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In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
- "And Allah doth advance in guidance those who seek guidance; and the things that endure, Good Deeds, are best in the sight of thy Lord, as rewards, and best in respect of (their) eventual returns."
- Hast thou then seen the (sort of) man who rejects Our Signs, yet says: "I shall certainly be given wealth and children"?
- Has he penetrated to the Unseen, or has he taken a contract with (Allah) Most Gracious?
- Nay! We shall record what he says, and We Shall add and add to his punishment.
- To Us shall return all that he talks of, and he shall appear before Us bare and alone.
- And they have taken (for worship) gods other than Allah, to give them power and glory!
- Instead, they shall reject their worship, and become adversaries against them.
- Seest thou not that We have set the Evil Ones on against the Unbelievers, to incite them with fury?
- So make no haste against them, for We but count out to them a (limited) number (of days).
- The day We shall gather the righteous to (Allah) Most Gracious, like a band presented before a king for honors.
- And We shall drive the sinners to Hell, like thirsty cattle driven down to water, --
- None shall have the power of intercession, but such a one as has received permission (or promise) from (Allah) Most Gracious.
- They say: "(Allah) Most Gracious has begotten a son!"
- Indeed ye have put forth a thing most monstrous!
- At if the skies are ready to burst, the earth to split asunder, and the mountains to fall down in utter ruin.
- That they should invoke a son for (Allah) Most Gracious.
- For it is not consonant with the majesty of (Allah) Most Gracious that He should beget a son.
- Not one of the beings in the heavens and the earth but must come to (Allah) Most Gracious as a servant.
- He does take an account of them (all), and hath numbered them (all) exactly.
- And every one of them will come to him singly on the Day of Judgment.
- On those who believe and work deeds of righteousness, will (Allah) Most Gracious bestow Love.
- So have We made the (Qur'an) easy in thine own tongue, that with it thou mayest give Glad Tidings to the righteous, and warnings to people given to contention.
- But how many (countless) generation before them have We destroyed? Canst thou find a single one of them (now) or hear (so much as) a whisper of them?
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