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A revelation from the Beneficent, the Merciful.
     
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A scripture whereof the verses are expounded, a Lecture in Arabic    for people who have knowledge.
     
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Good tidings and a warning. But most of them turn away so that    they hear not.
     
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And they say: Our hearts are protected from that unto which thou    (O Muhammad) callest us, and in our ears there is a deafness, and    between us and thee there is a veil. Act, then. Lo! we also shall    be acting.
     
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Say (unto them O Muhammad): I am only a mortal like you. It is    inspired in me that your God is One God, therefor take the    straight path unto Him and seek forgiveness of Him. And woe unto    the idolaters,
     
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Who give not the poor due, and who are disbelievers in the    Hereafter.
     
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Lo! as for those who believe and do good works, for them is a    reward enduring.
     
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Say (O Muhammad, unto the idolaters): Disbelieve ye verily in Him    Who created the earth in two Days, and ascribe ye unto Him    rivals? He (and none else) is the Lord of the Worlds.
     
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He placed therein firm hills rising above it, and blessed it and    measured therein its sustenance in four Days, alike for (all) who    ask;
     
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Then turned He to the heaven when it was smoke, and said unto it    and unto the earth: Come both of you, willingly or loth. They    said: We come, obedient.
     
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Then He ordained them seven heavens in two Days and inspired in    each heaven its mandate; and we decked the nether heaven with    lamps, and rendered it inviolable. That is the measuring of the    Mighty, the Knower.
     
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But if they turn away, then say: I warn you of a thunderbolt like    the thunderbolt (which fell of old upon the tribes) of Aad and    Thamud;
     
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When their messengers came unto them from before them and behind    them, saying: Worship none but Allah! they said: If our Lord had    willed, He surely would have sent down angels (unto us), so lo!    we are disbelievers in that wherewith ye have been sent.
     
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As for Aad, they were arrogant in the land without right, and    they said: Who is mightier than us in power? Could they not see    that Allah Who created them, He was mightier than them in power?    And they denied Our revelations.
     
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Therefor We let loose on them a raging wind in evil days, that We    might make them taste the torment of disgrace in the life of the    world. And verily the doom of the Hereafter will be more    shameful, and they will not be helped.
     
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And as for Thamud, We gave them guidance, but they preferred    blindness to the guidance, so the bolt of the doom of humiliation    overtook them because of what they used to earn.
     
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And We delivered those who believed and used to keep their duty    to Allah.
     
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And (make mention of) the day when the enemies of Allah are    gathered unto the Fire, they are driven on
     
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Till, when they reach it, their ears and their eyes and their    skins testify against them as to what they used to do.
     
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And they say unto their skins: Why testify ye against us? They    say: Allah hath given us speech Who giveth speech to all things,    and Who created you at the first, and unto Whom ye are returned.
     
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Ye did not hide yourselves lest your ears and your eyes and your    skins should testify against you, but ye deemed that Allah knew    not much of what ye did.
     
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That, your thought which ye did think about your Lord, hath    ruined you; and ye find yourselves (this day) among the lost.
     
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And though they are resigned, yet the Fire is still their home;    and if they ask for favor, yet they are not of those unto whom    favor can be shown.
     
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And We assigned them comrades (in the world), who made their    present and their past fair seeming unto them. And the Word    concerning nations of the jinn and humankind who passed away    before them hath effect for them. Verily they are the losers.
     
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Those who disbelieve say: Heed not this Qur'an, and drown the    hearing of it; haply ye may conquer.
     
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But verily We shall cause those who disbelieve to taste an awful    doom, and verily We shall requite them the worst of what they    used to do.
     
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That is the reward of Allah's enemies: the Fire. Therein is their    immortal home; payment forasmuch as they denied Our revelations.
     
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And those who disbelieve will say: Our Lord! Show us these who    beguiled us of the jinn and humankind. We will place them    underneath our feet that they may be among the nethermost.
     
