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Blessed is He in Whose hand is the Sovereignty, and He is Able to    do all things.
     
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Who hath created life and death that He may try you, which of you    is best in conduct; and He is the Mighty, Forgiving,
     
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Who hath created seven heavens in harmony. Thou (Muhammad) canst    see no fault in the Beneficent One's creation; then look again:    Canst thou see any rifts?
     
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Then look again and yet again, thy sight will return unto thee    weakened and made dim.
     
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And verily We have beatified the world's heaven with lamps, and    We have made them missiles for the devils, and for them We have    prepared the doom of flame.
     
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And for those who disbelieve in their Lord there is the doom of    hell, a hapless journey's end!
     
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When they are flung therein they hear its roaring as it boileth    up,
     
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As it would burst with rage. Whenever a (fresh) host flung    therein the wardens thereof ask them: Came there unto you no    warner?
     
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They say: Yea, verily, a warner came unto us; but we denied and    said: Allah hath naught revealed; ye are in naught but a great    error.
     
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And they say: Had we been wont to listen or have sense, we had    not been among the dwellers in the flames.
     
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So they acknowledge their sins; but far removed (from mercy) are    the dwellers in the flames.
     
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Lo! those who fear their Lord in secret, theirs will be    forgiveness and a great reward.
     
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And keep your opinion secret or proclaim it, lo! He is Knower of    all that is in the breasts (of men).
     
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Should He not know what He created? And He is the Subtile, the    Aware.
     
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He it is Who hath made the earth subservient unto you, so walk in    the paths thereof and eat of His providence. And unto Him will be    the resurrection (of the dead).
     
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Have ye taken security from Him Who is in the heaven that He will    not cause the earth to swallow you when lo! it is convulsed?
     
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Or have ye taken security from Him Who is in the heaven that He    will not let loose on you a hurricane? But ye shall know the    manner of My warning.
     
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And verily those before them denied, then (see) the manner of My    wrath (with them)!
     
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Have they not seen the birds above them spreading out their wings    and closing them? Naught upholdeth them save the Beneficent. Lo!    He is Seer of all things.
     
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Or who is he that will be an army unto you to help you instead of    the Beneficent? The disbelievers are in naught but illusion.
     
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Or who is he that will provide for you if He should withhold His    providence? Nay, but they are set in pride and frowardness.
     
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Is he who goeth groping on his face more rightly guided, or he    who walketh upright on a beaten road?
     
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Say (unto them, O Muhammad): He it is Who gave you being, and    hath assigned unto you ears and eyes and hearts. Small thanks    give ye!
     
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Say, He it is Who multiplieth you in the earth, and unto Whom ye    will be gathered.
     
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And they say: When (will) this promise (be fulfilled), if ye are    truthful?
     
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Say: The knowledge is with Allah only, and I am but a plain    warner;
     
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But when they see it nigh, the faces of those who disbelieve will    be awry, and it will be said (unto them): This is that for which    ye used to call.
     
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Say (O Muhammad): Have ye thought: Whether Allah causeth me    (Muhammad) and those with me to perish or hath mercy on us,    still, who will protect the disbelievers from a painful doom?
     
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Say: He is the Beneficent. In Him we believe and in Him we put    our trust. And ye will soon know who it is that is in error    manifest.
     
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Say: Have ye thought: If (all) your water were to disappear into    the earth, who then could bring you gushing water?