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 2. (This is) the Revelation of 
												the Book in which there is no 
												doubt,- from the Lord of the 
												Worlds.
 
 3. Or do they say, "He has 
												forged it"? Nay, it is the Truth 
												from thy Lord, that thou mayest 
												admonish a people to whom no 
												warner has come before thee: in 
												order that they may receive 
												guidance.
 
 4. It is Allah Who has created 
												the heavens and the earth, and 
												all between them, in six Days, 
												and is firmly established on the 
												Throne (of Authority): ye have 
												none, besides Him, to protect or 
												intercede (for you): will ye not 
												then receive admonition?
 
 5. He rules (all) affairs from 
												the heavens to the earth: in the 
												end will (all affairs) go up to 
												Him, on a Day, the space whereof 
												will be (as) a thousand years of 
												your reckoning.
 
 6. Such is He, the Knower of all 
												things, hidden and open, the 
												Exalted (in power), the 
												Merciful;-
 
 7. He Who has made everything 
												which He has created most good: 
												He began the creation of man 
												with (nothing more than) clay,
 
 8. And made his progeny from a 
												quintessence of the nature of a 
												fluid despised:
 
 9. But He fashioned him in due 
												proportion, and breathed into 
												him something of His spirit. And 
												He gave you (the faculties of) 
												hearing and sight and feeling 
												(and understanding): little 
												thanks do ye give!
 
 10. And they say: "What! when we 
												lie, hidden and lost, in the 
												earth, shall we indeed be in a 
												Creation renewed? Nay, they deny 
												the Meeting with their Lord.
 
 11. Say: "The Angel of Death, 
												put in charge of you, will 
												(duly) take your souls: then 
												shall ye be brought back to your 
												Lord."
 
 12. If only thou couldst see 
												when the guilty ones will bend 
												low their heads before their 
												Lord, (saying:) "Our Lord! We 
												have seen and we have heard: Now 
												then send us back (to the 
												world): we will work 
												righteousness: for we do indeed 
												(now) believe."
 
 13. If We had so willed, We 
												could certainly have brought 
												every soul its true guidance: 
												but the Word from Me will come 
												true, "I will fill Hell with 
												Jinns and men all together."
 
 14. "Taste ye then - for ye 
												forgot the Meeting of this Day 
												of yours, and We too will forget 
												you - taste ye the Penalty of 
												Eternity for your (evil) deeds!"
 
 15. Only those believe in Our 
												Signs, who, when they are 
												recited to them, fall down in 
												adoration, and celebrate the 
												praises of their Lord, nor are 
												they (ever) puffed up with 
												pride.
 
 16. Their limbs do forsake their 
												beds of sleep, the while they 
												call on their Lord, in Fear and 
												Hope: and they spend (in 
												charity) out of the sustenance 
												which We have bestowed on them.
 
 17. Now no person knows what 
												delights of the eye are kept 
												hidden (in reserve) for them - 
												as a reward for their (good) 
												deeds.
 
 18. Is then the man who believes 
												no better than the man who is 
												rebellious and wicked? Not equal 
												are they.
 
 19. For those who believe and do 
												righteous deeds are Gardens as 
												hospitable homes, for their 
												(good) deeds.
 
 20. As to those who are 
												rebellious and wicked, their 
												abode will be the Fire: every 
												time they wish to get away 
												therefrom, they will be forced 
												thereinto, and it will be said 
												to them: "Taste ye the Penalty 
												of the Fire, the which ye were 
												wont to reject as false."
 
 21. And indeed We will make them 
												taste of the Penalty of this 
												(life) prior to the supreme 
												Penalty, in order that they may 
												(repent and) return.
 
 22. And who does more wrong than 
												one to whom are recited the 
												Signs of his Lord, and who then 
												turns away therefrom? Verily 
												from those who transgress We 
												shall exact (due) Retribution.
 
 23. We did indeed aforetime give 
												the Book to Moses: be not then 
												in doubt of its reaching (thee): 
												and We made it a guide to the 
												Children of Israel.
 
 24. And We appointed, from among 
												them, leaders, giving guidance 
												under Our command, so long as 
												they persevered with patience 
												and continued to have faith in 
												Our Signs.
 
 25. Verily thy Lord will judge 
												between them on the Day of 
												Judgment, in the matters wherein 
												they differ (among themselves)
 
 26. Does it not teach them a 
												lesson, how many generations We 
												destroyed before them, in whose 
												dwellings they (now) go to and 
												fro? Verily in that are Signs: 
												Do they not then listen?
 
 27. And do they not see that We 
												do drive rain to parched soil 
												(bare of herbage), and produce 
												therewith crops, providing food 
												for their cattle and themselves? 
												Have they not the vision?
 
 28. They say: "When will this 
												decision be, if ye are telling 
												the truth?"
 
 29. Say: "On the Day of 
												Decision, no profit will it be 
												to Unbelievers if they (then) 
												believe! nor will they be 
												granted a respite."
 
 30. So turn away from them, and 
												wait: they too are waiting.
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