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and the clear Book.
We have rendered it an Arabic Quran so that you may understand.
And indeed, it is with Us in the Mother Book, exalted and wise.
Should We withhold the Reminder from you, disregarding you, because you were an excessive people?
How many a prophet We have sent to the previous ones,
yet no prophet would come to them without them ridiculing him!
So We annihilated ones who were of greater strike power than they, and the precedent of the previous ones came to pass.
If you were to ask them, "Who created the heavens and the earth?" They would say, "The Dignified, the Knowledgeable created them."
He is the One who rendered the earth a cradle for you and made for you pathways therein so that you may be guided.
And the One who brought down water from the sky in a measured amount, then We resurrected a dead land therewith. Likewise, you will be brought out.
And the One who created all the pairs, and He rendered the ships and livestock for you to ride
so that you may settle on their backs, and so that you may remember your Lord's blessings when you have settled upon them, and say, "Glory to the One who subjected this for us. We could not have done this by ourselves.
Indeed, to our Lord we shall return."
And they assigned to Him a share of His own servants! The human being is clearly ungrateful.
Or has He taken daughters from that which He creates, and selected for you the sons?
When one of them is given news of the like of what he attributes to the Almighty, his face darkens as he suppresses his grief.
What good is one who is raised in luxury yet lacks clarity in a dispute?
They claimed that the angels, who are servants of the Almighty, are females! Have they witnessed their creation? Their testimony will be recorded, and they will be called to account.
They said, "If the Almighty willed, we would not have worshipped them." They have no knowledge of this; they are only guessing.
Or have We given them a Book before it, and so they are holding fast to it?
Rather, they said, "We found our fathers following a community, and we are guided in their footsteps."
Similarly, We have not sent a warner before you to any village without its folk who live in luxury saying, "We found our fathers following a community, and we are following in their footsteps."
He said, "What if I brought you better guidance than what you found your fathers upon?" They said, "We are disbelievers in what you have been sent with."
And so We inflicted retribution upon them, so look what the outcome of the deniers was.
Abraham said to his father and his people, "I am innocent of what you worship.
Only the One who initiated me shall guide me."
He made it an enduring word among his descendants so that they may revert.
Indeed, I have given these and their fathers some enjoyment until the truth came to them and a clarifying messenger.
When the truth came to them, they said, "This is magic, and we are disbelievers therein."
And they said, "If only this Quran was brought down upon a great man of the two villages!"
Is it they who apportion your Lord's mercy? It is We who have apportioned their livelihood in the worldly life, and We raised some of them above others in rank so that some of them would employ others in service. The mercy of your Lord is better than whatever they can amass.
If it were not that the people would become one nation, We would have granted those who disbelieve in the Almighty silver roofs for their homes, and stairways upon which they ascend,
and doors for their homes, and couches on which they recline,
and ornaments. All these are but the enjoyment of the worldly life, while the Hereafter, at your Lord, is for the reverent.
Whoever shuns the remembrance of the Almighty, We appoint for him a devil to be his companion.
They repel them from the path, yet they think they are guided!
Then, when he comes to Us, he will say, "How I wish the distance of the two easts was between me and you; what a miserable companion!"
It will not benefit you today when you have transgressed that you are sharing in the punishment.
Can you make the deaf hear or guide the blind and those who are in clear misguidance?
Indeed, We will inflict retribution upon them. Whether We take you away,
or We show you that which We have promised them; We are in full control over them.
So hold fast to what has been revealed to you. Indeed, you are on a straight path.
It is a Reminder for you and your people, and you will all be called to account.
Ask those We sent before you of Our messengers, "Have We appointed besides the Almighty other gods to be worshipped?"
We sent Moses with Our signs to Pharaoh and his leaders, saying, "I am the messenger of the Lord of the Worlds."
But when he brought them Our signs, they laughed at them!
There was not a sign that We showed them without it being greater than its sister, and We seized them with punishment so that they may revert.
They said, "O you magician, implore your Lord by the pledge He has made with you; we would then be guided."
But when We removed the punishment from them, they broke their word.
Pharaoh called to his people, saying, "O my people, does the sovereignty of Egypt not belong to me and so do these rivers flowing beneath me? Do you not then see?
Am I not better than this one who is despicable and who is barely comprehensible?
If only golden bracelets had been placed on him, or had the angels come along in his company!"
And so he fooled his people, and they obeyed him; they were a wicked people.
When they incurred Our anger, We inflicted retribution upon them and drowned them all.
We made them a thing of the past and an example for the later ones.
When the son of Mary was cited as an example, your people laughed out loud.
They said, "Are our gods better, or is he?" They did not make this comparison to you except for mere argument. Indeed, they are an argumentative people.
He was but a servant whom We blessed and whom We made an example for the Children of Israel.
If We willed, We could have made of you angels, succeeding one another in the earth.
And indeed, he serves as knowledge for the Hour, so have no doubt about it, and follow Me; this is a straight path.
Let not the devil repel you. Indeed, he is your clear enemy.
When Jesus came with the clear proofs, he said, "I have come to you with the wisdom and to clarify to you some of that over which you differ. So reverence God and obey me.
Indeed, God is my Lord and your Lord, so worship Him. This is a straight path."
The parties differed among themselves, so woe to those who transgressed from the punishment of a painful Day.
Are they waiting but for the Hour to come to them suddenly while they are unaware?
Friends on that Day will become enemies of one another, except for the reverent.
O My servants, no fear is there concerning you today, nor will you grieve.
They are the ones who believed in Our revelations and were Submitters.
Enter Paradise, you and your spouses, joyfully.
Golden trays and cups will be passed among them. Therein is what the self desires and what the eyes delight in. And therein, you shall permanently remain.
Such is the Paradise that you are made to inherit for what you used to do.
For you therein are plenty of fruits from which you will eat.
The criminals shall permanently remain in Hell's punishment.
It will not be eased for them, and therein, they will be in total despair.
We did not wrong them, but it was they who were the wrong-doers.
They will call, "O Maalik, let your Lord finish us off." He will say, "You are to remain as you are."
We have indeed brought you the truth, but most of you hate the truth.
Have they devised some matter? We too are devising.
Or do they think that We do not hear their secrets and their private conferring? Yes indeed, and Our messengers are among them, recording.
Say, "If the Almighty had a son, I would be the first of the worshippers."
Glory to the Lord of the heavens and the earth, the Lord of the Throne, far above what they portray.
So leave them to engage in vain discourse and play until they meet their Day that they are promised.
It is He who is God in the heaven and God in the earth. He is the Wise, the Knowledgeable.
Blessed is the One to whom belongs the sovereignty of the heavens and the earth and what is between them, and with whom lies the knowledge of the Hour, and to whom you will be returned.
Those whom they call on besides Him possess no power of intercession except those who testify to the truth, and they know.
If you were to ask them who created them, they would say, "God." How then are they deluded?
As for his saying, "O my Lord, these are a people who do not believe,"
turn away from them and say, "Peace," for they will come to know.