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The people's day of reckoning is drawing closer, yet they are heedlessly neglectful.
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Whenever a new revelation comes to them from their Lord, they listen to it in a playful manner,
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and their hearts are preoccupied with trivial matters. The unjust ones whisper to each other and say, "Is he (Muhammad) more than a mere mortal like you? How can you follow that which you know is only a magic?"
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The Lord said, "Tell them (Muhammad), 'My Lord knows all that is said in the heavens and the earth. He is All-hearing and All-knowing ".
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They have said, "It, (the Quran), is only the result of some confused dreams. He is only a poet. He should show us some miracles, as the ancient Prophets had done."
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The people of the town whom We had destroyed also had no faith. Will these people then believe in God?
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The messengers that We had sent before you were only men to whom We had given revelation. Ask the People of the Book if you do not know.
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We had not made them such bodies that would not eat any food nor were they immortal.
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Our promise to them came true and We saved them and those whom We wanted, but destroyed the unjust people.
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We have sent a Book, (the Quran), which is an honor for you. Will you then not understand?
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How many unjust towns did We destroy and replace them with other nations?
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When they found Our torment approaching them they started to run away from the town.
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We told them, "Do not run away. Come back to your luxuries and your houses so that you can be questioned".
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They said, "Woe to us! We have been unjust".
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Such was what they continued to say until We mowed them down and made them completely extinct.
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We did not create the heavens and the earth just for fun.
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Had We wanted to play games, We could have certainly done so with things at hand.
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We bring forward the Truth to crush and destroy falsehood; it is doomed to be banished. Woe to you for your way of thinking about God!
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To Him belongs all those who are in the heavens and the earth. Those who are closer to Him are not too proud to worship Him, nor do they get tired of worshipping.
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They glorify Him day and night without fail.
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Have they chosen deities from earth? Can such deities give life to anyone?
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Had there been other deities in the heavens and the earth besides God, both the heavens and the earth would have been destroyed. God, the Lord of the Throne, is too Glorious to be as they think He is.
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He will not be questioned about anything He does, but all people will be questioned about their deeds.
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Have they chosen other gods besides God? (Muhammad), ask them, "Show the proof (in support of such belief). This is (the Quran) which tells us about the (beliefs of the people) in my time and those who lived before me." Most of them do not know. Moreover, the truth is that they neglect (the question of belief altogether).
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To all the Messengers that were sent before you We revealed that I am the only God to be worshipped.
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They said, "The Beneficent God has given birth to a son. He is too Exalted to give birth to a son." (Those whom they think are God's sons) are only His honorable servants.
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These servants do not speak before He speaks. They simply act according to His orders.
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He knows all that is in front of them and all that is behind them. (These servants of God) will not intercede with Him for anyone without His permission and they tremble in awe (before His greatness).
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The recompense of those of them who say that they are the Lord instead of God will be hell; thus, do We recompense the unjust ones.
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Have the unbelievers not ever considered that the heavens and the earth were one piece and that We tore them apart from one another. From water We have created all living things. Will they then have no faith?
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