Alif Lam Mim
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Uma das 558 seções do Alcorão, cada uma uma passagem sobre um único tema
Alif Lam Mim
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The Byzantines have been defeated
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in a nearby land. They will reverse their defeat with a victory
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in a few years’ time––God is in command, first and last. On that day, the believers will rejoice
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at God’s help. He helps whoever He pleases: He is the Mighty, the Merciful
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This is God’s promise: God never breaks His promise, but most people do not know
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they only know the outer surface of this present life and are heedless of the life to come
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Have they not thought about their own selves? God did not create the heavens and earth and everything between them without a serious purpose and an appointed time, yet many people deny that they will meet their Lord
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Have they not travelled through the land and seen how their predecessors met their end? They were mightier than them: they cultivated the earth more and built more upon it. Their own mes-sengers also came to them with clear signs: God did not wrong them; they wronged themselves
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Later the evildoers met a terrible end for rejecting and [repeatedly] mocking God’s revelations
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