37 - The Rangers |
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In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. |
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| 1 | I swear by those who draw themselves out in ranks |
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| 2 | Then those who drive away with reproof, |
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| 3 | Then those who recite, being mindful, |
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| 4 | Most surely your God is One: |
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| 5 | The Lord of the heavens and the earth and what is between them, and Lord of the easts. |
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| 6 | Surely We have adorned the nearest heaven with an adornment, the stars, |
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| 7 | And (there is) a safeguard against every rebellious Shaitan. |
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| 8 | They cannot listen to the exalted assembly and they are thrown at from every side, |
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| 9 | Being driven off, and for them is a perpetual chastisement, |
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| 10 | Except him who snatches off but once, then there follows him a brightly shining flame. |
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| 11 | Then ask them whether they are stronger in creation or those (others) whom We have created. Surely We created them of firm clay. |
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| 12 | Nay! you wonder while they mock, |
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| 13 | And when they are reminded, they mind not, |
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| 14 | And when they see a sign they incite one another to scoff, |
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| 15 | And they say: This is nothing but clear magic: |
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| 16 | What! when we are dead and have become dust and bones, shall we then certainly be raised, |
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| 17 | Or our fathers of yore? |
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| 18 | Say: Aye! and you shall be abject. |
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| 19 | So it shall only be a single cry, when lo! they shall see. |
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| 20 | And they shall say: O woe to us! this is the day of requital. |
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| 21 | This is the day of the judgment which you called a lie. |
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| 22 | Gather together those who were unjust and their associates, and what they used to worship |
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| 23 | Besides Allah, then lead them to the way to hell. |
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| 24 | And stop them, for they shall be questioned: |
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| 25 | What is the matter with you that you do not help each other? |
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| 26 | Nay! on that day they shall be submissive. |
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| 27 | And some of them shall advance towards others, questioning each other. |
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| 28 | They shall say: Surely you used to come to us from the right side. |
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| 29 | They shall say: Nay, you (yourselves) were not believers; |
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| 30 | And we had no authority over you, but you were an inordinate people; |
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| 31 | So the sentence of our Lord has come to pass against us: (now) we shall surely taste; |
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| 32 | So we led you astray, for we ourselves were erring. |
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| 33 | So they shall on that day be sharers in the chastisement one with another. |
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| 34 | Surely thus do We deal with the guilty. |
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| 35 | Surely they used to behave proudly when it was said to them: There is no god but Allah; |
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| 36 | And to say: What! shall we indeed give up our gods for the sake of a mad poet? |
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| 37 | Nay: he has come with the truth and verified the apostles. |
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| 38 | Most surely you will taste the painful punishment. |
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| 39 | And you shall not be rewarded except (for) what you did. |
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| 40 | Save the servants of Allah, the purified ones. |
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| 41 | For them is a known sustenance, |
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| 42 | Fruits, and they shall be highly honored, |
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| 43 | In gardens of pleasure, |
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| 44 | On thrones, facing each other. |
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| 45 | A bowl shall be made to go round them from water running out of springs, |
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| 46 | White, delicious to those who drink. |
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| 47 | There shall be no trouble in it, nor shall they be exhausted therewith. |
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| 48 | And with them shall be those who restrain the eyes, having beautiful eyes; |
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| 49 | As if they were eggs carefully protected. |
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| 50 | Then shall some of them advance to others, questioning each other. |
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| 51 | A speaker from among them shall say: Surely I had a comrade of mine, |
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| 52 | Who said: What! are you indeed of those who accept (the truth)? |
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| 53 | What! when we are dead and have become dust and bones, shall we then be certainly brought to judgment? |
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| 54 | He shall say: Will you look on? |
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| 55 | Then he looked down and saw him in the midst of hell. |
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| 56 | He shall say: By Allah! you had almost caused me to perish; |
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| 57 | And had it not been for the favor of my Lord, I would certainly have been among those brought up. |
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| 58 | Is it then that we are not going to die, |
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| 59 | Except our previous death? And we shall not be chastised? |
