Shadee Elmasry – Juz 20, The Quran An English Translation, Part 20 of 30

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The speakers discuss the negative consequences of actions and mistakes, including false accusations and lies, and the importance of showing faith in God and showing faith in others. They stress the need for people to be mindful of their actions and to be careful when they hear fr dated information. They also stress the importance of living in a culture of fear and caution, and encourage listeners to pray for their health and prosperity.

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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 20.
		
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			The only answer his people gave
was to say, expel lots followers
		
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			from your town.
		
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			These men mean to stay chaste. We
saved him and his family except
		
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			for his wife. We made her stay
behind, and we brought down rain,
		
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			and we brought rain down on them.
How dreadful that rain was. For
		
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			those who had been warned,
		
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			say Prophet, praise be to God and
peace on the servants he has
		
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			chosen. Who is better God, or
those they set up as partners with
		
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			him? Who created the heavens and
earth? Who sends down water from
		
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			the sky for you? With which we
cause gardens of light to grow,
		
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			gardens of delight to grow? You
have no power to make the trees
		
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			grow in them? Is it another God
beside God?
		
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			No, but they are people who take
others to be equal with God. Who
		
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			is it that made the earth a stable
place to live? Who made rivers
		
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			flow through it?
		
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			Who set immovable mountains on it
and created a barrier between the
		
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			fresh and saltwater? Is it another
God beside God? No. But most of
		
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			them do not know. Who is it that
answers to distressed when they
		
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			call upon him? Who removes their
suffering? Who makes you
		
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			successors in the earth? Is it
another God beside God?
		
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			Little notice you take who is it
that guides you through the
		
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			darkness on land and sea?
		
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			Who sends the winds as heralds of
good news before His mercy?
		
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			Is it another God beside God?
		
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			God is far above the partners they
put beside him.
		
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			Who is it that originates creation
and reproduces it? Who is it that
		
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			gives you provision from the
heavens and earth?
		
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			Is it another God besides God?
Say, show me your evidence then,
		
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			if what you say is true, say
		
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			no one in the heavens or on earth
knows the Unseen except God.
		
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			They do not know when they will be
raised from the dead. Their
		
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			knowledge cannot comprehend the
hereafter. They are in doubt about
		
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			it. They are blind to it.
		
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			So the disbelievers say
		
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			what?
		
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			When we and our forefathers have
to become dust? Shall we be
		
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			brought back to life again? We
have heard such promises before
		
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			and so did our forefathers. These
are just ancient fables.
		
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			Prophet, say, travel through the
earth and see how the evildoers
		
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			ended up. Prophet, do not grieve
over them. Do not be distressed by
		
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			their schemes. They also say
		
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			When will this promise be
fulfilled? If what you say is
		
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			true? Say maybe some of what you
seek to hasten is near at hand.
		
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			Your Lord is bountiful to people.
Though most of them are
		
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			ungrateful.
		
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			He knows everything their hearts
conceal, and to everything they
		
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			reveal.
		
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			There is nothing hidden in the
heavens or on earth, that is not
		
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			in a clear record.
		
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			Truly,
		
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			this Quran explains to the
children of Israel, most of what
		
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			they differ about and it is
guidance and grace for those who
		
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			believe. Truly, your Lord will
decide between them in his
		
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			judgment. He is the Almighty, the
arm knowing. So Prophet, put your
		
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			trust in God. You are on the path
of clear truth. You cannot make
		
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			the dead here. You cannot make the
Deaf listen to your call. When
		
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			they turn their backs and leave.
		
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			You cannot guide the blind out of
their air air.
		
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			You cannot make anyone hear you
except those who believe in our
		
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			signs and submit to us.
		
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			When the verdict is given against
them, we shall bring a creature
		
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			out of the earth which will speak
to them. People had no faith in
		
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			our revelations. The day will come
when we gather from every
		
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			community a crowd of those who
disbelieved in Our signs.
		
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			And they will be led in separate
groups onto
		
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			Till when they come before Him, He
will say,
		
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			Did you deny my messages without
even taking them in?
		
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			Or what were you doing? The
verdict will be given against them
		
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			because of their wrongdoing. They
will not speak.
		
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			Did they not see that we gave them
the night for rest and the day for
		
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			light.
		
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			There truly are signs in this. For
those who believe.
		
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			On the day of the trumpet sounds,
everyone in heaven and on earth
		
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			will be terrified, except such as
God wills
		
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			and all will come to him in in
utter humility.
		
