‘When we were still with our families [on earth] we used to live in fear––
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God has been gracious to us and saved us from the torment of intense heat
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We used to pray to Him: He is the Good, the Merciful One.’
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So [Prophet] remind [people]. By the grace of your Lord [Prophet], you are neither oracle nor madman
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If they say, ‘He is only a poet: we shall await his fate,’
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say, ‘Wait if you wish; I too am waiting’
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does their reason really tell them to do this, or are they simply insolent people
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If they say, ‘He has made it up himself’- they certainly do not believe
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let them produce one like it, if what they say is true
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Were they created without any agent? Were they the creators
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Did they create the heavens and the earth? No! They do not have faith
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Do they possess your Lord’s treasures or have control over them
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Do they have a ladder to climb, in order to eavesdrop [on Heaven’s secrets]? Let their eavesdropper produce clear proof
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Does God have daughters while you have sons
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Do you [Prophet] demand a payment from them that would burden them with debt
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Do they have [access to] the unseen? Could they write it down
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Do they think they can ensnare you? It is the disbelievers who have been ensnared
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Do they really have another god besides God? God is far above anything they set alongside Him
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Even if they saw a piece of heaven falling down on them, they would say, ‘Just a heap of clouds,’
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so leave them, Prophet, until they face the Day when they will be thunderstruck
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the Day when their snares will be of no use to them, when they will get no help
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Another punishment awaits the evildoers, though most of them do not realize it
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Wait patiently [Prophet] for your Lord’s judgement: you are under Our watchful eye. Celebrate the praise of your Lord when you rise
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Glorify Him at night and at the fading of the stars
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