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The works of those who disbelieve and create obstructions in God’s path are doomed to fail.
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[God] will absolve from evil deeds and improve the well-being of those who believe, do good works, and trust that the [Revelation] sent down to Muhammad is the Truth of their Lord.
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Indeed, the disbelievers follow falsehood, and the believers follow the Truth of their Lord. This is how God teaches people by their own examples!
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When you meet disbelievers, smite [them] on their necks, and when they are subdued, tighten [their] bonds. [Free them] out of mercy or for ransom after the war lays down its burdens. Let it be so! If God wills, He will surely defeat them, but [first] He wants to test some of you by the others. Those who died in the cause of God, He will never let their works fail.
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He will guide them, improve their conditions
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and admit them to the Paradise He has described to them.
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O you who have believed! If you help God, He will help you and set you firmly on your feet.
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But for the disbelievers there is a downfall! [God] will fail their works
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for hating God’s Revelation, and He will make their works fruitless.
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Have they not traveled in the land and seen the fate of their predecessors? God had brought destruction upon them, and so it shall be with the disbelievers.
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Indeed, God protects the believers, but the disbelievers are without a protector.
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Verily, God will lead those who believed and did good into the Gardens under which the rivers flow. As for the disbelievers, they will indulge in pleasures and devour food like cattle. The Fire will be their abode!
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How many towns We have destroyed that were more powerful than the town which expelled you! Nobody came to their rescue!
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Is the one who accepts the clear Proofs of his Lord like the one whose evil deeds are made attractive to him and who follows his passions?
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Here is the Paradise promised to the God-fearing with rivers of water that never corrupts, rivers of milk whose taste never changes, rivers of wine delicious to taste, and rivers of pure honey; with fruit of all kinds and forgiveness of their Lord! Are they like those who shall stay in the Fire for ever and drink boiling water that will tear up their entrails?
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Some of them seem to listen to you. But as soon as they leave you, they say to those who have received Knowledge: “What was he talking about?” These are the ones whose hearts God has sealed and who follow their passions.
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[God] increases in righteousness those who received Guidance, and gives them devotion.
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Let [the sinners] wait for the Hour which shall suddenly come upon them — its portents are already in plain view! But will the Reminder benefit them when they are suddenly confronted with it?
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Be aware that there is no god but God, and ask forgiveness for your sins and those of believing men and believing women. God knows everything: how you get around and where you rest.
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The believers say: “How come a sura isn’t revealed?” But when a teaching sura mentioning fighting is revealed, just look at the diseased at heart: they stare at you as if they were seeing death. It would have been better for them
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to obey and to speak the just words. When their affairs come up for judgment, it will be better for them to be true to God.
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If they had the power, they would have spread corruption in the land and broken the blood ties.
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Such are those that God has cursed and deprived of hearing and sight.
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Why do they not meditate on the Koran? Are their hearts so tightly locked?
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Verily, Satan instigates and seduces with [false] hopes those who turn around when Guidance is explained to them.
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They say to those who hate God’s Revelation: “We’ll follow you in some of these matters.” But God is aware of their secret plots!
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And how will it be when the Angels come to take them away, and start beating them on their faces and backs!
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Yes, they followed what angers God and hated what satisfies Him. So He ruined their works!
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Those who are diseased in their hearts, [do they hope] that God will not bring their resentment to light?
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Had We willed, We would have shown them to you and you would have recognized them by their features, you would have surely recognized them by their speech! God is aware of [all] what you do!
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