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			You will see the mountains and
think they are firmly fixed, but
		
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			they will float away like clouds.
		
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			This is the handiwork of God who
has perfected all things. He is
		
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			fully aware of what you do.
		
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			Whoever comes with a good deed
will be rewarded with something
		
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			better, and be secure from the
terror of that day.
		
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			But whoever comes with evil deeds
will be cast face downwards into
		
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			the fire.
		
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			Are you rewarded for anything
except what you have done? Say
		
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			prophet.
		
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			What I am commanded to do is to
serve the sustainer of this town,
		
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			which he has made inviolable,
everything belongs to him. I am
		
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			commanded to be one of those
devoted to him. I am commanded to
		
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			recite the Quran.
		
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			Whoever chooses to follow the
right path does so for his own
		
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			good. Say to whoever deviates from
it. I am only here to warm
		
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			say, Praise belongs to God. He
will show you his signs so that
		
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			you will recognize them. Your Lord
is never unmindful of what you all
		
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			do.
		
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			This is the end of Surah number
27.
		
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			Surah number 28. The story
		
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			in the name of God, the Lord of
Mercy, the Giver of Mercy,
		
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			thought scene meme. These are the
verses of the scripture that makes
		
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			things clear.
		
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			We recount to you profit part of
the story of Moses and Pharaoh
		
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			setting out the truth for people
who believe.
		
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			Pharaoh made himself high and
mighty in the land, and divided
		
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			the people into different groups.
One group he oppressed
		
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			slaughtering their sons and
sparing their women. He was one of
		
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			those who spread corruption.
		
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			But we wish to favor favor those
who are oppressed in the land, to
		
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			make them leaders, the ones to
survive, to establish them in the
		
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			land. And Thoreau and through them
show Pharaoh how on earth and
		
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			their armies the very thing they
feared.
		
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			We inspired Moses, his mother
saying, Suckle him. And then when
		
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			you fear for his safety, put him
in the river.
		
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			Do not be afraid and do not
grieve. For we shall return him to
		
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			you and make him a messenger.
		
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			Pharaoh's household picked him up
later to become an enemy and a
		
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			source of grief for them.
		
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			Pharaoh Hamid and their armies
were wrongdoers.
		
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			And Pharaohs wife said, Here is a
joy to behold for me and for you.
		
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			Do not kill him.
		
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			He may be of use to us, or we may
adopt him as a son.
		
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			They did not realize what they
were doing.
		
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			The next day, Moses his mother
felt a void in her heart. If we
		
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			had not strengthened it, to make
her one of those who believe,
		
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			believe she would have revealed
everything about him. And she said
		
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			to his sister Follow him. So she
watched him from a distance
		
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			without them knowing.
		
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			We had ordained that he would
refuse to feed from from Wet
		
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			nurses. His sister approached them
and said, Shall I tell you about a
		
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			household which could bring him up
for you and take good care of him?
		
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			We restored him to his mother in
this way
		
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			so that she might be comforted,
not grieve, and know that God's
		
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			promise is true.
		
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			Though most people do not
understand.
		
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			When Moses reached full maturity
in manhood, we gave him wisdom and
		
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			knowledge. This is how we reward
those who do good.
		
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			He entered the city, unnoticed
		
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			stood by its people and found two
men fighting
		
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			one from his own people, the other
an enemy.
		
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			The one from his own people cried
out to him for help against the
		
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			enemy.
		
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			Moses struck him with his fist and
killed him.
		
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			He said, This must be Satan's
work. Clearly he is a misleading
		
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			enemy. He said, Lord, I have
wronged myself. Forgive me. So he
		
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			forgave him. He is truly the most
Forgiving, the Most Merciful.
		
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			He said, My Lord because of the
blessings you have bestowed upon
		
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			me, I shall never support those
who do evil.
		
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			Next morning, he was walking in
the city, fearful and vigilant,
		
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			when suddenly the man he had
helped the day before cried out to
		
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			him for help. Moses said,
		
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			You are clearly a troublemaker.
		
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			As he was about to attack the man
who was an enemy to both of them.
		
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			The man said,
		
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			Moses, are you going to kill me as
you kill that person yesterday?
		
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			You clearly want to be a tyrant in
the land.
		
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			You do not intend to put things
right.
		
