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In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
- (Iblis) said: "I am better than he: Thou createdst me from fire and him Thou createdst from clay."
- (Allah) said: "Then get thee out from here: for thou art rejected accursed.
- "And My Curse shall be on thee till the Day of Judgement."
- (Iblis) said: "O my Lord! give me then respite till the Day the (dead) are raised."
- (Allah) said: "Respite then is granted thee
- "Till the day of the Time Appointed."
- (Iblis) said: "Then by Thy power I will put them all in the wrong
- "Except Thy Servants amongst them sincere and purified (by Thy grace)."
- (Allah) said: "Then it is just and fitting and I say what is just and fitting
- "That I will certainly fill Hell with thee and those that follow thee- -every one."
- Say: "No reward do I ask of you for this (Qur'an) nor am I a pretender.
- "This is no less than a Message to (all) the Worlds.
- "And ye shall certainly know the truth of it (all) after a while."
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