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Translation of the Holy Quran by Dr. Gilani |
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The Originator - Chapter 35 | Contains 45 Verses – Mecca |
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الْحَمْدُ
لِلَّهِ فَاطِرِ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ جَاعِلِ الْمَلَائِكَةِ
رُسُلًا أُولِي أَجْنِحَةٍ مَّثْنَى وَثُلَاثَ وَرُبَاعَ يَزِيدُ |
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All grateful praise is due to God, the
Originator, the Creator of the heavens and the earth, who made the angels as messengers, given wings (of power of varying degrees,) two, three or four. He adds up to the creation whatever He wills; as He indeed is Capable to do all things and is the Giver of measures and size to all things. |
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مَا يَفْتَحِ اللَّهُ لِلنَّاسِ مِن رَّحْمَةٍ فَلَا مُمْسِكَ لَهَا وَمَا يُمْسِكْ فَلَا مُرْسِلَ لَهُ مِن بَعْدِهِ وَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ |
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Whatever God of His Grace opens up to people,
no one can withhold it or stop it and whatever He withholds, no one then can release it thereafter. And He Alone is the All Mighty-Irresistible, the All Wise. |
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يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ اذْكُرُوا نِعْمَتَ اللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ هَلْ مِنْ خَالِقٍ غَيْرُ اللَّهِ يَرْزُقُكُم مِّنَ السَّمَاءِ وَالْأَرْضِ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ فَأَنَّى تُؤْفَكُونَ |
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O mankind, remember and mention the Blessing
that God has granted upon you. Is there any creator other than God, who could provide for your living, from the sky and the earth? There is no God but He, so then how and why do you turn away from the truth (and worship other than God)? |
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وَإِن يُكَذِّبُوكَ فَقَدْ كُذِّبَتْ رُسُلٌ مِّن قَبْلِكَ وَإِلَى اللَّهِ تُرْجَعُ الأمُورُ |
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(O Muhammad) If they call you a liar and
reject you, (do not be distressed, since) the Messengers before you were also rejected and called as liars. And ultimately all the affairs will go back to God (for Judgment). |
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يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّ وَعْدَ اللَّهِ حَقٌّ فَلَا تَغُرَّنَّكُمُ الْحَيَاةُ الدُّنْيَا وَلَا يَغُرَّنَّكُم بِاللَّهِ الْغَرُورُ |
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O mankind, certainly the Promise of God is
true (about the Resurrection and the Hereafter). So don’t let then the attractions of the life in this world deceive and delude you and do not let the major deceiver (Satan and your deceptive thoughts) deceive you about God (and His Promise). |
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إِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ لَكُمْ عَدُوٌّ فَاتَّخِذُوهُ عَدُوًّا إِنَّمَا يَدْعُو حِزْبَهُ لِيَكُونُوا مِنْ أَصْحَابِ السَّعِيرِ |
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Surely, Satan is an enemy to you, so treat
him as an enemy. He only invites his followers (to his way) to the end that they become inhabitants of the blazing Fire, |
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الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ شَدِيدٌ وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ لَهُم مَّغْفِرَةٌ وَأَجْرٌ كَبِيرٌ |
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Those who deny the truth, for whom there will
be a severe suffering, waiting. On the contrary, those who have believed and have done righteous good deeds, they will receive Forgiveness and a great reward (especially in Paradise). |
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أَفَمَن
زُيِّنَ لَهُ سُوءُ عَمَلِهِ فَرَآهُ حَسَنًا فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ
يُضِلُّ مَن يَشَاءُ وَيَهْدِي |
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Is then the person whose evildoing is so
fair-appearing him, that he considers it as good (,anything but a lost soul, following his desires and Satan, like the one who is rightly guided)? The fact is that God lets astray whom He decides and guides whom He wants (,those who want to be guided). Therefore don’t waste your energy in being sorry for them; of course God knows well all that they are doing. |
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وَاللَّهُ الَّذِي أَرْسَلَ الرِّيَاحَ فَتُثِيرُ سَحَابًا فَسُقْنَاهُ إِلَى بَلَدٍ مَّيِّتٍ فَأَحْيَيْنَا بِهِ الْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَا كَذَلِكَ النُّشُورُ |
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And (remember) God is the One Who sends the
