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The Romans have been defeated
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in a nearby land. They will reverse their defeat with a victory
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within a few years: (for) with God rests all power of decision, first and last. On that day the believers too will have cause to rejoice,
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with the help of God. He helps whom He pleases: He is the Mighty, and the Merciful.
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(This is) God's promise. Never does God fail to fulfil His promisebut most people do not know this;
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they only know the outward appearance of the life of this world, and they are neglectful of the Hereafter.
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Do they not ponder about their own selves? God has created the heavens and the earth and all that is between them for a purpose and for an appointed time? Yet many deny they will ever meet with their Lord.
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Have they not travelled through the land and seen what end their predecessors met? They were mightier than them: they cultivated the earth more and built more upon it than these have ever built. Their own messengers also came to them with clear signs: God did not wrong them; they wronged themselves.
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Then the end of those who committed evil was evil, for they belied the signs of God, and they derided them.
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God originates the creation, and shall repeat it, then to Him you shall be returned.
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On the Day the Hour arrives, the guilty will be struck dumb with despair,
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and they will have no intercessors among those partners they ascribed to God. They will deny these partners.
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When the Last Hour dawns on that Day they will be sorted out:
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those who believed and did good deeds will rejoice in a Garden,
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and as for those who denied the truth and belied Our signs and the meeting in the Hereafterthey shall be brought to the torment.
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So glorify God in the evening and in the morning
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and praise be to Him in the heavens and on the earthand glorify Him in the late afternoon, and at midday.
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He brings forth the living from the dead and the dead from the living. He gives life to the earth after its death, and you shall be raised to life in the same way.
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One of His signs is that He created you from dust and, behold, you became human beings and multiplied yourselves throughout the earth.
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Another of His signs is that He created for you from among yourselves spouses, so that you might find repose in them, and He created between you affection and kindness. Truly there are signs in this for people who reflect.
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Another of His signs is that He created the heavens and earth, and the diversity of your languages and colours. There truly are signs in this for those who know.
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Among His signs are your sleep, at night or in daytime, and your seeking His bounty. There truly are signs in this for people who hear.
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Among His signs is this: He shows you the lightning, giving rise to (both) fear and hope, and sends down water from the sky, giving life thereby to the earth after it had been lifeless: in this, behold, there are signs indeed for people who use their reason!
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Another of His signs is this: the heavens and the earth stand firm by His command and afterwards when He calls you, behold, from the earth you will come forth.
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All those in the heavens and on the earth belong to Him. All are obedient to Him.
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He is the One who originates creation, then repeats it, and it is very easy for Him. His is the most exalted state in the heavens and on the earth; He is the Mighty, the Wise One.
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He sets forth for you an example taken from your own lives. Do you make your servants full partners with an equal share in the wealth We have bestowed upon you? Do you fear them as you fear each other? In this way We explain the signs to people who use their reason.
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And still those who are unjust follow their own desires without having any knowledge. Then who can guide those whom God has let go astray? There shall be none to help them.
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Devote yourself singlemindedly to the Religion. And follow the nature (constitution) as made by God, that nature in which He has created mankind. There is no altering the creation of God. That is the right religion. But most people do not realize it.
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