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| 60 | Most surely this is the mighty achievement. |
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| 61 | For the like of this then let the workers work. |
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| 62 | Is this better as an entertainment or the tree of Zaqqum? |
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| 63 | Surely We have made it to be a trial to the unjust. |
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| 64 | Surely it is a tree that-grows in the bottom of the hell; |
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| 65 | Its produce is as it were the heads of the serpents. |
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| 66 | Then most surely they shall eat of it and fill (their) bellies with it. |
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| 67 | Then most surely they shall have after it to drink of a mixture prepared in boiling water. |
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| 68 | Then most surely their return shall be to hell. |
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| 69 | Surely they found their fathers going astray, |
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| 70 | So in their footsteps they are being hastened on. |
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| 71 | And certainly most of the ancients went astray before them, |
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| 72 | And certainly We sent among them warners. |
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| 73 | Then see how was the end of those warned, |
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| 74 | Except the servants of Allah, the purified ones. |
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| 75 | And Nuh did certainly call upon Us, and most excellent answerer of prayer are We. |
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| 76 | And We delivered him and his followers from the mighty distress. |
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| 77 | And We made his offspring the survivors. |
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| 78 | And We perpetuated to him (praise) among the later generations. |
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| 79 | Peace and salutation to Nuh among the nations. |
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| 80 | Thus do We surely reward the doers of good. |
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| 81 | Surely he was of Our believing servants. |
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| 82 | Then We drowned the others |
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| 83 | And most surely Ibrahim followed his way. |
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| 84 | When he came to his Lord with a free heart, |
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| 85 | When he said to his father and his people: What is it that you worship? |
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| 86 | A lie-- gods besides Allah-- do you desire? |
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| 87 | What is then your idea about the Lord of the worlds? |
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| 88 | Then he looked at the stars, looking up once, |
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| 89 | Then he said: Surely I am sick (of your worshipping these). |
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| 90 | So they went away from him, turning back. |
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| 91 | Then he turned aside to their gods secretly and said: What! do you not eat? |
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| 92 | What is the matter with you that you do not speak? |
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| 93 | Then he turned against them secretly, smiting them with the right hand. |
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| 94 | So they (people) advanced towards him, hastening. |
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| 95 | Said he: What! do you worship what you hew out? |
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| 96 | And Allah has created you and what you make. |
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| 97 | They said: Build for him a furnace, then cast him into the burning fire. |
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| 98 | And they desired a war against him, but We brought them low. |
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| 99 | And he said: Surely I fly to my lord; He will guide me. |
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| 100 | My Lord! grant me of the doers of good deeds. |
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| 101 | So We gave him the good news of a boy, possessing forbearance. |
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| 102 | And when he attained to working with him, he said: O my son! surely I have seen in a dream that I should sacrifice you; consider then what you see. He said: O my father! do what you are commanded; if Allah please, you will find me of the patient ones. |
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| 103 | So when they both submitted and he threw him down upon his forehead, |
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| 104 | And We called out to him saying: O Ibrahim! |
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| 105 | You have indeed shown the truth of the vision; surely thus do We reward the doers of good: |
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| 106 | Most surely this is a manifest trial. |
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| 107 | And We ransomed him with a Feat sacrifice. |
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| 108 | And We perpetuated (praise) to him among the later generations |
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| 109 | Peace be on Ibrahim. |
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| 110 | Thus do We reward the doers of good. |
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| 111 | Surely he was one of Our believing servants. |
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| 112 | And We gave him the good news of Ishaq, a prophet among the good ones. |
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| 113 | And We showered Our blessings on him and on Ishaq; and of their offspring are the doers of good, and (also) those who are clearly unjust to their own souls. |
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| 114 | And certainly We conferred a favor on Musa and Haroun. |
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| 115 | And We delivered them both and their people from the mighty distress. |
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| 116 | And We helped them, so they were the vanquishers. |
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| 117 | And We gave them both the Book that made (things) clear. |
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| 118 | And We guided them both on the right way. |
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| 119 | And We perpetuated (praise) to them among the later generations. |
