Ever closer to people draws their reckoning, while they turn away, heedless
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Whenever any fresh revelation comes to them from their Lord, they listen to it playfully
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with frivolous hearts. The evildoers conferred in secret: ‘Is this man anything but a mortal like yourselves? Are you going to fall under his spell with your eyes wide open?’
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He said, ‘My Lord knows everything that is said in the heavens and the earth: He is the All Hearing, the All Knowing.’
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Some say, ‘Muddled dreams’; others, ‘He made it up’; yet others, ‘He is just a poet, let him show us a sign as previous messengers did.’
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But of the communities We destroyed before them not a single one believed. Will these now believe
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And even before your time [Prophet], all the messengers We sent were only men We inspired–– if you [disbelievers] do not know, ask people who know the Scripture––
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We did not give them bodies that ate no food, nor were they immortal
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We fulfilled Our promise to them in the end: We saved them and those We wished to save, and We destroyed those who exceeded all bounds
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And now We have sent down to you [people] a Scripture to remind you. Will you not use your reason
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How many communities of evildoers We have destroyed! How many others We have raised up in their places
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When they felt Our might coming upon them, see how they tried to escape it
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‘Do not try to escape. Go back to your homes and the pleasure you revelled in: you may be questioned.’
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They said, ‘Woe to us! We were wrong!’
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and that cry of theirs did not cease until We made them burnt-offstubble
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We did not create the heavens and the earth and everything between them playfully
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If We had wished for a pastime, We could have found it within Us- if We had wished for any such thing
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No! We hurl the truth against falsehood, and truth obliterates it- see how falsehood vanishes away! Woe to you [people] for the way you describe God
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Everyone in the heavens and earth belongs to Him, and those that are with Him are never too proud to worship Him, nor do they grow weary
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they glorify Him tirelessly night and day
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Have they chosen any gods from the earth who can give life to the dead
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If there had been in the heavens or earth any gods but Him, both heavens and earth would be in ruins: God, Lord of the Throne, is far above the things they say
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He cannot be called to account for anything He does, whereas they will be called to account
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Have they chosen to worship other gods instead of Him? Say, ‘Bring your proof. This is the Scripture for those who are with me and the Scripture for those who went before me.’ But most of them do not recognize the truth, so they pay no heed
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We never sent any messenger before you [Muhammad] without revealing to him: ‘There is no god but Me, so serve Me.’
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