winds, so that they move the clouds, as a result We drive them to a dead land to irrigate it, thereby We give life to the land after it had been lifeless. Similar to this shall be the Resurrection. |
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مَن كَانَ
يُرِيدُ الْعِزَّةَ فَلِلَّهِ الْعِزَّةُ جَمِيعًا إِلَيْهِ
يَصْعَدُ الْكَلِمُ الطَّيِّبُ |
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Anyone who desires might and glory, (should
know that) all might and glory belong to God. To Him ascend all good, sincere words and the corresponding good behavior and good deed raises up the person’s standing. But those who devise evil deeds, will get severe punishment and all their plotting will perish. |
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وَاللَّهُ
خَلَقَكُم مِّن تُرَابٍ ثُمَّ مِن نُّطْفَةٍ ثُمَّ جَعَلَكُمْ
أَزْوَاجًا وَمَا تَحْمِلُ مِنْ أُنثَى وَلَا تَضَعُ إِلَّا
بِعِلْمِهِ وَمَا يُعَمَّرُ |
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And (remember) God created you (humans) from
(the substances of) the ground dust, then from a "nutfah" (sperm copulated ovum), then He makes you into male or female. And there is no female, conceiving, carrying or giving birth but with His Knowledge. And no aged person's life is extended into further old age, nor any person whose life has been cut short, except all is laid down in a Book (of God’s Design); in fact all that is easy for God. |
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وَمَا يَسْتَوِي الْبَحْرَانِ هَذَا عَذْبٌ
فُرَاتٌ سَائِغٌ شَرَابُهُ وَهَذَا مِلْحٌ أُجَاجٌ وَمِن كُلٍّ
تَأْكُلُونَ لَحْمًا طَرِيًّا وَتَسْتَخْرِجُونَ |
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And observe the two different kinds of sea
water, which are not alike (two seas are not alike), this one is fresh, sweet and pleasant to drink and that one salty and bitter. And from each one you get to eat fresh tender meat (of seafood) and you take out ornaments which you wear. And you see the ships sailing on it, by which you seek to have a good catch of His Bounty and that you may be grateful (to Him). |
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يُولِجُ
اللَّيْلَ فِي النَّهَارِ وَيُولِجُ النَّهَارَ فِي اللَّيْلِ
وَسَخَّرَ الشَّمْسَ وَالْقَمَرَ كُلٌّ يَجْرِي لِأَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّى |
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He merges the night(time) gradually into the
day and He merges the daytime gradually into the night-time (by changing the durations of the day and the night through the seasons) and He subjected the sun and the moon (to help you with), each running its course for a predetermined period of time. Such is (the Might of) God, your Lord, to Him belongs all existence and His is the True Kingdom. And all those whom you call and pray to, other than Him, they don’t own even a date-stone’s thin cover. |
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إِن تَدْعُوهُمْ لَا يَسْمَعُوا دُعَاءكُمْ وَلَوْ سَمِعُوا مَا اسْتَجَابُوا لَكُمْ وَيَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ يَكْفُرُونَ بِشِرْكِكُمْ وَلَا يُنَبِّئُكَ مِثْلُ خَبِيرٍ |
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If you call them, they do not hear your call
and prayer and even if they could hear, they could not grant you anything. And on the Resurrection Day, they will reject your idol worshipping. And no one can inform you as good as the One, the Aware of all. |
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يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ أَنتُمُ الْفُقَرَاء إِلَى اللَّهِ وَاللَّهُ هُوَ الْغَنِيُّ الْحَمِيدُ |
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O mankind, you are all in need of God. And God Alone is Truly Rich, Needless, Worthy of all praise. |
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إِن يَشَأْ يُذْهِبْكُمْ وَيَأْتِ بِخَلْقٍ جَدِيدٍ |
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If He Willed, He could take out and destroy you and bring about a new creation. |
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وَمَا ذَلِكَ عَلَى اللَّهِ بِعَزِيزٍ |
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And that is not hard at all for God. |
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وَلَا تَزِرُ
وَازِرَةٌ وِزْرَ أُخْرَى وَإِن تَدْعُ مُثْقَلَةٌ إِلَى حِمْلِهَا
لَا يُحْمَلْ مِنْهُ شَيْءٌ وَلَوْ كَانَ ذَا قُرْبَى |
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And know that no responsible being shall bear
the burden (of sins) of someone else and if a heavily burdened person (bearing a heavy burden of sins) would call another one to bear it for him, nothing of that burden will be carried for him (or her), even though (the person requested) be a next of kin or a relative. You (Muhammad) practically warn those who have awe and fear of their Lord in an unseen and secret manner and they regularly perform the prayers. And whoever cleanses his or her personality and inner being, of course he does it for the benefit of himself. And the ultimate return is to God! |
