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In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
- Say: "I have no power over any good or harm to myself except as Allah willeth. If I had knowledge of the unseen, I should have multiplied all good, and no evil should have touched me, I am but a warner, and a bringer of glad tidings to those who have faith."
- It is He who created you from a single person, and made his mate of like nature, in order that he might dwell with her (in love). When they are united, she bears a light burden and carries it about (unnoticed). When she grows heavy, they both pray to Allah their Lord (saying): "If Thou givest us a goodly child, we vow we shall (ever) be grateful."
- But when He giveth them a goodly child, they ascribe to others a share in the gift they have received: But Allah is exalted, high above the partners they ascribe to Him.
- Do they indeed ascribe to Him as partners things that can create nothing, but are themselves created?
- No aid can they give them, nor can they aid themselves!
- If ye call them to guidance, they will not obey: For you it is the same whether ye call them or ye hold your peace!
- Verily those whom ye call upon besides Allah are servants like unto you: Call upon them, and let them listen to your prayer, if ye are (indeed) truthful!
- Have they feet to walk with? or hands to lay hold with? or eyes to see with? or ears to hear with? Say: "Call your god-partners, scheme (your worst) against me, and give me no respite!
- "For my protector is Allah, Who revealed the Book (from time to time), and He will choose and befriend the righteous.
- "But those ye call upon besides Him, are unable to help you, and indeed to help themselves."
- If thou callest them to guidance, they hear not. Thou wilt see them looking at thee but they see not.
- Hold to forgiveness; command what is right; but turn away from the ignorant.
- If a suggestion from satan assail thy (mind), seek refuge with Allah; for He heareth and knoweth (all things).
- Those who fear Allah, when a thought of evil from satan assaults them, bring Allah to remembrance, when lo! they see (aright)!
- But their brethren (the evil ones) plunge them deeper into error, and never relax (their efforts).
- If thou bring them not a revelation, they say: "Why hast thou not got it together?" Say: "I but follow what is revealed to me from my Lord: This is (nothing but) lights from your Lord, and Guidance, and Mercy, for any who have faith."
- When the Qur'an is read, listen to it with attention, and hold your peace: That ye may receive Mercy.
- And do thou (O reader!) bring thy Lord to remembrance in thy (very) soul, with humility and in reverence, without loudness in words, in the mornings and evenings; and be not thou of those who are unheedful.
- Those who are near to thy Lord, disdain not to do Him worship: They celebrate His praises, and bow down before Him.
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