Shadee Elmasry – Juz 15, The Quran An English Translation, Part 15 of 30

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The Bible provides potential consequences of actions, including warning of evil behavior and the potential consequences of actions. It also highlights the importance of avoiding fear and hesitation and not overcoming fear and hesitation to avoid harm. The segment explores various examples of people claiming to be the ones who caused harm to themselves, and advises against asking anyone about their beliefs and not wanting to return to their religion. The speaker also warns against calling anyone by a label and not asking for help, and warns against accepting labels and not asking for help.

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			Salam aleikum. This is the Quran,
a new translation by M A. S. Abdul
		
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			Halim me
		
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			this begins, just number 15
		
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			Surah number 17, the night journey
		
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			in the name of God, the Lord of
Mercy, the Giver of Mercy, glory
		
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			to Him, who made his servant
travel by night, from the sacred
		
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			place of worship, to the furthest
place of worship, whose
		
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			surroundings we have blessed to
show him some of our signs. He
		
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			alone is the All Hearing the all
seeing.
		
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			We had also given Moses the
Scripture and made it a guide for
		
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			the children of Israel.
		
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			In trust yourselves to no one but
me,
		
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			you descendants of those we
carried with Noah, he was truly a
		
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			thankful servant.
		
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			We declare to the children of
Israel in the Scripture.
		
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			Twice, you will spread corruption
in the land and become highly
		
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			arrogant.
		
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			When the first of these warnings
was fulfilled, We sent against you
		
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			servants of Ours with great force,
and they ravaged your homes, that
		
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			warning was fulfilled. But then we
allowed you to prevail against
		
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			your enemy. We increase your
wealth and offspring and made you
		
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			more numerous. Whether you do good
or evil, it is to your own souls.
		
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			And when the second warning was
fulfilled, we set them to shame
		
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			your faces, and enter the places
of worship as they did the first
		
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			time and utterly destroy whatever
fell into their power.
		
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			Your Lord may yet have mercy on
you. But if you do the same again,
		
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			so shall we. We have made * a
prison for those who defy our
		
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			warning. This Quran does show the
straightest way. It gives the
		
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			faithful who do right the good
news that they will have a great
		
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			reward, and warns that we have
prepared an agonizing torment for
		
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			those who do not believe in the
world to come.
		
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			Yet man prays for harm, just as He
prays for good man is ever hasty.
		
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			We made the night and the day is
two signs then darkened the night
		
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			and made the day light for seeing.
For you to seek your Lord's
		
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			bounty, and to know how to count
the years and calculate.
		
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			We have explained everything in
detail.
		
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			We have bound each human beings
destiny to his neck.
		
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			On the Day of Resurrection, we
shall bring out a record for each
		
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			of them, which they will find
spread wide open. Read your
		
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			record. Today your own soul is
enough to calculate your account.
		
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			Whoever accepts guidance does so
for his own good.
		
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			Whoever strays, does so at his own
peril.
		
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			No soul will bear another's
burden. Nor do we punish until We
		
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			have sent a messenger
		
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			when we decide to destroy a town,
we command those corrupted by
		
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			wealth to reform but they persist
in their disobedience, our
		
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			sentences past and we destroy them
utterly.
		
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			How many generations We have
destroyed since Noah.
		
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			Your Lord knows and observes the
sins of His servants well enough.
		
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			If anyone desires only the
fleeting life, we speed up
		
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			whatever we will in it, for
whoever we wish. In the end, we
		
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			have prepared * for him in
which to burn, disgraced and
		
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			rejected.
		
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			But if anyone desires the life to
come and strives towards it as he
		
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			should, as a true believer, his
striving will be thanked to both
		
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			the latter and the former. We give
some of your Lord's bounty profit,
		
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			your Lord's bounty is not
restricted. See how we have given
		
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			some more than others. But the
hereafter holds greater ranks and
		
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			greater favors.
		
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			Set up no other God beside God or
you will end up disgraced and
		
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			forsaken.
		
