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A.L.R. These (letters) are proofs of this scripture; a profound Quran.
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Certainly, those who disbelieved will wish they were submitters.
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Let them eat, enjoy, and remain blinded by wishful thinking; they will find out.
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We never annihilated any community, except in accordance with a specific, predetermined time.
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The end of any community can never be advanced, nor delayed.
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They said, "O you who received this reminder, you are crazy.
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"Why do you not bring down the angels, if you are truthful?"
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We do not send down the angels except for specific functions. Otherwise, no one will be respited.
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Absolutely, we have revealed the reminder, and, absolutely, we will preserve it.
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We have sent (messengers) before you to the communities in the past.
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Every time a messenger went to them, they ridiculed him.
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We thus control the minds of the guilty.
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Consequently, they cannot believe in him. This has been the system since the past generations.
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Even if we opened for them a gate into the sky, through which they climb;
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they will say, "Our eyes have been deceived. We have been bewitched."
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We placed galaxies in the sky, and adorned it for the beholders.
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And we guarded it against every rejected devil.
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If any of them sneaks around to listen, a mighty projectile will chase him back.
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As for the earth, we constructed it, and placed on it stabilizers (mountains), and we grew on it a perfect balance of everything.
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We made it habitable for you, and for creatures you do not provide for.
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There is nothing that we do not own infinite amounts thereof. But we send it down in precise measure.
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And we send the winds as pollinators, and cause water to come down from the sky for you to drink. Otherwise, you could not keep it palatable.
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It is we who control life and death, and we are the ultimate inheritors.
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And we fully know those among you who advance, and we fully know those who regress.
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Your Lord will surely summon them. He is Most Wise, Omniscient.
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We created the human being from aged mud, like the potter's clay.
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As for the jinns, we created them, before that, from blazing fire.
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Your Lord said to the angels, "I am creating a human being from aged mud, like the potter's clay.
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"Once I perfect him, and blow into him from My spirit, you shall fall prostrate before him."
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The angels fell prostrate; all of them,
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except Iblis (Satan). He refused to be with the prostrators.
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He said, "O Iblis (Satan), why are you not with the prostrators?"
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He said, "I am not to prostrate before a human being, whom You created from aged mud, like the potter's clay."
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He said, "Therefore, you must get out; you are banished.
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"You have incurred My condemnation until the Day of Judgment."
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He said, "My Lord, respite me until the day they are resurrected."
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He said, "You are respited.
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"Until the specified day and time."
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He said, "My Lord, since You have willed that I go astray, I will surely entice them on earth; I will send them all astray.
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"Except those among Your worshipers who are devoted absolutely to You alone."
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He said, "This is a law that is inviolable.
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"You have no power over My servants. You only have power over the strayers who follow you.
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"And Hell awaits them all.
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"It will have seven gates. Each gate will get a specific share of them."
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As for the righteous, they will enjoy gardens and springs.
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Enter therein, peaceful and secure.
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We remove all jealousy from their hearts. Like one family, they will be on adjacent furnishings.
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Never will they suffer any fatigue therein; never will they be evicted therefrom.
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Inform My servants that I am the Forgiver, Most Merciful.
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And that My retribution is the most painful retribution.
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Inform them about Abraham's guests.
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When they entered his quarters, they said, "Peace." He said, "We are apprehensive about you."
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They said, "Do not be apprehensive. We have good news for you: an enlightened son."
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He said, "How can you give me such good news, when I am so old? Do you still give me this good news?"
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They said, "The good news we give you is true; do not despair."
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He said, "None despairs of his Lord's mercy, except the strayers."
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He said, "What is your mission, O messengers?"
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They said, "We are being dispatched to guilty people.
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"As for Lot's family, we will save them all.
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"But not his wife; she is destined to be with the doomed."
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The messengers went to Lot's town.
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He said, "You are unknown people."
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They said, "We bring to you what they have been doubting.
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"We bring to you the truth; we are truthful.
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"You shall take your family during the night. Stay behind them, and make sure that none of you looks back. Go straight as commanded."
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We delivered to him this command: those people are to be annihilated in the morning.
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The people of the city came joyfully.
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He said, "These are my guests; do not embarrass me.
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"Fear GOD, and do not shame me."
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They said, "Did we not enjoin you from contacting anyone?"
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He said, "Here are my daughters, if you must."
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But, alas, they were totally blinded by their lust.
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Consequently, the disaster struck them in the morning.
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We turned it upside down, and showered them with devastating rocks.
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This is a lesson for those who possess intelligence.
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This will always be the system.
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This is a sign for the believers.
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The people of the woods also were transgressors.
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Consequently, we avenged from them, and both communities are fully documented.
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The people of Al-Hijr disbelieved the messengers.
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We gave them our revelations, but they disregarded them.
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They used to carve secure homes out of the mountains.
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The disaster hit them in the morning.
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What they hoarded did not help them.
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We did not create the heavens and the earth, and everything between them, except for a specific purpose. The end of the world will come, so treat them with benign neglect.
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Your Lord is the Creator, the Omniscient.
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We have given you the seven pairs, and the great Quran.
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Do not be jealous of what we bestowed upon the other (messengers), and do not be saddened (by the disbelievers), and lower your wing for the believers.
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And proclaim: "I am the manifest warner."
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We will deal with the dividers.
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They accept the Quran only partially.
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By your Lord, we will question them all,
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about everything they have done.
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Therefore, carry out the orders given to you, and disregard the idol worshipers.
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We will spare you the mockers,
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who set up another god beside GOD. They will surely find out.
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We know full well that you may be annoyed by their utterances.
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You shall sing the praises of your Lord, and be with the prostrators.
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And worship your Lord, in order to attain certainty.
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