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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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verse 2
Who hath created life and death that He may try you which of you is best in conduct; and He is the Mighty, the 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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verse 5
And verily We have beautified 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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verse 6
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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verse 8
As it would burst with rage. Whenever a (fresh) host is flung therein the wardens thereof ask them: Came there unto you no warner?
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verse 9
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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verse 10
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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verse 11
So they acknowledge their sins; but far removed (from mercy) are the dwellers in the flames.
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verse 12
Lo! those who fear their Lord in secret, theirs will be forgiveness and a great reward.
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verse 13
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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verse 14
Should He not know what He created? And He is the Subtile, the Aware.
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verse 15
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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verse 16
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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verse 17
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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verse 18
And verily those before them denied, then (see) the manner of My wrath (with them)!
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verse 19
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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verse 20
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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verse 21
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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verse 22
Is he who goeth groping on his face more rightly guided, or he who walketh upright on a straight road?
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verse 23
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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verse 24
Say: He it is Who multiplieth you in the earth, and unto Whom ye will be gathered.
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verse 25
And they say: When (will) this promise (be fulfilled), if ye are truthful?
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verse 26
Say: The knowledge is with Allah only, and I am but a plain warner;
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verse 27
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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verse 28
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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verse 29
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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verse 30
Say: Have ye thought: If (all) your water were to disappear into the earth, who then could bring you gushing water?