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			Your Lord has commanded that you
should worship none but Him and
		
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			that you be kind to your parents.
If either or both of them reach
		
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			old age with you. Say no word that
shows impatience with them and do
		
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			not be harsh with them. But speak
to them respect
		
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			Hopefully, and lower your wing in
humility towards them in kindness
		
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			and say, Lord, have mercy on them.
Just as they cared for me when I
		
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			was little, your Lord knows best
what is in your heart. If you are
		
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			good, he is most forgiving to
those who returned to him. Give
		
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			relatives their due, and the
needy, and travelers. Do not
		
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			squander your wealth wastefully.
Those who squander are the
		
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			brothers of Satan. And Satan is
most ungrateful to his Lord. But
		
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			if while seeking some bounty that
you expect from your Lord, you
		
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			turn them down. Then at least
speak some word of comfort to
		
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			them.
		
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			Do not be tight *, nor so
open handed, that you end up
		
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			blamed and overwhelmed with
regret.
		
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			Your Lord gives abundantly to
whoever He will and sparingly to
		
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			whoever He will. He knows and
observes His servants thoroughly.
		
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			Do not kill your children for fear
of poverty, we shall provide for
		
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			them and for you. Killing them is
a great sin
		
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			and do not go anywhere near
adultery. It is an outrage and an
		
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			evil path. Do not take life which
God has made sacred except by
		
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			right. If anyone is killed
wrongfully, we have given
		
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			authority to the defender of his
rights, but he should not be
		
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			excessive and taking life, for he
is already aided by God. Do not go
		
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			near the orphans property, except
with the best intentions until he
		
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			reaches the age of maturity.
		
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			Honor your pledges, you will be
questioned about your pledges.
		
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			Give full measure when you measure
and weigh with accurate scales
		
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			that is better and fairer in the
end. Do not follow blindly what
		
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			you do not know to be true. ears,
eyes and heart, you will be
		
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			questioned about all these
		
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			do not strut arrogantly about the
earth. You cannot break it open,
		
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			nor match the mountains in height.
The Evil of all these actions is
		
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			hateful to your Lord.
		
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			Prophet. This is some of the
wisdom Your Lord has revealed to
		
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			you.
		
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			Do not set up another God beside
God or you will be thrown into
		
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			* blamed and rejected.
		
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			What has your Lord favored you
people with sons and taken
		
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			daughters for himself from the
angels? What a monstrous thing for
		
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			you to say.
		
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			We have explained things in
various ways in this Quran. So
		
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			that such people might take
notice.
		
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			But it has only turned them
further away. Say
		
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			if there were other gods along
with him, as they say they are,
		
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			then they would have tried to find
a way to the Lord of the Throne.
		
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			Glory to Him. He is far above what
they say.
		
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			The Seven Heavens and the Earth
and everyone in them glorify Him.
		
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			There is not a single thing that
does not celebrate His praise.
		
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			Though you do not understand their
praise. He is Most Forbearing most
		
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			forgiving
		
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			prophet.
		
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			When you recite the Quran, we put
an invisible barrier between you
		
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			and those who do not believe in
the life to come.
		
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			We have put covers on their hearts
that prevent them from
		
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			understanding it and heaviness in
their ears.
		
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			When you mention your Lord in the
Quran, and Him alone, they turn
		
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			their backs and run away.
		
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			We know best to the way they
listen.
		
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			When they listen to you and when
they confer and secret and these
		
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			wrongdoers say you are only
following a man who is bewitched.
		
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			See what they think you are like
but they are lost and cannot find
		
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			the right way.
		
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			They also say what, when we are
turned to bones and dust? Shall we
		
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			really be raised up in a new act
of creation?
		
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			Say
		
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			yes, even if you were as hard as
stone or iron or any other
		
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			substance, substance you think
hard to bring to life. Then they
		
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			will say who will bring us back
say the One who created you the
		
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			first time
		
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			then they will shake their heads
at you and say When will that be
		
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			done?
		
