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(sent) along a Straight Road
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with a revelation from the Powerful, the Merciful,
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so you may warn a folk whose forefathers have not been warned, and hence they are unaware.
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The statement has been proven to be true about most of them, yet they still will not believe.
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We have placed fetters around their necks which reach up to their chins till they seem to be out of joint.
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We have placed a barrier before them and another barrier behind them, and have covered them up so they do not notice anything.
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It is all the same for them whether you warn them or do not warn them; they still will not believe.
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You will only warn someone who follows the Reminder and dreads the Mercy-giving even though He is Unseen. Proclaim forgiveness and generous payment to him.
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We revive the dead and write down whatever they have sent on ahead and (left) as traces; We calculate everything in an open ledger.
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(II) Compose a parable for them about the inhabitants of the town when emissaries came to them.
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When We sent them two, they rejected them both, so We reinforced them with a third. They said: "We have been sent to you as emissaries."
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They said: "You are only human beings like ourselves. The Mercy- giving has not sent anything down; you are only lying!"
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They said: "Our Lord knows that we have been (sent) to you as emissaries.
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We have only to proclaim things clearly."
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They said: "We sense something unlucky about you; so if you will not stop, we'll expel you, and painful torment from us will afflict you."
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They said: "The bad luck you sense lies within yourselves. Will you not be reminded? Indeed you are such dissipated folk!"
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A man came hurrying up from the further end of the city. He said: "O my people, follow the emissaries!
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Follow someone who does not ask for any payment while they are being guided."
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(II cont'd) Why should I not worship the One Who has fashioned me and to Whom you will (all) return ?
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Should I adopt other gods instead of Him? If the Mercy-giving should want any harm (to happen) to me, their intercession would never help me out in any way nor would they rescue me:
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I'd then be completely lost!
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I believe in your Lord, so hear me!"
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He was told: "Enter the Garden." He said: "If my people only knew
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how my Lord has forgiven me and placed me among the honored ones!"
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We did not send any army down from Heaven to his folk after him, nor do We ever send any down.
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There was only a single Blast, and imagine, they (lay) shrivelled up!
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What a pity it is with such worshippers! No messenger has ever come to them unless they made fun of him.
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