Al-A'raf 7:184

if it had been Our will, We could have used these signs to raise him high, but instead he clung to the earth and followed his own desires- he was like a dog that pants with a lolling tongue whether you drive it away or leave it alone. Such is the image of those who reject Our signs. Tell them the story so that they may reflect

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How foul is the image of those who reject Our signs! It is themselves they wrong

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whoever God guides is truly guided, and whoever God allows to stray is a loser

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We have created many jinn and people who are destined for Hell, with hearts they do not use for comprehension, eyes they do not use for sight, ears they do not use for hearing. They are like cattle, no, even further astray: these are the ones who are entirely heedless

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The Most Excellent Names belong to God: use them to call on Him, and keep away from those who abuse them- they will be requited for what they do

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Among those We created are a group of people who guide with truth and act justly according to it

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But We lead on those who reject Our messages, step by step, without them realizing it

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I will give them respite, but My plan is sure

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Has it not occurred to them that their companion is not mad but is giving clear warning

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Have they not contemplated the realm of the heavens and earth and all that God created, and that the end of their time might be near? What [other revelation] will they believe in if they do not believe in this

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No one can guide those God allows to stray: He leaves them blundering about in their insolence

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They ask you [Prophet] about the Hour, ‘When will it happen?’ Say, ‘My Lord alone has knowledge of it: He alone will reveal when its time will come, a time that is momentous in both the heavens and earth. All too suddenly it will come upon you.’ They ask you about it as if you were eager [to find out]. Say, ‘God alone has knowledge of [when it will come], though most people do not realize it.’

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Say [Prophet], ‘I have no control over benefit or harm, [even] to myself, except as God may please: if I had knowledge of what is hidden, I would have abundant good things and no harm could touch me. I am no more than a bearer of warning, and good news to those who believe.’

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It is He who created you all from one soul, and from it made its mate so that he might find comfort in her: when one [of them] lies with his wife and she conceives a light burden, going about freely, then grows heavy, they both pray to God, their Lord, ‘If You give us a good child we shall certainly be grateful,’

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and yet when He gives them a good child they ascribe some of what He has granted them to others

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God is far above the partners they set up alongside Him! How can they set up with Him these partners that create nothing and are themselves created

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that cannot help them at all, or even help themselves

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If you [believers] call such people to guidance, they do not fol-low you: it makes no difference whether you call them or remain silent

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Those you [idolaters] call upon instead of God are created beings like you. Call upon them, then, and let them respond to you if what you say is true

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Do they have feet to walk, hands to strike, eyes to see, or ears to hear? Say [Prophet], ‘Call on your “partners”! Scheme against me! Do not spare me

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My protector is God: He has revealed the Scripture, and it is He who protects the righteous

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but those you call on instead of Him cannot help you or even help themselves.’

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If you [believers] call such people to guidance, they do not hear. You [Prophet] may observe them looking at you, but they can-not see

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Be tolerant and command what is right: pay no attention to foolish people

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If Satan should prompt you to do something, seek refuge with God- He is all hearing, all knowing

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