It is the Lord of Mercy
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One of the 60 subdivisions of the Quran (half a Juz)
It is the Lord of Mercy
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who taught the Quran
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He created man
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and taught him to communicate
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The sun and the moon follow their calculated courses
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the plants and the trees submit to His designs
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He has raised up the sky. He has set the balance
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so that you may not exceed in the balance
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weigh with justice and do not fall short in the balance
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He set down the Earth for His creatures
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with its fruits, its palm trees with sheathed clusters
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its husked grain, its fragrant plants
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Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny
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He created mankind out of dried clay, like pottery
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the jinn out of smokeless fire
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Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny
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He is Lord of the two risings and Lord of the two settings
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Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny
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He released the two bodies of [fresh and salt] water. They meet
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yet there is a barrier between them they do not cross
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Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny
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Pearls come forth from them: large ones, and small, brilliant ones
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Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny
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His are the moving ships that float, high as mountains, on the sea
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Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny
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Everyone on earth perishes
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all that remains is the Face of your Lord, full of majesty, bestowing honour
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Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny
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Everyone in heaven and earth entreats Him; every day He is at work
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Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny
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We shall attend to you two huge armies [of jinn and mankind]
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Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny
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Jinn and mankind, if you can pass beyond the regions of heaven and earth, then do so: you will not pass without Our authority
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Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny
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A flash of fire and smoke will be released upon you and no one will come to your aid
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Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny
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When the sky is torn apart and turns crimson, like red hide
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Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny
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On that Day neither mankind nor jinn will be asked about their sins
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Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny
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The guilty will be known by their mark and will be seized by their foreheads and their feet
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Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny
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This is the Hell the guilty deny
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but they will go round between its flames and scalding water
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Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny
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For those who fear [the time when they will] stand before their Lord there are two gardens
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Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny
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With shading branches
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With a pair of flowing springs
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With every kind of fruit in pairs
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They will sit on couches upholstered with brocade, the fruit of both gardens within easy reach
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There will be maidens restraining their glances, untouched beforehand by man or jinn
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Like rubies and brilliant pearls
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Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny
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Shall the reward of good be anything but good
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Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny
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There are two other gardens below these two
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Both of deepest green
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With a pair of gushing springs
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Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny
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With fruits- date palms and pomegranate trees
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Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny
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There are good-natured, beautiful maidens
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Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny
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Dark-eyed, sheltered in pavilions
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Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny
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Untouched beforehand by man or jinn
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Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny
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They will all sit on green cushions and fine carpets
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Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny
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Blessed is the name of your Lord, full of majesty, bestowing honour
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When that which is coming arrives
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no one will be able to deny it has come
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bringing low and raising high
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When the earth is shaken violently
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and the mountains are ground to powder
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and turn to scattered dust
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then you will be sorted into three classes
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Those on the Right––what people they are
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Those on the Left––what people they are
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And those in front––ahead indeed
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For these will be the ones brought nearest to God
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in Gardens of Bliss
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many from the past
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and a few from later generations
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On couches of well-woven cloth
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they will sit facing each other
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everlasting youths will go round among them
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with glasses, flagons, and cups of a pure drink
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that causes no headache or intoxication
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[there will be] any fruit they choose
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the meat of any bird they like
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and beautiful companions
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like hidden pearls
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a reward for what they used to do
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They will hear no idle or sinful talk there
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only clean and wholesome speech
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Those on the Right, what people they are
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They will dwell amid thornless lote trees
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and clustered acacia
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with spreading shade
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constantly flowing water
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abundant fruits
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unfailing, unforbidden
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with incomparable companions
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We have specially created––
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virginal
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loving, of matching age––
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for those on the Right
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many from the past
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and many from later generations
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But those on the Left, what people they are
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They will dwell amid scorching wind and scalding water
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in the shadow of black smoke
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neither cool nor refreshing
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Before, they overindulged in luxury
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and persisted in great sin
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always saying, ‘What? When we are dead and have become dust and bones, shall we then be raised up
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And our earliest forefathers too?’
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Say [Prophet], ‘The earliest and latest generations
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will all be gathered on a predetermined Day
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and you who have gone astray and denied the truth
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will eat from the bitter tree of Zaqqum
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filling your bellies with it
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and drink scalding water
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lapping it like thirsty camels.’
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This will be their welcome on the Day of Judgement
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It was We who created you: will you not believe
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Consider [the semen] you eject
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do you create it yourselves or are We the Creator
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We ordained death to be among you. Nothing could stop Us
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if We intended to change you and recreate you in a way unknown to you
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You have learned how you were first created: will you not reflect
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Consider the seeds you sow in the ground
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is it you who make them grow or We
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If We wished, We could turn your harvest into chaff and leave you to wail
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‘We are burdened with debt
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we are bereft.’