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وَمَا يَسْتَوِي الْأَعْمَى وَالْبَصِيرُ |
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The blind and the observer are not equal, |
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وَلَا الظُّلُمَاتُ وَلَا النُّورُ |
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Neither are equal darkness (of disbelief) and light
(of Monotheism: Believing in the One God, the Creator),
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وَلَا الظِّلُّ وَلَا الْحَرُورُ |
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Nor are equal the condition in the shade and the heat of the sun, |
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وَمَا يَسْتَوِي الْأَحْيَاء وَلَا الْأَمْوَاتُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُسْمِعُ مَن يَشَاءُ وَمَا أَنتَ بِمُسْمِعٍ مَّن فِي الْقُبُورِ |
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Nor are alike those who are alive and those
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dead. In reality, God makes to hear and listen, whom He wills and you (Muhammad) are not able to make hear those who are in graves. |
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إِنْ أَنتَ إِلَّا نَذِيرٌ |
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You are only a Warner. |
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إِنَّا أَرْسَلْنَاكَ بِالْحَقِّ بَشِيرًا وَنَذِيرًا وَإِن مِّنْ أُمَّةٍ إِلَّا خلَا فِيهَا نَذِيرٌ |
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We have truly sent you for the explanation of
the truth, as a bearer of good news (for the good ones) and as a
warner. In the past there was no nation, but that a warner was among them. |
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وَإِن يُكَذِّبُوكَ فَقَدْ كَذَّبَ الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ جَاءتْهُمْ رُسُلُهُم بِالْبَيِّنَاتِ وَبِالزُّبُرِ وَبِالْكِتَابِ الْمُنِيرِ |
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And if they call you a liar, (don’t worry)
those before them, also called their Messengers liars, who came to them with clear evidences and with the scriptures and with the book, giving light (of guidance). |
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ثُمَّ أَخَذْتُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا فَكَيْفَ كَانَ نَكِيرِ |
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As a result, I seized those who disbelieved and denied the truth and how awful was the outcome and the punishment. |
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أَلَمْ تَرَ
أَنَّ اللَّهَ أَنزَلَ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مَاءً فَأَخْرَجْنَا بِهِ
ثَمَرَاتٍ مُّخْتَلِفًا |
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Don’t you see that God sends down water
(rain, snow, hail, etc) from the sky, by which We bring forth produce (fruit, vegetables, grains etc ) of various colors? And you see on the mountains, layers of white and red with variations of colors and some rocks being raven black. |
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وَمِنَ النَّاسِ وَالدَّوَابِّ وَالْأَنْعَامِ مُخْتَلِفٌ أَلْوَانُهُ كَذَلِكَ إِنَّمَا يَخْشَى اللَّهَ مِنْ عِبَادِهِ الْعُلَمَاء إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزِيزٌ غَفُورٌ |
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And likewise form among different people, beasts and
cattle are of various colors, by the same token. Really only those who are knowledgeable, are in awe of God, as truly God is the Almighty, Very Forgiving. |
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إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَتْلُونَ كِتَابَ اللَّهِ وَأَقَامُوا الصَّلَاةَ وَأَنفَقُوا مِمَّا رَزَقْنَاهُمْ سِرًّا وَعَلَانِيَةً يَرْجُونَ تِجَارَةً لَّن تَبُورَ |
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Certainly, those who read the Book of God and
perform prayer regularly and spend in charity from what We have provided for them, secretly or openly, they hope for a business profit that will never perish. |
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لِيُوَفِّيَهُمْ أُجُورَهُمْ وَيَزِيدَهُم مِّن فَضْلِهِ إِنَّهُ غَفُورٌ شَكُورٌ |
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They hope that He will pay them their rewards
and give them more of the Bounty of His Grace; for He is Very Forgiving (of His servants’ shortcomings) and Very Appreciative |
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وَالَّذِي أَوْحَيْنَا إِلَيْكَ مِنَ الْكِتَابِ هُوَ الْحَقُّ مُصَدِّقًا لِّمَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ بِعِبَادِهِ لَخَبِيرٌ بَصِيرٌ |
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And all that we have revealed to you of the
