One of the 60 subdivisions of the Quran (half a Juz)
Alif Lam Ra These are the verses of the Scripture, a Quran that makes things clear
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The disbelievers may well come to wish they had submitted to God
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so [Prophet] leave them to eat and enjoy themselves. Let [false] hopes distract them: they will come to know
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Never have We destroyed a community that did not have a set time
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no community can bring its time forward, nor delay it
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They say, ‘Receiver of this Quran! You are definitely mad
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Why do you not bring us the angels, if you are telling the truth?’
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But We send down the angels only to bring justice and then these people will not be reprieved
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We have sent down the Quran Ourself, and We Ourself will guard it. Even before you [Prophet]
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We sent messengers among the various communities of old
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but they mocked every single messenger that came to them
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in this way We make the message slip through the hearts of evildoers
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They will not believe in it. That was what happened with the peoples of long ago
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and even if We opened a gateway into Heaven for them and they rose through it, higher and higher
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they would still say, ‘Our eyes are hallucinating. We are bewitched.’
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We have set constellations up in the sky and made it beautiful for all to see
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and guarded it from every stoned satan
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any eavesdropper will be pursued by a clearly visible flame
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As for the earth, We have spread it out, set firm mountains on it, and made everything grow there in due balance
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We have provided sustenance in it for you and for all those creatures for whom you do not provide
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There is not a thing whose storehouses are not with Us. We send it down only according to a well-defined measure
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We send the winds to fertilize, and We bring down water from the sky for you to drink- you do not control its sources
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It is We who give life and death; it is We who inherit [everything]
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We know exactly those of you who come first and those who come later
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[Prophet], it is your Lord who will gather them all together: He is all wise, all knowing
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We created man out of dried clay formed from dark mud
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the jinn We created before, from the fire of scorching wind
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Your Lord said to the angels, ‘I will create a mortal out of dried clay, formed from dark mud
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When I have fashioned him and breathed My spirit into him, bow down before him,’
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and the angels all did so
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But not Iblis: he refused to bow down like the others
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God said, ‘Iblis, why did you not bow down like the others?’
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and he answered, ‘I will not bow to a mortal You created from dried clay, formed from dark mud.’
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‘Get out of here!’ said God. ‘You are an outcast
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rejected until the Day of Judgement.’
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Iblis said, ‘My Lord, give me respite until the Day when they are raised from the dead.’
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‘You have respite,’ said God
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‘until the Day of the Appointed Time.’
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Iblis then said to God, ‘Because You have put me in the wrong, I will lure mankind on earth and put them in the wrong
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all except Your devoted servants.’
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God said, ‘[Devotion] is a straight path to Me
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you will have no power over My servants, only over the ones who go astray and follow you
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Hell is the promised place for all these
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with seven gates, each gate having its allotted share of them
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But the righteous will be in Gardens with springs
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“Enter them in peace and safety!”––
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and We shall remove any bitterness from their hearts: [they will be like] brothers, sitting on couches, face to face
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No weariness will ever touch them there, nor will they ever be expelled.’
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[Prophet], tell My servants that I am the Forgiving, the Merciful
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but My torment is the truly painful one
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Tell them too about Abraham’s guests
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when they came to him and said, ‘Peace,’ he said, ‘We are afraid of you.’
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‘Do not be afraid,’ they said, ‘We bring you good news of a son who will have great knowledge.’
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He said, ‘How can you give me such news when old age has come to me? What sort of news is this?’
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They said, ‘We have told you the truth, so do not despair.’
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He said, ‘Who but the misguided despair of the mercy of their Lord?’
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and then asked, ‘Messengers, what is your errand?’
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They replied, ‘We have been sent to a people who are guilty.’
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But We shall save the household of Lot
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all except his wife: We have decreed that she will be one of those who stay behind
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When the messengers came to the household of Lot
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he said, ‘You are strangers.’
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They said, ‘We have brought you what they said would never happen
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we have brought you the Truth. We speak truly
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so leave in the dead of the night with your household, and walk behind them. Let none of you look back. Go where you are commanded.’
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We made this decree known to him: the last remnants of those people would be wiped out in the morning
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The people of the town came along, revelling
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and he told them, ‘These are my guests, do not disgrace me
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Fear God, and do not shame me.’
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They answered, ‘Have we not told you not to interfere [between us and] anyone else?’
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He said, ‘My daughters are here, if you must.’
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By your life [Prophet], they wandered on in their wild intoxication
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and the blast overtook them at sunrise
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We turned their city upside down and rained on them a shower of clay stones
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There truly is a sign in this for those who can learn
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it is still there on the highway
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there truly is a sign in this for those who believe
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The forest-dwellers, too, were wrongdoers
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and We took retribution on them; both are still there on the highway, plain for all to see
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The people of al-Hijr also rejected Our messengers
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We gave them Our signs, but they turned their backs
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They carved out dwellings in the mountains, and lived in security
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the blast overwhelmed them early in the morning
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What they had gained was of no use to them
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We did not create the heavens and the earth and everything between them without a true purpose: the Hour will certainly come, so [Prophet] bear with them graciously
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Your Lord is the All Knowing Creator
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We have given you the seven oft-recited versesand the whole glorious Quran
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Do not look longingly at the good things We have given some to enjoy. Do not grieve over the [disbelievers], but lower your wings over the believers
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and say, ‘I am here to give plain warning,’
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like the [warning] We have sent down for those who divide themselves into bands
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and abuse the Quran––
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by your Lord, We will question them all
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about their deeds
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So proclaim openly what you have been commanded [to say], and ignore the idolaters
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We are enough for you against all those who ridicule your message
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who set up another god beside God- they will come to know
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We are well aware that your heart is weighed down by what they say
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Celebrate the glory of your Lord and be among those who bow down to Him
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worship your Lord until what is certain comes to you
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God’s Judgement is coming, so do not ask to bring it on sooner. Glory be to Him! He is far above anything they join with Him
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He sends down angels with inspiration at His command, to whichever of His servants He chooses, to give [His] warning: ‘There is no god but Me, so beware of Me.’
