He was told, ‘Enter the Garden,’ so he said, ‘If only my people knew
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how my Lord has forgiven me and set me among the highly honoured.’
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After him We did not send any army from heaven against his people, nor were We about to
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there was just one blast, and they fell down lifeless
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Alas for human beings! Whenever a messenger comes to them they ridicule him
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Do they not see how many generations We have destroyed before them, none of whom will ever come back to them
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[Yet] all of them will be brought before Us
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There is a sign for them in the lifeless earth: We give it life and We produce grain from it for them to eat
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We have put gardens of date palms and grapes in the earth, and We have made springs of water gush out of it
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so that they could eat its fruit. It was not their own hands that made all this. How can they not give thanks
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Glory be to Him who created all the pairs of things that the earth produces, as well as themselves and other things they do not know about
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The night is also a sign for them: We strip the daylight from it, and- lo and behold!- they are in darkness
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The sun, too, runs its determined course laid down for it by the Almighty, the All Knowing
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We have determined phases for the moon until finally it becomes like an old date-stalk
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The sun cannot overtake the moon, nor can the night outrun the day: each floats in [its own] orbit
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Another sign for them is that We carried their seed in the laden Ark
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and We have made similar things for them to ride in
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If We wished, We could drown them, and there would be no one to help them: they could not be saved
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Only by Our mercy could they be reprieved to enjoy life for a while
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Yet when they are told, ‘Beware of what lies before and behind you, so that you may be given mercy,’
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they ignore every single sign that comes to them from their Lord
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and when they are told, ‘Give to others out of what God has provided for you,’ the disbelievers say to the believers, ‘Why should we feed those that God could feed if He wanted? You must be deeply misguided.’
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And they say, ‘When will this promise be fulfilled, if what you say is true?’
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But all they are waiting for is a single blast that will overtake them while they are still arguing with each other
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They will have no time to make bequests, nor will they have the chance to return to their own people
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