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			Say, it may well be very soon. It
will be the day when he calls you.
		
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			And you answer by praising Him and
you think you have stayed on Earth
		
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			only a little while.
		
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			Prophet, tell my servants to say
what is best.
		
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			Satan says discord among them.
Satan is a sworn enemy of man.
		
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			Your Lord has the most knowledge
about all of you.
		
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			If he pleases, He will have mercy
on you. And if he pleases, he will
		
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			punish you. Profit.
		
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			We did not send you to take charge
of them.
		
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			Your Lord knows best about
everyone in the heavens and the
		
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			earth.
		
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			We gave some prophets more than
others. We gave David a book of
		
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			Psalms
		
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			say, call upon those who claim to
be deities beside God. They have
		
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			no power to remove or avert any
harm from you.
		
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			Those angels they pray to are
themselves seeking away to their
		
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			Lord, even those who are closest
to him.
		
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			They hope for His mercy and fear
is torment. The Torment of your
		
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			Lord is much to be feared. There
is no community, we shall not
		
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			destroy or punished severely
before the Day of Resurrection.
		
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			This is written in the book.
		
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			Nothing prevents us from sending
miraculous signs except the fact
		
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			that previous peoples deny them.
		
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			We gave the people a fair mood.
The she camel as a as a clear
		
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			sign, yet they maltreated it.
		
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			We send signs only to give
warning.
		
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			Prophet. We have told you that
your Lord knows all about human
		
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			beings. The vision we showed you
was only a test for people. As was
		
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			the cursor tree mentioned in the
Quran.
		
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			We warned them. But this only
increases their insolence.
		
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			When we said to the angels bow
down before Adam, they all bow
		
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			down, but not a bliss. he
retorted.
		
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			Why should I bow down to someone
you have created out of clay and
		
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			then said,
		
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			you see this being you have
honored above me.
		
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			If you reprieve me until the Day
of Resurrection, I will lead all
		
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			but a few of his descendants by
the nose. God said, Go away. *
		
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			will be your reward and the reward
of any of them who follow you an
		
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			ample reward.
		
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			Rouse. Whichever of them you can
with your voice. muster your
		
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			cavalry and infantry against them.
Share their wealth and their
		
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			children with them and make
promises to them.
		
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			Say 10 promises them nothing but
delusion. But you will have no
		
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			authority over my true servants.
Your Lord can take care of them
		
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			well enough people. It is your
Lord who makes ships go smoothly
		
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			for you on the sea so that you can
seek His bounty. He is most
		
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			Merciful towards you.
		
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			When you get into distress at sea,
those who pray to besides him
		
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			desert you.
		
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			But when he brings you back safe
to land, you turn away man is ever
		
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			ungrateful.
		
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			Can you be sure that God will not
have you swallowed up into the
		
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			earth when you are back on land?
Or that he will not send a
		
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			standard Sandstorm against you?
		
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			Then you will find no one to
protect you? Or can you be sure
		
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			that he will not send you back out
to sea and send a violent storm
		
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			against you to drown you for being
so ungrateful.
		
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			You will find no helper against us
there.
		
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			We have honored the Children of
Adam and carried them by land and
		
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			sea.
		
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			We have provided good sustenance
for them and favored them
		
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			specially above many of those we
have created. On the Day when We
		
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			summon each community along with
its leader. Those who are given
		
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			their record in their right hand
will read it with pleasure.
		
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			But no one will be wronged in the
least those who are blind in this
		
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			life will be blind in the
hereafter and even further off the
		
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			path.
		
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			Profit the disbelievers almost
tempted you away from what we had
		
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			revealed to you so that
		
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			You would have invented some other
revelation and attributed it to
		
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			us, and then they would have taken
you as a friend.
		
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			If we had not made you stand firm,
you would almost have inclined a
		
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			little towards them.
		
