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Alif, Lam, Ra. These are the verses of the Book and a clear Qur'an

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Perhaps those who disbelieve will wish that they had been Muslims

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Let them eat and enjoy themselves and be diverted by [false] hope, for they are going to know

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And We did not destroy any city but that for it was a known decree

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No nation will precede its term, nor will they remain thereafter

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And they say, "O you upon whom the message has been sent down, indeed you are mad

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Why do you not bring us the angels, if you should be among the truthful

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We do not send down the angels except with truth; and the disbelievers would not then be reprieved

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Indeed, it is We who sent down the Qur'an and indeed, We will be its guardian

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And We had certainly sent [messengers] before you, [O Muhammad], among the sects of the former peoples

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And no messenger would come to them except that they ridiculed him

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Thus do We insert denial into the hearts of the criminals

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They will not believe in it, while there has already occurred the precedent of the former peoples

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And [even] if We opened to them a gate from the heaven and they continued therein to ascend

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They would say, "Our eyes have only been dazzled. Rather, we are a people affected by magic

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And We have placed within the heaven great stars and have beautified it for the observers

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And We have protected it from every devil expelled [from the mercy of Allah]

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Except one who steals a hearing and is pursued by a clear burning flame

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And the earth - We have spread it and cast therein firmly set mountains and caused to grow therein [something] of every well-balanced thing

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And We have made for you therein means of living and [for] those for whom you are not providers

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And there is not a thing but that with Us are its depositories, and We do not send it down except according to a known measure

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And We have sent the fertilizing winds and sent down water from the sky and given you drink from it. And you are not its retainers

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And indeed, it is We who give life and cause death, and We are the Inheritor

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And We have already known the preceding [generations] among you, and We have already known the later [ones to come]

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And indeed, your Lord will gather them; indeed, He is Wise and Knowing

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And We did certainly create man out of clay from an altered black mud

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And the jinn We created before from scorching fire

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And [mention, O Muhammad], when your Lord said to the angels, "I will create a human being out of clay from an altered black mud

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And when I have proportioned him and breathed into him of My [created] soul, then fall down to him in prostration

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So the angels prostrated - all of them entirely

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Except Iblees, he refused to be with those who prostrated

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[Allah] said, O Iblees, what is [the matter] with you that you are not with those who prostrate

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He said, "Never would I prostrate to a human whom You created out of clay from an altered black mud

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[Allah] said, "Then get out of it, for indeed, you are expelled

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And indeed, upon you is the curse until the Day of Recompense

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He said, "My Lord, then reprieve me until the Day they are resurrected

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[Allah] said, "So indeed, you are of those reprieved

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Until the Day of the time well-known

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[Iblees] said, "My Lord, because You have put me in error, I will surely make [disobedience] attractive to them on earth, and I will mislead them all

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Except, among them, Your chosen servants

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[Allah] said, "This is a path [of return] to Me [that is] straight

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Indeed, My servants - no authority will you have over them, except those who follow you of the deviators

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And indeed, Hell is the promised place for them all

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It has seven gates; for every gate is of them a portion designated

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Indeed, the righteous will be within gardens and springs

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[Having been told], "Enter it in peace, safe [and secure]

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And We will remove whatever is in their breasts of resentment, [so they will be] brothers, on thrones facing each other

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No fatigue will touch them therein, nor from it will they [ever] be removed

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[O Muhammad], inform My servants that it is I who am the Forgiving, the Merciful

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And that it is My punishment which is the painful punishment

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And inform them about the guests of Abraham

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When they entered upon him and said, "Peace." [Abraham] said, "Indeed, we are fearful of you

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[The angels] said, "Fear not. Indeed, we give you good tidings of a learned boy

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He said, "Have you given me good tidings although old age has come upon me? Then of what [wonder] do you inform

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They said, "We have given you good tidings in truth, so do not be of the despairing

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He said, "And who despairs of the mercy of his Lord except for those astray

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[Abraham] said, "Then what is your business [here], O messengers

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They said, "Indeed, we have been sent to a people of criminals

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Except the family of Lot; indeed, we will save them all

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Except his wife." Allah decreed that she is of those who remain behind

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And when the messengers came to the family of Lot

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He said, "Indeed, you are people unknown

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They said, "But we have come to you with that about which they were disputing

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And we have come to you with truth, and indeed, we are truthful

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So set out with your family during a portion of the night and follow behind them and let not anyone among you look back and continue on to where you are commanded

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And We conveyed to him [the decree] of that matter: that those [sinners] would be eliminated by early morning

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And the people of the city came rejoicing

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[Lot] said, "Indeed, these are my guests, so do not shame me

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And fear Allah and do not disgrace me

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They said, "Have we not forbidden you from [protecting] people

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[Lot] said, "These are my daughters - if you would be doers [of lawful marriage]

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By your life, [O Muhammad], indeed they were, in their intoxication, wandering blindly

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So the shriek seized them at sunrise

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And We made the highest part [of the city] its lowest and rained upon them stones of hard clay

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Indeed in that are signs for those who discern

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And indeed, those cities are [situated] on an established road

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Indeed in that is a sign for the believers

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And the companions of the thicket were [also] wrongdoers

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So We took retribution from them, and indeed, both [cities] are on a clear highway

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And certainly did the companions of Thamud deny the messengers

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And We gave them Our signs, but from them they were turning away

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And they used to carve from the mountains, houses, feeling secure

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But the shriek seized them at early morning

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So nothing availed them [from] what they used to earn

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And We have not created the heavens and earth and that between them except in truth. And indeed, the Hour is coming; so forgive with gracious forgiveness

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Indeed, your Lord - He is the Knowing Creator

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And We have certainly given you, [O Muhammad], seven of the often repeated [verses] and the great Qur'an

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Do not extend your eyes toward that by which We have given enjoyment to [certain] categories of the disbelievers, and do not grieve over them. And lower your wing to the believers

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And say, "Indeed, I am the clear warner

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Just as We had revealed [scriptures] to the separators

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Who have made the Qur'an into portions

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So by your Lord, We will surely question them all

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About what they used to do

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Then declare what you are commanded and turn away from the polytheists

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Indeed, We are sufficient for you against the mockers

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Who make [equal] with Allah another deity. But they are going to know

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And We already know that your breast is constrained by what they say

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So exalt [Allah] with praise of your Lord and be of those who prostrate [to Him]

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And worship your Lord until there comes to you the certainty (death)