and who, as they hoped, would accede them [to Him]? [The idols] deserted them because they were fake, just like all their fabrications.
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We have sent to you a band of Jinn to listen to the Koran. When they came, they said: “Let’s listen!” They returned to their people with a Warning
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and said: “O our people! We’ve listened to a Scripture which has been sent down after Moses. It confirms what had been sent down before and guides to the Truth and to the straight path.
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