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Do people think they will not be tested because they say, "We have faith?"
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We had certainly tried those who lived before them to make sure who were truthful in their faith and who were liars.
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Do the evil-doers think they can escape Us? How terrible is their judgment?
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Let those who have the desire to be in the presence of God on the Day of Judgment know that their day will certainly be coming. God is All-Hearing and All-Knowing.
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Whoever strives hard should know that it is for his own good. God is independent of the whole world.
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We shall expiate the sins of the righteously striving believers and shall reward them better than their deeds.
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We have advised the human being, "Be kind to your parents. Do not obey them if they force you to consider equal to Me things which you do not know are such." You will all return (to Me) and I shall show all that you have done.
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We shall admit the righteously striving believers into the company of the pious ones.
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Some people say, "We have faith in God." But when they face some hardship for His cause, they begin to consider the persecution that they have experienced from people as a torment from God. When your Lord grants you a victory, they say, "We were with you." Does God not know best what is in the hearts of every creature?
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God certainly knows all about the believers and the hypocrites.
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The unbelievers say to the believers. "Follow our way. We shall take the responsibility for your sins." They cannot take responsibility for any of the sins. They are only liars.
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Besides the other burdens that they will have to carry, they will certainly be loaded with the burden of their own sins. They will be questioned on the Day of Judgment about what they had falsely invented.
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We sent Noah to his people and he lived with them for nine hundred and fifty years, then the flood engulfed them for their injustice.
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We saved Noah and the people in the Ark and made (their case) a miracle for the world.
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Abraham told his people, "Worship God and have fear of Him. It is better for you if only you knew it.
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You worship idols besides God and you create falsehood. Whatever you worship besides Him cannot provide you with anything for your sustenance. Seek your sustenance from the bounties of God. Worship Him. Give Him thanks. To Him you will all return."
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If you, (pagans), call our (revelations) lies, certainly many generations living before you have also done the same thing. The duty of a Messenger is only to preach clearly.
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Have they not seen how God begins the creation and then turns it back? This is not difficult at all for God.
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(Muhammad), say to them, "Travel through the land and see how He has begun the creation and how He will invent the next life. God has power over all things.
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He punishes or grants mercy to whomever He wants and to Him you will all return.
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You cannot challenge God in the heavens or in the earth. No one besides God is your guardian or helper.
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Those who have rejected God's revelations have no hope in receiving His mercy. They will face a painful torment.
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(Abraham's) people had no answer except suggesting, "Kill him or burn him." But God saved him from the fire. In this there is evidence (of truth) for the believing people.
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Abraham said, "You believe in idols besides God only out of worldly love, but on the Day of Judgment you will reject and condemn each other. Your dwelling will be fire and no one will help you."
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Only Lot believed in (Abraham) and said, "I seek refuge in my Lord, for He is Majestic and All-wise".
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We granted Isaac and Jacob to Abraham and We bestowed upon his offspring, prophethood and the Book. We gave him his reward in this world and in the next life, he will be among the pious ones.
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Lot told his people, "You are certainly committing the kind of indecency which no one in the world has committed before".
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Do you engage in carnal relations with men, rob the travellers, and commit evil in your gatherings? His people had no answer but to say, "Bring upon us the torment of God if you are truthful".
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He prayed, "Lord help me against the evil-doing people."
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