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Holy is He who took His servant by night from the sacred place of worship (at Makkah) to the remote house of worship (at Jerusalem)the precincts of which We have blessed, so that We might show him some of Our signs. Surely, it is He who is All Hearing, and All Seeing.
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We gave Moses the Book and made it a guide for the Children of Israel saying, 'Do not take anyone besides Me as a guardian,
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you who are the descendants of those whom We carried in the Ark with Noah. He was a truly thankful servant.'
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We forewarned the Children of Israel in the Scripture, 'Twice you shall commit evil in the land. You shall become great transgressors.'
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When the time of the first of these warnings came, We sent against you servants of Ours, of great might, who ravaged your homes. So the warning was fulfilled,
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and after a time We allowed you to prevail over them once again and aided you with wealth and offspring and made you greater in number.
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(We said), 'If you persevere in doing good, you will be doing good to yourselves; but if you do evil, it will go against you.' When the time of the second warning came, (We roused against you others) to disgrace you utterly and to enter the place of worship as they had entered it before, utterly destroying all that they laid their hands on.
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We said, 'Your Lord may yet have mercy on you, but if you do the same again, so shall We: We have made Hell a prison for those who deny the truth.'
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Surely, this Quran guides to the most upright way and gives good news to the believers who do good deeds, so that they will have a great reward
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and warns those who deny the life to come with grievous punishment.
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Yet man asks for evil as eagerly as he should ask for good. Truly, man is indeed hasty.
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We have made the night and the day as two signs. We blotted out the sign of night and made the sign of the day illuminating, so that you may seek the bounty of your Lord and learn to compute the seasons and the years. We have set everything forth in detail.
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We have tied the fate of every man about his neck; and We shall produce a book for him on Resurrection Day that he will find spread open.
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It will say, 'Read your record, today there will be none but yourself to call you to account!'
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Whoever chooses to follow the right path, follows it for his own good; and whoever goes astray, goes astray at his own peril; no bearer of burdens shall bear the burdens of another. Nor do We punish until We have sent forth a messenger to forewarn them.
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When We decide to destroy a town, We command the affluent section of its people, but they transgress therein; thus the word (sentence of punishment) is justified, then We destroy the town utterly.
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How many generations have We destroyed since Noah's time. Your Lord is well aware of the sins of His servants and observes them all.
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We give whatever We will to whoever desires immediate gains; but then We have prepared Hell for him which he will enter, disgraced and rejected.
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Anyone who desires the Hereafter and makes a proper effort to achieve it, being a true believer, shall find favour with God for his endeavours.
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Upon all, both these (who desire the world) and those (who desire the Hereafter) We bestow the bounty of your Lord: none shall be denied the bounty of your Lord
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see how We have exalted some above others (in the present life). Yet the Hereafter shall be greater in degrees of rank and greater in excellence.
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Do not set up any other deity beside God, lest you incur disgrace, and be forsaken.
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Your Lord has commanded that you should worship none but Him, and show kindness to your parents. If either or both of them attain old age with you, say no word of contempt to them and do not rebuke them, but always speak gently to them
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and treat them with humility and tenderness and say, 'Lord, be merciful to them both, as they raised me up when I was little.'
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Your Lord knows best what is in your hearts; if you are righteous, He is most forgiving to those who constantly turn to Him.
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Give to your relatives their due, and also to the needy and the wayfarer. Yet do not spend extravagantly;
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spendthrifts are the brothers of Satan, and Satan is ever ungrateful to his Lord
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but if, while waiting for your Lord's bounty which you are expecting, you turn them down, then at least speak to them kindly.
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Be neither miserly, nor so open-handed that you suffer reproach and become destitute.
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Your Lord gives abundantly to whom He will and sparingly to whom He pleases. He is informed and observant about His servants.
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