One of the 240 subdivisions of the Quran (quarter of a Hizb)
Children of Adam, did I not command you not to serve Satan, for he was your sworn enemy
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but to serve Me? This is the straight path
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He has led great numbers of you astray. Did you not use your reason
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So this is the Fire that you were warned against
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Enter it today, because you went on ignoring [my commands].’
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On that Day We shall seal up their mouths, but their hands will speak to Us, and their feet bear witness to everything they have done
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If it had been Our will, We could have taken away their sight. They would have struggled to find the way, but how could they have seen it
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If it had been Our will, We could have paralysed them where they stood, so that they could not move forward or backward
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If We extend anyone’s life, We reverse his development. Do they not use their reason
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We have not taught the Prophet poetry, nor could he everhave been a poet
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This is a revelation, an illuminating Quran to warn anyone who is truly alive, so that God’s verdict may be passed against the disbelievers
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Can they not see how, among the things made by Our hands, We have created livestock they control
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and made them obedient, so that some can be used for riding, some for food
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some for other benefits, and some for drink? Will they not give thanks
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Yet they have taken other gods besides God to help them
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though these could not do so even if they called a whole army of them together
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So [Prophet] do not be distressed at what they say: We know what they conceal and what they reveal
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Can man not see that We created him from a drop of fluid? Yet- lo and behold!- he disputes openly
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producing arguments against Us, forgetting his own creation. He says, ‘Who can give life back to bones after they have decayed?’
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Say, ‘He who created them in the first place will give them life again: He has full knowledge of every act of creation
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It is He who produces fire for you out of the green tree- lo and behold!- and from this you kindle fire
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Is He who created the heavens and earth not able to create the likes of these people? Of course He is! He is the All Knowing Creator
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when He wills something to be, His way is to say, “Be”- and it is
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So glory be to Him in whose Hand lies control over all things. It is to Him that you will all be brought back.’
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By those [angels] ranged in rows
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who rebuke reproachfully
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and recite God’s word
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truly your God is One
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Lord of the heavens and earth and everything between them, Lord of every sunrise
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We have adorned the lowest heaven with stars
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and made them a safeguard against every rebellious devil
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they cannot eavesdrop on the Higher Assembly––pelted from every side
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driven away, they will have perpetual torment––
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if any [of them] stealthily snatches away a fragment, he will be pursued by a piercing flame
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So [Prophet], ask the disbelievers: is it harder to create them than other beings We have created? We created them from sticky clay
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You marvel as they scoff
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take no heed when they are warned
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and resort to ridicule when they see a sign
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saying, ‘This is no more than blatant sorcery.’
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‘What! After we have died and become dust and bones, shall we really be raised up again
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along with our forefathers?’
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Say, ‘Yes indeed, and you will be humiliated.’
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Just one blast and––lo and behold!––they will look
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and say, ‘Woe to us! This is the Day of Judgement.’
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[It will be said], ‘This is the Day of Decision, which you used to deny
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