Book (the Quran), is all the very truth, confirming that (portion of the true Scriptures) which is available at this time. Certainly God is indeed All Aware, All-Observant over the servants. |
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ثُمَّ أَوْرَثْنَا الْكِتَابَ الَّذِينَ اصْطَفَيْنَا مِنْ عِبَادِنَا فَمِنْهُمْ ظَالِمٌ لِّنَفْسِهِ وَمِنْهُم مُّقْتَصِدٌ وَمِنْهُمْ سَابِقٌ بِالْخَيْرَاتِ بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ ذَلِكَ هُوَ الْفَضْلُ الْكَبِيرُ |
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We then let those whom We chose of Our
servants (who are the followers of Muhammad) to inherit the
Book. But then from among them, there are some who are or will be those who wrong themselves (by disobeying God’s Commandments) and among them, there are those who follow an average middle road and among them are also those who, by God’s Blessed Design are far ahead, who are leaders in doing good deeds. That is (the Quran and following it,) really a great Grace. |
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جَنَّاتُ عَدْنٍ يَدْخُلُونَهَا يُحَلَّوْنَ فِيهَا مِنْ أَسَاوِرَ مِن ذَهَبٍ وَلُؤْلُؤًا وَلِبَاسُهُمْ فِيهَا حَرِيرٌ |
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They will enter the Everlasting gardens of
Paradise, where they will be decorated with bracelets of gold and pearls, and their clothing will be of silk. |
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وَقَالُوا الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي أَذْهَبَ عَنَّا الْحَزَنَ إِنَّ رَبَّنَا لَغَفُورٌ شَكُورٌ |
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And they will say: “All grateful praise are
due to God, Who removed grief and sadness from us. Indeed our Lord is Very Forgiving, Very Appreciative,” |
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الَّذِي أَحَلَّنَا دَارَ الْمُقَامَةِ مِن فَضْلِهِ لَا يَمَسُّنَا فِيهَا نَصَبٌ وَلَا يَمَسُّنَا فِيهَا لُغُوبٌ |
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“Who out of His Grace, lodged us in a home,
to last forever, where we won’t feel any need for hard work, nor we will feel any boredom there .” |
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وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لَهُمْ نَارُ جَهَنَّمَ لَا يُقْضَى عَلَيْهِمْ فَيَمُوتُوا وَلَا يُخَفَّفُ عَنْهُم مِّنْ عَذَابِهَا كَذَلِكَ نَجْزِي كُلَّ كَفُورٍ |
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But those who had disbelieved, will get the
Fire of Hell, which neither finishes them up, so that they would die, nor will there be any reduction of its suffering. Thus do We punish the very ungrateful person, who denies and rejects the truth. |
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وَهُمْ
يَصْطَرِخُونَ فِيهَا رَبَّنَا أَخْرِجْنَا نَعْمَلْ صَالِحًا
غَيْرَ الَّذِي كُنَّا نَعْمَلُ أَوَلَمْ نُعَمِّرْكُم |
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They will cry over there: ”Our Lord, please
take us out of here, we shall behave and do righteous deeds, different from what we had been doing.” God will say: “Did We not give you enough lifetime, so that anyone would have a chance to think well about all that was supposed to have been thought about (the reason God placed you) in there (on earth)? And the warner (messenger) did come to you (but you did not pay attention), So now experience and taste the consequence, as there is no helper for the evildoers”. |
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إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَالِمُ غَيْبِ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ إِنَّهُ عَلِيمٌ بِذَاتِ الصُّدُورِ |
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Truly God is the All Knowing of all the
unseen secrets of the heavens and the earth. He is indeed All Knowing of all that is inside the hearts and souls and all the though process in all and everyone. |
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هُوَ الَّذِي
جَعَلَكُمْ خَلَائِفَ فِي الْأَرْضِ فَمَن كَفَرَ فَعَلَيْهِ
كُفْرُهُ وَلَا يَزِيدُ |
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He is the One, Who has made you successors, generations
after generations. So whoever disbelieves or behaves ungrateful, his (or her) disbelief will be against himself (or herself) and the disbelief or thanklessness of the disbelievers add nothing but more dislike from their Lord. And the disbelief of the disbelievers adds nothing to them but loss. |
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قُلْ
أَرَأَيْتُمْ شُرَكَاءكُمُ الَّذِينَ تَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ
أَرُونِي مَاذَا خَلَقُوا مِنَ الْأَرْضِ أَمْ لَهُمْ شِرْكٌ فِي
السَّمَاوَاتِ |
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(O Muhammad) say: “Have you observed your
imaginary god-partners, whom you call or pray to, besides God?
