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The Byzantines have been defeated
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on the nearest front! Following their defeat they shall conquer
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a few years later. With God lies command, both before and later on. On that day believers will be glad
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of God's support. He supports anyone He wishes, and is the Powerful, the Merciful.
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(Such is) God's promise; God does not break His promise even though most men do not realize it.
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They recognize the outer show of worldly life, while they are heedless about the Hereafter.
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Have they not reflected about themselves? God has only created Heaven and Earth and whatever lies in between them for the Truth and till a specific deadline. Yet many men disbelieve about meeting their Lord.
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Have they not travelled around the earth and seen what the outcome was for those who existed before them? They were even stronger than they are: they cultivated the earth and developed it more than they have ever developed it. Their messengers brought them explanations; it was not God who wronged them, but they wronged themselves.
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Then how evil was the outcome for those who practised evil, simply because they denied God's signs and kept on making fun of them!
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(II) God begins with creation, then He performs it all over again; then to Him will you return.
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Some day when the Hour has been established, criminals will feel stunned.
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They will have no intercessors from among their own associates; they will even deny they were their associates!
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Some day when the Hour has been established, on that day they will be dispersed.
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Those who believe and have performed honorable deeds will rejoice in a park,
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while those who disbelieve and reject both Our signs and meeting in the Hereafter will be presented with torment.
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Glory be to` God when you reach evening and when you arise in the morning!
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Praise belongs to Him throughout Heaven and Earth, and after supper and when you are at your noonhour.
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He brings forth the living from the dead and brings forth the dead from the living, and He revives the earth following its death. Thus shall you (all) be brought forth (again).
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III) Among His signs is (the fact) that he has created you from dust; then you were propagated as human beings.
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Among His signs is (the fact) that He has created spouses for you from among yourselves so that you may console yourselves with them. He has planted affection and mercy between you; in that are signs for people who think things over.
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Among His signs are the creation of Heaven and Earth, as well as the diversity in your tongues and colors. In that are signs for those who know.
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Among His signs are your sleeping at night and by day, and your pursuit of His bounty. In that are signs for any folk who listen.
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Among His signs is how He shows you lightning for both fear and anticipation. He sends water down from the sky so He may revive the earth with it following its death. In that are signs for folk who use their reason.
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Among His signs are (the fact) that the sky and earth hold firm at His command. Then whenever He calls you forth out of the earth once and for all, you will (all) come forth!
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Anyone who is in Heaven and Earth belongs to Him; all are subservient to Him.
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He is the One Who starts out with creation; then He performs it all over again. It is quite simple for Him (to do). He sets the Supreme Example in Heaven and Earth; He is the Powerful, the Wise!
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(IV) He offers you an example from among yourselves. Do you have any partners for what We have provided you with among those whom your right hands control? Do you (feel) the same in such a case so that you fear (these servants) just as you fear one another? Thus We spell out signs for folk who will use their reason.
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Rather the ones who do wrong follow their own whims without having any knowledge. Who will guide someone whom God has let go astray? They will have no supporters.
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So keep your face set enquiringly towards the (true) religion, God's natural handiwork along which lines He has patterned mankind. There is no way to alter God's creation. That is the correct religion, though most men do not realize it
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