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			In that case, we would have made
you taste a double punishment in
		
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			this life, and a double punishment
after death. And then you would
		
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			have found no one to help you
against us.
		
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			They almost drove you out of the
land, but they would not have
		
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			lasted for more than a little
while after you. Such was our way
		
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			with the messengers we set before
you and you will find no change in
		
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			our ways.
		
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			So perform the regular prayers in
the period from the time the sun
		
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			is past its zenith, till the
darkness of the night and recite
		
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			the Quran at dawn, Dawn recitation
is always witnessed.
		
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			And during the night, wake up and
pray as an extra offering of your
		
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			own so that your Lord may raise
you to a highly praised status.
		
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			Say, My Lord, make me go in
truthfully and come out
		
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			truthfully, and grant me
supporting authority from you and
		
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			say, the truth has come and
falsehood has passed away.
		
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			falsehood is bound to pass away.
		
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			We send the Quran as healing and
mercy to those who believe. As for
		
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			those who disbelieve, it only
increases their loss.
		
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			When we favor man, he turns
arrogantly to one side. But when
		
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			harm touches him, he falls into
despair. Say, everyone does things
		
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			their own way. But your Lord is
fully aware of who follows the
		
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			best guided path.
		
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			Prophet, they ask you about the
spirit, say, the spirit is part of
		
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			my Lord's domain, you have only
been given a little knowledge. If
		
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			we pleased, we could take away
what We have revealed to you, then
		
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			you would find no one to play it
for you against us. If it were not
		
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			for your Lord's mercy, his
favorite to you has been truly
		
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			great. Say
		
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			even if all mankind and jinn came
together to produce something like
		
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			this Quran, they could not produce
anything like it. However much
		
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			they helped each other.
		
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			In this Quran, we have set out all
kinds of examples for people, yet
		
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			most of them persist and
disbelieving. They say, We will
		
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			not believe for you, Mohammed
until you make a spring gush out
		
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			of the ground for us. Or until you
have a garden of date palms and
		
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			vines and make rivers pour through
them. Or make the sky fall on us
		
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			in pieces as you claimed will
happen. Or bring God and the
		
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			angels before us face to face, or
have a house made of gold or
		
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			Ascendant to the sky. Even then,
we will not believe in your
		
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			ascension until you send a real
book down for us to read. Say
		
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			Glory be to my Lord.
		
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			Am I anything but a mortal a
messenger?
		
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			The only thing that kept these
people from believing when
		
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			guidance came to them was that
they said
		
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			how could God have sent a human
being as a messenger? Say,
		
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			if there were angels walking about
on Earth, feeling at home?
		
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			We would have sent them an angel
from heaven as a messenger.
		
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			Say,
		
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			God is witness enough between me
and you. He knows and observes His
		
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			servants Well, Prophet, anyone God
guides is truly guided and you
		
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			will find no protector other than
Him for anyone he leaves a stray.
		
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			On the Day of Resurrection, we
shall gather them on their faces
		
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			blind, dumb and deaf. * will be
their home.
		
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			Whenever the fire goes down, we
shall make it Blaze more fiercely
		
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			for them. This is what they will
get for rejecting our signs and
		
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			saying what? When we are turned to
bones and dust? How can we be
		
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			raised in a new act of creation?
		
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			Do they not see that God who
created the heavens and earth can
		
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			create the likes of them and you?
He has ordered a time for them.
		
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			There is no doubt about that. But
the evildoers refuse everything
		
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			except a disbelief. Say
		
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			if you possess to the
		
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			Very stories of my Lords bounty,
you would hold them back in your
		
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			fear of giving man is ever
grudging.
		
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			In the past, we gave Moses nine
clear signs, ask the children of
		
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			Israel.
		
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			When Moses came to the Egyptians,
Pharaoh said to him,
		
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			Moses, I think you are bewitched.
He said, You know very well that
		
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			only the Lord of the heavens and
earth could have sent the signs is
		
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			clear proof. I think that you,
Pharaoh are doomed.
		
