And they say, ‘The Lord of Mercy has taken offspring for Himself.’ May He be exalted! No! They are only His honoured servants
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they do not speak before He speaks and they act by His command
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He knows what is before them and what is behind them, and they cannot intercede without His permission––indeed they themselves stand in awe of Him
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If any of them were to claim, ‘I am a god beside Him,’ We would reward them with Hell: this is how We reward evildoers
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Are the disbelievers not aware that the heavens and the earth used to be joined together and that We ripped them apart, that We made every living thing from water? Will they not believe
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And We put firm mountains on the earth, lest it should sway under them, and set broad paths on it, so that they might follow the right direction
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and We made the sky a well-secured canopy- yet from its wonders they turn away
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It is He who created night and day, the sun and the moon, each floating in its orbit
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We have not granted everlasting life to any other human being before you either [Muhammad]- if you die, will [the disbelievers] live for ever
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Every soul is certain to taste death: We test you all through the bad and the good, and to Us you will all return
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When the disbelievers see you, they laugh at you: ‘Is this the one who talks about your gods?’ They reject any talk of the Lord of Mercy
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Man was created hasty: I will show you My signs soon, so do not ask Me to hasten them
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They say, ‘When will this promise be fulfilled, if what you say is true?’
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If the disbelievers only knew, the time will arrive when they will not be able to ward off the Fire from their faces or their backs, and they will get no help
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It will come upon them suddenly and stupefy them; they will be powerless to push it away; they will not be reprieved
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Messengers before you [Muhammad] were also ridiculed, but those who mocked them were overwhelmed in the end by the very thing they had mocked
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Say, ‘Who could protect you night and day from the Lord of Mercy?’ Yet they turn away when their Lord is mentioned
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Do they have gods who can defend them against Us? Their gods have no power to help themselves, nor can they be protected from Us
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We have allowed these sinners and their forefathers to enjoy life for a long time. But do they not see how We are shrinking their borders? Is it they who will prevail
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Say, ‘I warn you only through the Revelation.’ The deaf will not hear the warning call
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yet if a mere breath of your Lord’s punishment touches them, they will be sure to cry, ‘Woe to us! We were wrong!’
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We will set up scales of justice for the Day of Resurrection so that no one can be wronged in the least, and if there should be even the weight of a mustard seed, We shall bring it out- We take excellent account
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We gave Moses and Aaron [the Scripture] that distinguishes right from wrong, a light and a reminder for those who are mindful of God
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those who stand in awe of their Lord, though He is unseen, and who fear the Hour
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This [Quran] too is a blessed message We have sent down- are you [people] going to deny it
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