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He created the heavens and earth for a true purpose, and He is far above whatever they join with Him
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He created man from a drop of fluid, and yet man openly challenges Him
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And livestock––He created them too. You derive warmth and other benefits from them: you get food from them
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you find beauty in them when you bring them home to rest and when you drive them out to pasture
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They carry your loads to lands you yourselves could not reach without great hardship––truly your Lord is kind and merciful––
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horses, mules, and donkeys for you to ride and use for show, and other things you know nothing about
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God points out the right path, for some paths lead the wrong way: if He wished, He could guide you all
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It is He who sends down water for you from the sky, from which comes a drink for you, and the shrubs that you feed to your animals
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With it He grows for you grain, olives, palms, vines, and all kinds of other crops. There truly is a sign in this for those who reflect
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By His command He has made the night and day, the sun, moon, and stars all of benefit to you. There truly are signs in this for those who use their reason
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He has made of benefit to you the many-coloured things He has multiplied on the earth. There truly are signs in this for those who take it to heart
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It is He who made the sea of benefit to you: you eat fresh fish from it and bring out jewellery to wear; you see the ships cutting through its waves so that you may go in search of His bounty and give thanks
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He has made mountains stand firm on the earth, to prevent it shaking under you, and rivers and paths so that you may find your way
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and landmarks and stars to guide people
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Can He who creates be compared to one who cannot create? Why do you not take heed
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If you tried to count God’s blessings, you could never take them all in: He is truly most forgiving and most merciful
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He knows what you conceal and what you reveal
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Those they invoke beside God create nothing; they are themselves created
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They are dead, not living. They do not know when they will be raised up
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Your God is the One God. As for those who deny the life to come, their hearts refuse to admit the truth and they are arrogant
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There is no doubt that God knows what they conceal and what they reveal. He does not love the arrogant
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When they are asked, ‘What has your Lord sent down?’ they say, ‘Ancient fables.’
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On the Day of Resurrection they will bear the full weight of their own burden, as well as some of the burden of those they misled with no true knowledge. How terrible their burden will be
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Those who went before them also schemed, but God attacked the very foundations of what they built. The roof fell down on them: punishment came on them from unimagined directions
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In the end, on the Day of Resurrection, He will shame them, saying, ‘Where are these “partners” of Mine on whose account you opposed [Me]?’ Those given knowledge will say, ‘Shame and misery on the disbelievers today!’
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Those whose lives the angels take while they are wronging themselves will show submission: ‘We were doing no evil.’ ‘Yes you were: God knows fully everything that you have done
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so enter the gates of Hell. There you will remain- the home of the arrogant is evil indeed.’
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But when the righteous are asked, ‘What has your Lord sent down?’ they will say, ‘All that is good.’ There is a reward in this present world for those who do good, but their home in the Hereafter is far better: the home of the righteous is excellent
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They will enter perpetual Gardens graced with flowing streams. There they will have everything they wish. This is the way God rewards the righteous
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those whose lives the angels take in a state of goodness. They will say to them, ‘Peace be upon you. Enter the Garden as a reward for what you have done.’
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Are the disbelievers waiting for the angels to come to them, or your Lord’s Judgement? Those who went before them did the same. God did not wrong them; they wronged themselves
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So the evil they had done hit them and they were surrounded by the very thing they had mocked
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Those who worshipped others alongside God say, ‘If God had willed, we would not have worshipped anything but Him, nor would our fathers. We would not have declared anything forbidden without His sanction.’ Those before them said the same. Are the messengers obliged to do anything other than deliver [their message] clearly
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We sent a messenger to every community, saying, ‘Worship God and shun false gods.’ Among them were some God guided; misguidance took hold of others. So travel through the earth and see what was the fate of those who denied the truth
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Though you [Prophet] may be eager to guide them, God does not guide those who misguide [others], nor will they have anyone to help them
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They have sworn by God with their strongest oaths that He will not raise the dead to life. But He will- it is His binding promise, though most people do not realize it
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in order to make clear for them what they have differed about and so that the disbelievers may realize that what they said was false
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When We will something to happen, all that We say is, ‘Be,’ and it is
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As for those who emi-grated in God’s cause after being wronged, We shall give them a good home in this world, but the reward of the Hereafter will be far greater, if they only knew it
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They are the ones who are steadfast and put their trust in their Lord
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[Prophet], all the messengers We sent before you were simply men to whom We had given the Revelation: you [people] can ask those who have knowledge if you do not know
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We sent them with clear signs and scriptures. We have sent down the message to you too [Prophet], so that you can explain to people what was sent for them, so that they may reflect
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Are those who plan evil so sure that God will not make the earth swallow them up, that punishment will not come on them from some unimagined direction
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that it will not catch them suddenly in the midst of their comings and goings- for they cannot frustrate God
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or that it will not catch up with them gradually? Indeed your Lord is kind and merciful
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Do the [disbelievers] not observe the things that God has created, casting their shadows right and left, submitting themselves to God obediently
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It is to God that everything in the heavens and earth submits, every beast that moves, even the angels- they are free from arrogance
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they fear their Lord above them, and they do as they are commanded
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