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I swear by the illustrious Book.
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We have made it an Arabic reading text so that perhaps you may understand.
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It (the Quran) exists in the original Book with Us which is certainly Most Exalted, full of wisdom and (beyond linguistic structures).
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Can We ignore sending you the Quran just because you are a transgressing people?
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How many Messengers did We send to the ancient people?
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No Prophet came to them whom they did not mock.
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We destroyed the strongest among them in power. The stories of the ancient people have already been mentioned.
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(Muhammad), if you ask them, "Who has created the heavens and the earth?" They will certainly say, "The Majestic and All-knowing God has created them".
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It is He who has made the earth for you as a cradle and has made roads therein so that you will perhaps seek guidance.
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It is He who has sent down water from the sky in a known measure by which He has given life to the dead earth. In the same way will you also be resurrected.
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It is He who has created everything in pairs and the ships and cattle for you to ride,
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so that perhaps when you ride them, you will recall the bounties of your Lord and when you establish your control over it you would say, "Glory belongs to Him who has made it subservient to us when we would not have been able to do so ourselves.
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To our Lord we shall all return".
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The pagans have considered some of His servants as His children. There is no doubt that the human being is simply ungrateful.
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Has God chosen some of His own creatures as daughters for Himself and has given you the preference of having sons?
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When one of them is given the glad news of the birth of a daughter, which they believe to be the only kind of child that the Beneficent God can have, his face blackens with anger.
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Does God choose for Himself the kind of children who grow up wearing ornaments and who are not strong enough to defend their rights?
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Do they say that the angels, who are the servants of the Beneficent God, are females? Have they witnessed their creation? Their words as such will be recorded and they will be questioned for it.
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The pagans say, "Had the Beneficent God wanted, we would not have worshipped them (idols)." Whatever they say is not based on knowledge. It is only a false conjecture.
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Had We, before sending the Quran, given them a book to which they now refer as an authority?
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In fact, they say, "We found our fathers following a certain belief and we now follow in their footsteps for our guidance".
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In the same way, whenever We had sent a Messenger before you to warn a town, the rich ones therein said, "We found our fathers following a certain belief and we follow in their footsteps.
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The Messengers would say, "Would you still follow in the footsteps of your fathers even if I was to bring you better guidance?" They would say, "We have no faith in your message".
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We took revenge on them. See how terrible the end of those who rejected (Or revelations) was!
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When Abraham said to his father and his people, "I boldly renounce what you worship
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except for the One who has created me and will guide me".
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God made (belief in one God) an everlasting task for his successors, so that perhaps they would return (to Him).
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In fact, We allowed them and their fathers to enjoy themselves until the truth and a strong Messenger came to them.
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When the truth came to them, they said, "This is magic and we have no faith in it".
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