Sad 38:1

Sad By the Quran with its reminding

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Yet the disbelievers are steeped in arrogance and hostility

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How many generations We have destroyed before them! They all cried out, once it was too late, for escape

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The disbelievers think it strange that a prophet of their own people has come to warn them: they say, ‘He is just a lying sorcerer

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How can he claim that all the gods are but one God? What an astonishing thing [to claim]!’

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Their leaders depart, saying, ‘Walk away! Stay faithful to your gods! That is what you must do

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We did not hear any such claim in the last religion: it is all an invention

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Was the message sent only to him out of all of us?’ In fact they doubt My warning; in fact they have not tasted My punishment yet

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Do they possess the treasures of your Lord’s bounty, the Mighty, the All Giving

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Do they control the heavens and earth and everything between? Let them climb their ropes

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their armed alliance is weak and will be crushed

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The people of Noah, Ad, and firmly-supported Pharaoh rejected their prophets before them

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Thamud, the people of Lot, and the Forest-Dwellers each formed opposition [against theirs]

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They all rejected the mes-sengers and they were deservedly struck by My punishment

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all the disbelievers here are waiting for is a single blast that cannot be postponed

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They say, ‘Our Lord! Advance us our share of punishment before the Day of Reckoning!’

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Bear their words patiently [Prophet]. Remember Our servant David, a man of strength who always turned to Us

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We made the mountains join him in glorifying Us at sunset and sunrise

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and the birds, too, in flocks, all echoed his praise

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We strengthened his kingdom; We gave him wisdom and a decisive way of speaking

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Have you heard the story of the two litigants who climbed into his private quarters

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When they reached David, he took fright, but they said, ‘Do not be afraid. We are two litigants, one of whom has wronged the other: judge between us fairly- do not be unjust- and guide us to the right path

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This is my brother. He had ninety-nine ewes and I just the one, and he said, “Let me take charge of her,” and overpowered me with his words.’

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David said, ‘He has done you wrong by demanding to add your ewe to his flock. Many partners treat each other unfairly. Those who sincerely believe and do good deeds do not do this, but these are very few.’ [Then] David realized that We had been testing him, so he asked his Lord for forgiveness, fell down on his knees, and repented

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We forgave him [his misdeed]. His reward will be nearness to Us, a good place to return to

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