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| 120 | Peace be on Musa and Haroun. |
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| 121 | Even thus do We reward the doers of good. |
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| 122 | Surely they were both of Our believing servants. |
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| 123 | And Ilyas was most surely of the apostles. |
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| 124 | When he said to his people: Do you not guard (against evil)? |
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| 125 | What! do you call upon Ba'l and forsake the best of the creators, |
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| 126 | Allah, your Lord and the Lord of your fathers of yore? |
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| 127 | But they called him a liar, therefore they shall most surely be brought up. |
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| 128 | But not the servants of Allah, the purified ones. |
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| 129 | And We perpetuated to him (praise) among the later generations. |
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| 130 | Peace be on Ilyas. |
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| 131 | Even thus do We reward the doers of good. |
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| 132 | Surely he was one of Our believing servants. |
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| 133 | And Lut was most surely of the apostles. |
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| 134 | When We delivered him and his followers, all-- |
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| 135 | Except an old woman (who was) amongst those who tarried. |
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| 136 | Then We destroyed the others. |
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| 137 | And most surely you pass by them in the morning, |
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| 138 | And at night; do you not then understand? |
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| 139 | And Yunus was most surely of the apostles. |
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| 140 | When he ran away to a ship completely laden, |
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| 141 | So he shared (with them), but was of those who are cast off. |
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| 142 | So the fish swallowed him while he did that for which he blamed himself |
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| 143 | But had it not been that he was of those who glorify (Us), |
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| 144 | He would certainly have tarried in its belly to the day when they are raised |
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| 145 | Then We cast him on to the vacant surface of the earth while he was sick. |
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| 146 | And We caused to grow up for him a gourdplant. |
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| 147 | And We sent him to a hundred thousand, rather they exceeded. |
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| 148 | And they believed, so We gave them provision till a time. |
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| 149 | Then ask them whether your Lord has daughters and they have sons. |
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| 150 | Or did We create the angels females while they were witnesses? |
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| 151 | Now surely it is of their own lie that they say: |
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| 152 | Allah has begotten; and most surely they are liars. |
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| 153 | Has He chosen daughters in preference to sons? |
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| 154 | What is the matter with you, how is it that you judge? |
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| 155 | Will you not then mind? |
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| 156 | Or have you a clear authority? |
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| 157 | Then bring your book, if you are truthful. |
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| 158 | And they assert a relationship between Him and the jinn; and certainly the jinn do know that they shall surely be brought up; |
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| 159 | Glory be to Allah (for freedom) from what they describe; |
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| 160 | But not so the servants of Allah, the purified ones. |
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| 161 | So surely you and what you worship, |
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| 162 | Not against Him can you cause (any) to fall into trial, |
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| 163 | Save him who will go to hell. |
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| 164 | And there is none of us but has an assigned place, |
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| 165 | And most surely we are they who draw themselves out in ranks, |
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| 166 | And we are most surely they who declare the glory (of Allah). |
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| 167 | And surely they used to say: |
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| 168 | Had we a reminder from those of yore, |
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| 169 | We would certainly have been the servants of Allah-- the purified ones. |
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| 170 | But (now) they disbelieve in it, so they will come to know. |
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| 171 | And certainly Our word has already gone forth in respect of Our servants, the apostles: |
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| 172 | Most surely they shall be the assisted ones |
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| 173 | And most surely Our host alone shall be the victorious ones. |
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| 174 | Therefore turn away from them till a time, |
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| 175 | And (then) see them, so they too shall see. |
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| 176 | What! would they then hasten on Our chastisement? |
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| 177 | But when it shall descend in their court, evil shall then be the morning of the warned ones. |
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| 178 | And turn away from them till a time |
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| 179 | And (then) see, for they too shall see. |
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| 180 | Glory be to your Lord, the Lord of Honor, above what they describe. |
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| 181 | And peace be on the apostles. |
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| 182 | And all praise is due to Allah, the Lord of the worlds. |
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