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Consider the water you drink
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was it you who brought it down from the rain-cloud or We
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If We wanted, We could make it bitter: will you not be thankful
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Consider the fire you kindle
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is it you who make the wood for it grow or We
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We made it a reminder, and useful to those who kindle it
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so [Prophet] glorify the name of your Lord, the Supreme
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I swear by the positions of the stars
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a mighty oath, if you only knew
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that this is truly a noble Quran
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in a protected Record
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that only the purified can touch
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sent down from the Lord of all being
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How can you scorn this statement
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And how, in return for the livelihood you are given, can you deny it
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When the soul of a dying man comes up to his throat
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while you gaze on
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We are nearer to him than you, though you do not see Us
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why, if you are not to be judged
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do you not restore his soul to him, if what you say is true
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If that dying person is one of those who will be brought near to God
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he will have rest, ease, and a Garden of Bliss
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if he is one of those on the Right
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[he will hear], ‘Peace be on you,’ from his companions on the Right
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but if he is one of those who denied the truth and went astray
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he will be welcomed with scalding water
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He will burn in Hell
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This is the certain truth
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[Prophet], glorify the name of your Lord the Supreme
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Everything in the heavens and earth glorifies God––He is the Almighty, the Wise
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Control of the heavens and earth belongs to Him; He gives life and death; He has power over all things
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He is the First and the Last; the Outer and the Inner; He has knowledge of all things
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It was He who created the heavens and earth in six Days and then established Himself on the throne. He knows what enters the earth and what comes out of it; what descends from the sky and what ascends to it. He is with you wherever you are; He sees all that you do
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control of the heavens and earth belongs to Him. Everything is brought back to God
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He makes night merge into day and day into night. He knows what is in every heart
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Believe in God and His Messenger, and give out of what He has made pass down to you: those of you who believe and give will have a great reward
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Why should you not believe in God when the Mes-senger calls you to believe in your Lord, and He has already made a pledge with you, if you have faith
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It is He who has sent down clear revelations to His Servant, so that He may bring you from the depths of darkness into light; God is truly kind and merciful to you
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Why should you not give for God’s cause when God alone will inherit what is in the heavens and earth? Those who gave and fought before the triumph are not like others: they are greater in rank than those who gave and fought afterwards. But God has promised a good reward to all of them: God is fully aware of all that you do
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Who will make God a good loan? He will double it for him and reward him generously
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On the Day when you [Prophet] see the believers, both men and women, with their light streaming out ahead of them and to their right, [they will be told], ‘The good news for you today is that there are Gardens graced with flowing streams where you will stay: that is truly the supreme triumph!’
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On the same Day, the hypocrites, both men and women, will say to the believers, ‘Wait for us! Let us have some of your light!’ They will be told, ‘Go back and look for a light.’ A wall with a door will be erected between them: inside it lies mercy, outside lies torment
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The hypocrites will call out to the believers, ‘Were we not with you?’ They will reply, ‘Yes. But you allowed yourselves to be tempted, you were hesitant, doubtful, deceived by false hopes until God’s command came- the Deceiver tricked you about God
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Today no ransom will be accepted from you or from the disbelievers: your home is the Fire- that is where you belong––a miserable destination!’
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Is it not time for believers to humble their hearts to the remembrance of God and the Truth that has been revealed, and not to be like those who received the Scripture before them, whose time was extended but whose hearts hardened and many of whom were lawbreakers
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Remember that God revives the earth after it dies; We have made Our revelation clear to you so that you may use your reason
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Charitable men and women who make a good loan to God will have it doubled and have a generous reward
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Those who believe in God and His messengers are the truthful ones who will bear witness before their Lord: they will have their reward and their light. But those who disbelieve and deny Our revelations are the inhabitants of Hell
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Bear in mind that the present life is just a game, a diversion, an attraction, a cause of boasting among you, of rivalry in wealth and children. It is like plants that spring up after the rain: their growth at first delights the sowers, but then you see them wither away, turn yellow, and become stubble. There is terrible punishment in the next life as well as forgiveness and approval from God; the life of this world is only an illusory pleasure
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So race for your Lord’s forgiveness and a Garden as wide as the heavens and earth, prepared for those who believe in God and His messengers: that is God’s bounty, which He bestows on whoever He pleases. God’s bounty is infinite
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No misfortune can happen, either in the earth or in yourselves, that was not set down in writing before We brought it into being- that is easy for God
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so you need not grieve for what you miss or gloat over what you gain
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God does not love the conceited, the boastful, those who are miserly, and who tell other people to be miserly. If anyone turns away, remember that God is self-sufficient and worthy of praise
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We sent Our messengers with clear signs, the Scripture and the Balance, so that people could uphold justice: We also sent iron, with its mighty strength and many uses for mankind, so that God could mark out those who would help Him and His messengers though they cannot see Him. Truly God is powerful, almighty
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We sent Noah and Abraham, and gave prophethood and scripture to their offspring: among them there were some who were rightly guided, but many were lawbreakers
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We sent other messengers to follow in their footsteps. After those We sent Jesus, son of Mary: We gave him the Gospel and put compassion and mercy into the hearts of his followers. But monasticism was something they invented- We did not ordain it for them- only to seek God’s pleasure, and even so, they did not observe it properly. So We gave a reward to those of them who believed, but many of them were lawbreakers
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Believers, be mindful of God and have faith in His Messenger: He will give you a double share of His mercy; He will provide a light to help you walk; He will forgive you- God is most forgiving, most merciful
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The People of the Book should know that they have no power over any of God’s grace and that grace is in the hand of God alone: He gives it to whoever He will. God’s grace is truly immense
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