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			So he wanted to wipe them off the
face of the earth, but We drowned
		
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			him, and those with him. After his
death, we choked we told the
		
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			children Israel, live in the land.
And when the promise of the
		
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			Hereafter is fulfilled, we shall
bring you to the assembly of all
		
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			people.
		
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			We sat down the Quran with the
truth, and with the truth that has
		
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			come down Prophet, we sent you
only to give good news and
		
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			warning.
		
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			It is a recitation that we have
revealed in parts, so that you can
		
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			recite it to people at intervals.
We have sent it down little by
		
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			little, say, whether you believe
it or not. Those who are given
		
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			knowledge earlier fall down on
their faces when it is recited to
		
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			them and say, Glory to our Lord.
Our Lord's promise has been
		
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			fulfilled.
		
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			They fall down on their faces,
weeping, and the Quran increases
		
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			their humility. Say to them, call
on God, or on the Lord, Lord have
		
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			mercy. Whatever names you call
him, the best names belong to Him.
		
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			Prophet, do not be too loud in
your prayer, or too quiet, but
		
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			seek a middle way and say, Praise
belongs to God, who has no child
		
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			nor partner in his rule. He is not
so weak as to need a protector,
		
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			pro Kelly and his limitless
greatness.
		
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			This is the end of Surah number
17.
		
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			Surah number 18. The cave
		
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			in the name of God, the Lord of
Mercy, the Giver of Mercy.
		
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			Praise be to God who sent down the
scripture to His servant and made
		
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			it unerringly straight, warning of
severe punishment from him, and
		
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			giving glad news to the believers
who do good deeds and excellent
		
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			reward that they will always
enjoy. It warns those people who
		
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			assert God has offspring. They
have no knowledge about this, nor
		
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			did their forefathers.
		
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			It is a monstrous assertion that
comes out of their mouths. What
		
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			they say is nothing but lies.
		
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			But profit. Are you going to worry
yourself to death over them if
		
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			they do not believe in this
message?
		
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			We have adorn the earth with
attractive things, so that we may
		
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			test people to find out which of
them do best. But we shall reduce
		
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			all this to Baron dust.
		
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			Prophet. Do you find the
companions in the cave and other
		
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			Hakim so wondrous among all our
other signs?
		
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			When the young men sought refuge
in the cave and said, our Lord,
		
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			grant us your mercy and find us a
good way out of our ordeal. We
		
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			sealed their ears with sleep in
the cave for years.
		
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			Then we woke them so that we could
make clear which of the two
		
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			parties was better able to work
out how long they had been their
		
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			profit. We shall tell you their
story as it really was. They were
		
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			young men who believed in their
Lord, and we gave them more
		
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			guidance. We gave strength to
their hearts when they stood up
		
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			and said, Our Lord is the Lord of
the heavens and earth.
		
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			We shall never call upon any god
other than Him. For that would be
		
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			an outrageous thing to do.
		
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			These people of ours have taken
gods other than him. Why do they
		
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			not produce clear evidence about
them?
		
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			Who could be more unjust than
someone who makes up lies about
		
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			God?
		
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			Now that you have left such
people, and what they worshipped
		
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			instead of God, take refuge in the
cave.
		
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			Your Lord will shower His mercy on
you and make you an easy way out
		
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			of your ordeal.
		
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			You could have seen the light of
the sun as it rose, moving away to
		
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			the right of their cave and when
it's set
		
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			Moving away to the left of them
while they lay in the whitespace
		
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			inside the cave.
		
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			This is one of God's signs. Those
people God guides are rightly
		
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			guided. But you will find no
protector to lead to the right
		
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			path those who leads to leads to
stray.
		
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			You would have thought they were
awake, though they lay asleep, we
		
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			turn them over to the right, and
the left with their dog stretching
		
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			out, it's four legs at the
entrance.
		
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			If you had seen them, you would
have turned and run away, filled
		
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			with fear of them.
		