Show me what have they created of the things of the earth? Or do they have any share in the heavens? Or did We give them any Book (or Authority about that), so that they are acting upon a clear basis of that? Not so, the reality is that the usually bad-behaving unjust people (the polytheist who worship other beside God,) they promise each other nothing but blind faith, delusion and deceit. 1 |
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إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُمْسِكُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ أَن تَزُولَا وَلَئِن زَالَتَا إِنْ أَمْسَكَهُمَا مِنْ أَحَدٍ مِّن بَعْدِهِ إِنَّهُ كَانَ حَلِيمًا غَفُورًا |
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Truly God keeps the heavenly bodies and the
earth from moving away in chaos (from their defined orbits or locations) and when and if they would deviate, no one can hold and keep them after His Decision. He is indeed Ever Accommodating, Very Forgiving. |
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وَأَقْسَمُوا بِاللَّهِ جَهْدَ أَيْمَانِهِمْ لَئِن جَاءهُمْ نَذِيرٌ لَّيَكُونُنَّ أَهْدَى مِنْ إِحْدَى الْأُمَمِ فَلَمَّا جَاءهُمْ نَذِيرٌ مَّا زَادَهُمْ إِلَّا نُفُورًا |
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And they (the disbelievers) had sworn by God
that if a warner would come to them, they will be more guided than any of nations; yet when a warner (Muhammad) came to them, that increased in them nothing but resentment-flight (away from the truth which he has brought to them). |
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اسْتِكْبَارًا فِي الْأَرْضِ وَمَكْرَ السَّيِّئِ وَلَا يَحِيقُ
الْمَكْرُ السَّيِّئُ إِلَّا بِأَهْلِهِ فَهَلْ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَّا
سُنَّتَ |
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That was because of their arrogance in the
land and their desire to plot evil. But the effect of plotting evils will (at the end) overwhelm and surround only those who made it. Do they then expect anything other than the fate of the generations who lived long ago? And you won't find any change in the treatment of God (in punishing those who plot against the truth). And you won't find any turning away from the method of treatment of God. |
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أَوَلَمْ
يَسِيرُوا فِي الْأَرْضِ فَيَنظُرُوا كَيْفَ كَانَ عَاقِبَةُ
الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ وَكَانُوا أَشَدَّ |
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Why would they not travel on earth, then they
could see how was the end of those before them? they were also superior to them in power. God is not such that anything in the heavens or in earth could escape Him or confront His decision; as in reality He is the All Knowing, the All Powerful (All Defining). |
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وَلَوْ
يُؤَاخِذُ اللَّهُ النَّاسَ بِمَا كَسَبُوا مَا تَرَكَ عَلَى
ظَهْرِهَا مِن دَابَّةٍ وَلَكِن |
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And if God were to punish people (in this
life) on the account of what evil they committed and earned, He would not leave a moving creature on the face of the earth; but He gives them time and postpones (their judgment) till a specific time. Then when their specific time of death comes, then of course (they realize that) God has ever been All Observant over the behavior of all His servants. |
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Footnotes |
1
The difference between true Muslims
and non-Muslims is that even though they all may claim that they believe
in the One God, the Creator of the Universes, the true Muslim worships
only One God. But others worship or have faith in imaginary powers of
other gods like saints, angels, such as the holy spirit Gabriel or the
Prophet Jesus etc.
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