When they see it close at hand, the disbelievers’ faces will be gloomy, and it will be said, ‘This is what you were calling for.’

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Say, ‘Just think- regardless of whether God destroys me and my followers or has mercy on us- who will protect the disbelievers from an agonizing torment?’

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Say, ‘He is the Lord of Mercy; we believe in Him; we put our trust in Him. You will come to know in time who is in obvious error.’

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Say, ‘Just think: if all your water were to sink deep into the earth who could give you flowing water in its place?’

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Nun By the pen! By all they write

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Your Lord’s grace does not make you [Prophet] a madman

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you will have a never-ending reward––

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truly you have a strong character––

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and soon you will see, as will they

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which of you is afflicted with madness

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Your Lord knows best who strays from His path and who is rightly guided

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So do not yield to those who deny the truth––

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they want you to compromise with them and then they will compromise with you––

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do not yield to any contemptible swearer

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to any backbiter, slander-monger

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or hinderer of good, to anyone who is sinful, aggressive

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coarse, and on top of all that, an imposter

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Just because he has wealth and sons

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when our revelations are recited to him, he says, ‘These are just ancient fables.’

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