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			In time we woke them. And they
began to question one another.
		
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			One of them asked, How long have
you been here, and some answered a
		
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			day or part of a day. But then
other said, Your Lord knows best
		
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			how long you have been here. One
of you go to the city with your
		
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			silver coins, find out where the
best food is there and bring some
		
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			back.
		
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			But be careful not to let anyone
know about you.
		
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			If they found you out, they would
stone you or force you to return
		
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			to their religion, where you would
never come to any good. In this
		
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			way, we brought them to people's
attention so that they might know
		
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			that God's promise of resurrection
is true. And that there is no
		
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			doubt about the last hour, though
people argue amongst themselves.
		
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			Some said, construct a building
over them. Their Lord knows best
		
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			about them.
		
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			Those who prefer prevailed said We
shall build a place of worship
		
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			over them. Some say the sleepers
were three and their dog made
		
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			four.
		
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			Other say they were five and the
dog made six guessing in the dark.
		
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			And some say they were seven and
their dog made eight say profit.
		
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			My lord knows best how many they
were only if you have real
		
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			knowledge about them. So do not
argue. But stick to what is clear
		
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			and do not ask any of these people
about them. Do not say if
		
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			anything. I will do that tomorrow
without adding God willing. And
		
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			whatever you forget, remember your
Lord and say, May my lord guide me
		
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			closer to what is right. Some say
the sleepers stayed in their cave
		
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			for 300 years. Some added nine
more. Say prophet. God knows best
		
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			how long they stayed.
		
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			His is the knowledge of all that
is hidden in the Heavens and
		
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			Earth. How well he sees how well
he hears and they have no one to
		
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			protect them other than Him. He
does not allow anyone to share his
		
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			rule.
		
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			Profit. Follow what has been
revealed to you of your Lord
		
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			scripture. There is no change in
his words, nor can you find any
		
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			refuge except with him. content
yourself with those who pray to
		
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			their Lord, morning and evening
seeking His approval. And do not
		
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			let your eyes turn away from them
out of desire for the attraction
		
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			of this worldly life.
		
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			Do not yield to those whose hearts
we have made heedless of our
		
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			Quran. Those who follow their own
low desires, those whose ways are
		
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			unbridled. Say, now the truth has
come from your Lord. Let those who
		
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			wish to believe in it do so and
let those who wish to reject it do
		
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			so. We have prepared a fire for
the wrongdoers that will envelop
		
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			them from all sides. If they call
for relief, they will be relieved
		
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			with water like molten metal
scalding their faces. What a
		
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			terrible drink. What a painful
resting place. As for those who
		
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			believe and do good deeds, we do
not let the reward of anyone who
		
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			does a good deed go to waste.
		
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			They will have gardens of lasting
bliss graced with flowing streams.
		
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			There they will be adorned with
great with bracelets of gold.
		
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			There they will rare wear green
garments of fine silk and Brocade.
		
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			There they will be comfortably
seated on soft chairs. What a
		
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			blessing reward. What a pleasant
resting place.
		
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			Tell them the parable of two men.
		
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			For one of them we made two
gardens of grape vines surrounding
		
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			them with date palms and put corn
fields in between. Both gardens
		
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			yielded fruit and did not fail in
any way. We made a stream flow
		
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			through them and so he had
abundant fruit. One day while
		
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			talking to his friend he said
		
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			If
		
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			I have more wealth and a larger
following venue, he went into his
		
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			garden and wronged himself by
saying, I do not think this will
		
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			ever perish, or that the last hour
will ever come. Even if I were to
		
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			be taken back to my Lord, I would
certainly find something even
		
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			better there.
		
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			His companion retorted, have you
no faith in Him Who created you
		
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			from dust from a small drop of
fluid than shaped you into a man.
		
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			But for me, He is God, my lord,
and I will never set up any
		
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			partner with him.
		
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			If only when you entered your
garden, you had said, as God
		
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			wills, there is no power not given
by God.
		