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Lo! those who say: Our Lord is Allah, and afterward are upright,    the angels descend upon them, saying: Fear not nor grieve, but    bear good tidings of the paradise which ye are promised.
     
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We are your protecting friends in the life of the world and in    the Hereafter. There ye will have (all) that your souls desire,    and there ye will have (all) for which ye pray.
     
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A gift of welcome from the Forgiving, the Merciful.
     
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And who is better in speech than him who prayeth unto his Lord    and doeth right, and saith: Lo! I am of those who surrender (unto    Him).
     
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The good deed and the evil deed are not alike. Repel the evil    deed with one which is better, then lo! he, between whom and thee    there was enmity (will become) as though he was a bosom friend.
     
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But none is granted it save those who are steadfast, and none is    granted it save the owner of great happiness.
     
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And if a whisper from the devil reach thee (O Muhammad) then seek    refuge in Allah. Lo! He is the Hearer, the Knower.
     
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And of His portents are the night and the day and the sun and the    moon. Adore not the sun nor the moon; but adore Allah Who created    them, if it is in truth Him whom ye worship.
     
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But if they are too proud still those who are with thy Lord    glorify Him night and day, and tire not.
     
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And of His portents (is this): that thou seest the earth lowly,    but when We send down water thereon it thrilleth and groweth. Lo!    He who quickeneth it is verily the Quickener of the dead. Lo! He    is Able to do all things.
     
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Lo! those who distort Our revelations are not hid from Us. Is he    who is hurled into the Fire better, or he who cometh secure on    the Day of Resurrection? Do what ye will. Lo! He is Seer of what    ye do.
     
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Lo! those who disbelieve in the Reminder when it cometh unto them    (are guilty), for lo! it is an unassailable Scripture.
     
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Falsehood cannot come at it from before it or behind it. (It is)    a revelation from the Wise, the Owner of Praise.
     
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Naught is said unto thee (Muhammad) save what was said unto the    messengers before thee. Lo! thy Lord is owner of forgiveness, and    owner (also) of dire punishment.
     
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And if We had appointed it a Lecture in a foreign tongue they    would assuredly have said: If only its verses were expounded (so    that we might understand)? What! A foreign tongue and an Arab?    Say unto them (O Muhammad): For those who believe it is a    guidance and a healing; and as for those who disbelieve, there is    a deafness in their ears, and it is blindness for them. Such are    called to from afar.
     
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And We verily gave Moses the Scripture, but there hath been    dispute concerning it; and but for a Word that had already gone    forth from thy Lord, it would ere now have been judged between    them; but lo! they are in hopeless doubt concerning it.
     
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Whoso doeth right it is for his soul, and whoso doeth wrong it is    against it. And thy Lord is not at all a tyrant to His slaves.
     
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Unto Him is referred (all) knowledge of the Hour. And no fruits    burst forth from their sheaths, and no female carrieth or    bringeth forth but with His knowledge. And on the day when He    calleth unto them: Where are now My partners? they will say: We    confess unto Thee, not one of us is a witness (for them).
     
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And those to whom they used to cry of old have failed them, and    they perceive they have no place of refuge.
     
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Man tireth not of praying for good, and if all toucheth him, then    he is disheartened, desperate.
     
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And verily, if We cause him to taste mercy after some hurt that    hath touched him, he will say: This is my own; and I deem not    that the Hour will ever rise, and if I am brought back to my    Lord, I surely shall be better off with Him--But We verily shall    tell those who disbelieve (all) that they did, and We verily    shall make them taste hard punishment.
     
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When We show favor unto man, he withdraweth and turneth aside,    but when ill toucheth him then he aboundeth in prayer.
     
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Bethink you: If it is from Allah and ye reject it--Who is further    astray than one who is at open feud (with Allah)?
     
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We shall show them Our portents on the horizons and within    themselves until it will be manifest unto them that it is the    Truth. Doth not thy Lord suffice, since He is Witness over all    things?
     
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How! Are they still in doubt about the meeting with their Lord?    Lo! Is not He surrounding all things?