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In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
- Then We draw it in towards Ourselves, -- a contraction by easy stages.
- And He it is Who makes the Night as a Robe for you; and Sleep as Repose, and makes the Day (as it were) a Resurrection.
- And He it is Who sends the Winds as heralds of glad tidings, going before His Mercy, and We send down purifying water from the sky, --
- That with it We may give life to a dead land, and slake the thirst of things We have created, -- cattle and men in great numbers.
- And We have distributed the (water) amongst them, in order that they may celebrate (Our) praises, but most men are averse (to aught) but (rank) ingratitude.
- Had it been Our Will, We could have sent a warner to every center of population.
- Therefore listen not to the Unbelievers, but strive against them with the utmost strenuousness, with the (Qur'an).
- It is He Who has let free the two bodies of flowing water: one palatable and sweet, and the other salt and bitter; yet has He made a barrier between them, a partition that is forbidden to be passed.
- It is He Who has created man from water: then has He established relationships of lineage and marriage: for thy Lord has power (over all things).
- Yet do they worship, besides Allah, things that can neither profit them nor harm them: and the Misbeliever is a helper (of Evil), against his own Lord!
- But thee We only sent to give glad tidings and admonition.
- Say: "No reward do I ask of you for it but this: that each one who will may take a (straight) Path to his Lord."
- And put thy trust in Him Who lives and dies not; and celebrate His praise; and enough is He to be acquainted with the faults of His servants; --
- He Who created the heavens and the earth and all that is between, in six days, and is firmly established on the Throne (of authority): Allah Most Gracious: ask thou, then, about Him of any acquainted (with such things).
- When it is said to them, "Adore ye (Allah) Most Gracious!" they say, "And what is (Allah) Most Gracious? Shall we adore that which thou commandest us?" and it increases their flight (from the Truth).
- Blessed is He Who made Constellations in the skies, and placed therein a Lamp and a Moon giving light;
- And it is He Who made the Night and the Day to follow each other: for such as have the will to celebrate His praises or to show their gratitude.
- And the servants of (Allah) Most Gracious are those who walk on the earth in humility, and when the ignorant address them, they say, "Peace!"
- Those who spend the night in adoration of their Lord prostrate and standing;
- Those who say, "Our Lord! avert from us the Wrath of Hell, for its Wrath is indeed an affliction grievous, --
- "Evil indeed is it as an abode, and as a place to rest in";
- Those who, when they spend, are not extravagant and not niggardly, but hold a just (balance) between those (extremes);
- Those who invoke not, with Allah, any other god, nor slay such life as Allah has made sacred, except for just cause, not commit fornication, and any that does this (not only) meets punishment,
- (But) the Penalty on the Day of Judgment will be doubled to him, and he will dwell therein in ignominy, --
- Unless he repents, believes, and works righteous deeds, for Allah will change the evil of such persons into good, and Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
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