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			Although you see, I have less
wealth and offspring than you, my
		
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			Lord may well give me something
better than your garden,
		
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			and send Thunderbolts on your
garden from the sky, so that it
		
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			becomes a heap of barren dust, or
its water may sink so deep into
		
00:31:04 --> 00:31:08
			the ground, that you will never be
able to reach it again. And so it
		
00:31:08 --> 00:31:13
			was, his fruit was completely
destroyed. And there he was,
		
00:31:13 --> 00:31:19
			wringing his hands over what he
had invested in it, as it drooped
		
00:31:19 --> 00:31:23
			on its trellises and saying, I
wish I had not set up any partner
		
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			to my Lord. He had no forces to
help him other than God, he could
		
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			not even help himself.
		
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			In that situation, the only
protection is that of God, the
		
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			true God.
		
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			He gives the best rewards and the
best outcome.
		
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			Tell them to what the life of this
world is like. We send water down
		
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			from the skies, and the Earth's
vegetation absorbs it. But soon,
		
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			the plans turn to dry stubble
scattered about by the wind. God
		
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			has power over everything.
		
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			Wealth, and children are the
attractions of this worldly life,
		
00:32:02 --> 00:32:06
			but lasting good works, have a
better reward with your Lord, and
		
00:32:06 --> 00:32:10
			give better grounds for hope. On
the day we make the mountains move
		
00:32:10 --> 00:32:16
			away, and you see the Earth as an
open plane. We shall gather all
		
00:32:16 --> 00:32:18
			people together leaving no one
out.
		
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			They will be lined up before your
Lord. Now you have come to us as
		
00:32:24 --> 00:32:29
			we first created you, although you
claimed we had not made any such
		
00:32:29 --> 00:32:30
			appointment for you.
		
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			The record of their deeds will be
laid open and you will see the
		
00:32:34 --> 00:32:40
			guilty dismayed at what they
contain saying, Woe to us. What a
		
00:32:40 --> 00:32:45
			record this is. It does not leave
any deed, small or large
		
00:32:45 --> 00:32:46
			unaccounted for.
		
00:32:47 --> 00:32:51
			They will find everything they
ever did laid in front of them.
		
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			Your Lord will not be unjust to
anyone. We said to the angels bow
		
00:32:57 --> 00:33:01
			down before Adam and they all bow
down, but not a bliss. He was one
		
00:33:01 --> 00:33:04
			of the jinn and he disobeyed his
Lord's command.
		
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			Are you people going to take him
and his offspring as your masters
		
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			instead of me? Even though they
are your enemies? What a bad
		
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			bargain for the evil doers. I did
not make them witnesses to the
		
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			creation of the heavens and the
earth, nor to their own creation.
		
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			I do not take as my supporters
those who lead others astray. On
		
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			the day, God will say
		
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			call on those you claimed were my
partners.
		
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			They will call them but they will
not answer. We shall set a deadly
		
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			gulf between them.
		
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			The evildoers will see the fire
and they will realize that they
		
00:33:45 --> 00:33:49
			are about to fall into it, they
will find no escape from it.
		
00:33:51 --> 00:33:55
			In this Quran, we have presented
every kind of illustration for
		
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			people, but man is more
contentious than any other
		
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			creature. Now that guidance has
come to them. What stops these
		
00:34:03 --> 00:34:06
			people believing and asking
forgiveness from their Lord before
		
00:34:06 --> 00:34:10
			the fate of earlier peoples
annihilates them or their torment
		
00:34:10 --> 00:34:11
			confronts them.
		
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			We only send messengers to bring
good news and to deliver warning.
		
00:34:17 --> 00:34:21
			Yet the disbelievers seek to
refute the truth with false
		
00:34:21 --> 00:34:24
			arguments and make fun of my
messages and warnings.
		
