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By the Quran, full of wisdom.
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You are a Messenger,
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on the straight path.
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This is a Revelation from the Almighty, the Caring,
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to warn a community whose ancestors were not warned, so they’re unaware
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The sentence against most of them is justified, because they don’t believe.
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As though We’ve placed iron collars around their necks, right up to their chins, so their heads can’t move;
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and We’ve placed a wall in front and behind them and hooded them so that they can’t see.
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It makes no difference whether you warn them or not, they won’t believe.
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You can only warn someone who follows the Reminder and fears the Most Kind,
the Unseen. So, make him happy with the news of forgiveness and a generous reward.
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We will resurrect the dead and record all they achieved and the
legacies they left behind; and We recorded everything in a Clear Book
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As an example, tell them about the people of the town, where the messengers came.
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We sent two
at first, they rejected them; so We strengthened
them with a third; and they said, “We are messengers sent to you.”
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They said, “You’re mortals like us. The Most Kind hasn’t sent anything, you are lying.”
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They said, “Our Lord knows we are messengers
sent to you,
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and our duty is to communicate
the Message clearly.”
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They said, “you are an evil omen for us. If you don’t stop, we’ll torture you, and punish you severely.”
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The messengers replied, “The evil omen is with you. Are you annoyed because you’ve been reminded? You’ve gone beyond the limits.
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A man came running from the far side of the town, and said, “My people, follow the messengers.
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Follow those who don’t ask you for any payment, and they are guided.
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Why shouldn’t I worship the One Who created me and to Whom you will be returned?
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Should I take beside Him gods whose intercession would not benefit me in the slightest if the Most Kind wanted to harm me? Nor would they be able to save me.
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Obviously I would be misguided.
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I
chose to believe in Your Lord, so
please listen to me.
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“Enter the Garden
of Paradise,” he was told. “If only my people knew,” he said,
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“the extent to which My Lord has forgiven me and placed me among the honourable.”
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Thereafter, We didn’t send an army against his people from the sky, We don’t do that.
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Just one Blast,
that’s all, and there they were
, lying dead.
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What a shame, whenever a messenger came to a community, they mocked him.
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Haven’t they seen how many generations We destroyed before them, none will come back to them.
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Yet they will all be presented before Us
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A proof
of the Resurrection for them is the dead Earth. How We give it life and make it produce cereals, which they eat
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and here and there We have grown palm groves and vineyards and caused
freshwater springs to flow,
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so they might eat its fruit even though they had no hand in making it. Won’t they be grateful?
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Glory be to Him who created every variety
of living things in pairs from the Earth:
humans themselves, and others which they
still don’t know
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Another sign for them is the night, from which We
gradually peel the daylight away, and there they are in pitch darkness;
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the sun travels in its orbit that is precisely determined by the Almighty, the Knower.
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Similarly the moon, We determined its phases from
full moon to
crescent that is slim as a dry date-stalk.
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The sun can’t overtake the moon, nor the night outpace the day; all are floating in their fixed orbits.
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Another sign for them is
the story of their forefathers who We carried in the heavily-laden ship,
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and We created for them similar
modes of transport which they ride.
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If We wanted We could drown them, and they will have no help, nor will they be saved,
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unless –
that is – We show kindness and give brief respite
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When they are told: “Be careful about your past and future
deeds to deserve kind treatment.”
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They turn away from every sign of their Lord that comes to them.
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When they are told: “Spend what Allah has provided you,” the disbelievers say to the believers, “Why should we feed someone who Allah could have fed, if He wanted? You are clearly misguided.”
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And they say, “When will this promise
be fulfilled, if you are telling the truth?”
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What they are waiting for is a Blast that will seize them while they argue among themselves.
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Then they won’t be able to make a will or return to their families
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The Trumpet will be blown, and they will emerge from their graves, rushing to their Lord,
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saying: “Woe to us! Who woke us up from our graves?”
They will be told “This is what the Most Kind promised, and the messengers kept reminding you about.”
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It will be a single Blast, and quickly they will be made to stand before Us.
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On this day, no one will be wronged in the least; and you will only be repaid for what you did
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Today the companions of Paradise will be enjoying themselves;
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sitting beside their spouses on comfortable sofas relaxing in the shade,
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surrounded with fruit they like
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and the greeting: “Peace!” Spoken by the Caring Lord.
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The evildoers”
will be told: “Step aside today.
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Didn’t I command you, children of Adam, not to obey Satan, he is your open enemy,
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and worship Me? This is the straight path,
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but
Satan led masses of you astray. Didn’t you think?
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This is Hell about which you were warned,
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burn in it today, because of your disbelief.
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Today We shall seal their mouths; their hands will speak, and their feet will bear witness to what they did.
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If We wanted, We could have taken away their eyesight so how could they see it, as they struggled along the path?
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If We wanted, We could have paralysed them, so they wouldn’t move to and fro.
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Anyone We allow to age, We reduce them in size bit by bit. Will you not reflect?
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We didn’t teach
the Messenger poetry, it isn’t appropriate for him. This
Quran is a reminder and a clear recitation.
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So
he can warn anyone who is alive, and to confirm the sentence against the disbelievers
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Haven’t they considered how We created their livestock, made by Our hands;
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and how We tamed
animals to give in to them, so they ride some and eat some of them?
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And they derive other benefits from them,
like milk to drink. Won’t they be grateful?
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Yet they take
other gods beside Allah,
hoping to be helped
by them.
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But
they are incapable of helping them, even if they were standing to attention for them, like an army.
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So don’t let what they say sadden you. We know what they do secretly and openly
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Haven’t humans considered how We created them from a drop of fluid, so they openly argue
against Us?
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They make up comparisons about Us whilst forgetting their own creation, saying, “Who will give life to
these bones when they have turned into dust?”
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Say: “The one Who produced them originally will bring them back to life – and He has full knowledge of every creature –
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and Who, for your
benefit, placed
the energy of fire in green trees, from which you get fuel?
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Isn’t the Creator of the Heavens and the Earth capable of recreating the like of these
quarrelsome humans? Of course, He is the Creator, the Knower
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When He wills something, His command is: “Be!” And it is!
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Glory to Him Who controls everything, to Him you shall be returned