00:34:25 --> 00:34:28
			Who could be more wrong than the
person who is reminded of his
		
00:34:28 --> 00:34:34
			Lord's messages and turns his back
on them? ignoring what his hands
		
00:34:34 --> 00:34:36
			are storing up for him in the
hereafter.
		
00:34:37 --> 00:34:41
			We have put covers over their
hearts so they cannot understand
		
00:34:41 --> 00:34:46
			the Quran. And we put a heaviness
in their ears. Although you call
		
00:34:46 --> 00:34:49
			them to guidance Prophet, they
will never accept it.
		
00:34:50 --> 00:34:55
			Your Lord is the Most forgiving
and full of mercy. If he took them
		
00:34:55 --> 00:34:58
			to task for the wrongs they have
done, he would hasten their
		
00:34:58 --> 00:34:59
			punishment on
		
00:35:00 --> 00:35:04
			They have an appointed time from
which they will have no escape.
		
00:35:05 --> 00:35:10
			Just like the former communities
we destroyed for doing wrong, we
		
00:35:10 --> 00:35:12
			set an appointed time for their
destruction.
		
00:35:14 --> 00:35:19
			Moses said to his servant, I will
not rest until I reached the place
		
00:35:19 --> 00:35:24
			where the two seas meet, even if
it takes me years. But when they
		
00:35:24 --> 00:35:28
			reached the place where the two
seas meet, they had forgotten all
		
00:35:28 --> 00:35:31
			about their fish, which made its
way into the sea and swam away.
		
00:35:32 --> 00:35:35
			They journeyed on, and then Moses
said to his servant,
		
00:35:36 --> 00:35:41
			give us our morning meal. This
journey of ours is very tiring.
		
00:35:41 --> 00:35:42
			And the servant said,
		
00:35:43 --> 00:35:48
			Remember, when we were resting by
the rock? I forgot the fish, Satan
		
00:35:48 --> 00:35:52
			made me forget to pay attention to
it. And it must have made its way
		
00:35:52 --> 00:35:56
			into the sea. How strange. Moses
said,
		
00:35:58 --> 00:36:02
			then that was the place we were
looking for. So the to turn back
		
00:36:02 --> 00:36:07
			retrace their steps, and found one
of our servants, a man to whom we
		
00:36:07 --> 00:36:11
			had granted our mercy and whom we
had given knowledge of our own.
		
00:36:12 --> 00:36:13
			Moses said to him,
		
00:36:14 --> 00:36:17
			May I follow you so that you can
teach me some of the right
		
00:36:17 --> 00:36:19
			guidance you have been taught?
		
00:36:20 --> 00:36:24
			The man said, You will not be able
to bear with me patiently.
		
00:36:25 --> 00:36:28
			How could you be patient in
matters beyond your knowledge?
		
00:36:29 --> 00:36:30
			Moses said
		
00:36:31 --> 00:36:36
			God willing, you will find me
patient I will not disobey you in
		
00:36:36 --> 00:36:38
			any way. The man said
		
00:36:39 --> 00:36:44
			if you follow me then do not carry
anything I do before I mentioned
		
00:36:44 --> 00:36:45
			it to you myself.
		
00:36:46 --> 00:36:52
			They traveled on later when they
got into a boat and the man made a
		
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			hole in it. Moses said how could
you make a hole in it? Do you want
		
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			to drown its passengers What a
strange thing to do. He replied
		
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			Did I not tell you that you would
never be able to bear with me
		
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			patiently? Moses said forgive me
for forgetting do not make it too
		
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			hard for me to follow you. And so
they traveled on
		
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			then when they met a young boy and
the man killed him Moses said how
		
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			could you kill an innocent person?
He has not killed anyone what a
		
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			terrible thing to do.
		
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			This is the end of juice number
15.
		
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			Hello
		
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			Ron
		
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			Paul
		
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			All right
		
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			Wow 4011041 Feed Nana Otto hyung
		
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			oh
		
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			me
		
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			one
		
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			more Laureen this has been a
Safina society production