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			Then a man came running from the
furthest part of the city and
		
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			said,
		
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			Moses, the authorities are talking
about killing you. So leave. This
		
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			is my sincere advice. So Moses
left the city fearful and weary
		
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			and prayed. My Lord saved me from
people who do wrong. And he made
		
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			his way towards Midian. He was
saying, May my lord guide me to
		
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			the right way. When he arrived at
Midians waters, he found a group
		
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			of men watering their flocks,
		
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			and beside them to woman keeping
their flocks back. So he said,
		
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			What is the matter with you too?
They said, We cannot water our
		
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			flocks, until the shepherds take
their sheep away. Our father is a
		
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			very old man.
		
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			He watered their flocks for them,
withdrew into the shade and
		
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			prayed.
		
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			My Lord, I am in dire need of
whatever good thing you may send
		
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			me. And then one of the two women
approached him walking shyly and
		
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			said, My Father is asking for you.
He wants to reward you for
		
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			watering our flocks for us.
		
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			When Moses came to him, and told
him his story, the old man said,
		
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			Do not be afraid. You are safe now
from people who do wrong.
		
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			One of the women said,
		
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			Father, hire him.
		
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			A strong, trustworthy man is the
best to hire. The father said,
		
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			I would like to marry you to one
of these daughters of mine, on
		
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			condition that you serve me for
eight years. If you complete 10 It
		
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			will be of your own freewill. I do
not intend to make things
		
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			difficult for you, God willing,
you will find I am a fair man.
		
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			Moses said, let that be the
agreement between us. whichever of
		
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			the two terms I fulfill, that
there may be no injustice to me.
		
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			God is witness to what we say.
		
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			Once Moses had fulfilled the term
and was traveling with his family,
		
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			he caught sight of a fire on the
side of the mountain and said to
		
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			his family, wait, I have seen a
fire. I will bring you news from
		
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			there were a burning stick for you
to warn yourselves. But when he
		
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			reached it, a voice called out to
him from the right hand side of
		
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			the valley. From a tree on the
blessed ground.
		
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			Moses, I am God the Lord of the
Worlds.
		
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			Throw down your staff.
		
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			When he saw his staff moving like
a snake, he fled in fear and would
		
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			not return.
		
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			Again, he was called Moses drawn
here. Do not be afraid for you are
		
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			one of those who are safe. Put
your hand inside your cloak and it
		
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			will come out white but unharmed.
Hold your arm close to your side
		
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			free from all fear.
		
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			These shall be two signs from your
Lord to Pharaoh and his chiefs.
		
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			They are truly wicked people.
		
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			Moses said, My Lord, I killed one
of their men. And I fear that they
		
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			may kill me. My brother Aaron is
more eloquent than I sent him with
		
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			me to help me and confirm my
words.
		
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			I fear they may call me a liar.
		
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			God said, We shall strengthen you
through your brother. We shall
		
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			give you both power so that they
cannot touch you.
		
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			With our signs, you and those who
follow you will triumph.
		
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			But when Moses came to them with
Our Clear Signs, they said,
		
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			these are mere conjuring tricks.
We never heard this from our
		
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			forefathers.
		
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			Moses said,
		
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			My Lord knows best who comes with
guidance from Him, and who will
		
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			have the final home. wrongdoers
will never succeed.
		
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			Pharaoh said, counselors, you have
no other God that I know of except
		
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			me. him on like me a fire to bake
clay bricks, then build me a tall
		
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			building so that I may climb up to
Moses his God. I am convinced that
		
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			he is lying.
		
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			Pharaoh and his armies behaved
arrogantly in the land with no
		
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			right. They thought that they
would not be brought back to us.
		
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			So he seized him in his armies and
threw them into the sea. See what
		
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			became of the wrongdoers.
		
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			We made them leaders calling
others only to the fire on their
		
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			day of resurrection, they will not
be helped.
		
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			We made our rejection pursue them
in this world. And on the Day of
		
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			Resurrection, they will be among
the despised
		
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			after we had destroyed the earlier
generations, we gave Moses the
		
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			Scripture to provide insight,
guidance and mercy for people so
		
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			that they might take heed
		
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			you Muhammad were not present on
the western side of the mountain.
		
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			When we gave our command to Moses,
you are not there. We have brought
		
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			into being many generations who
lived long lives. You did not live
		
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			among the people of Midian. or
recite our revelation to them.
		
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			We have always sent messengers to
people, nor were you present on
		
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			the side of Mount Sinai when we
called out to Moses.
		
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			But you too, have been sent as an
act of grace from your Lord, to
		
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			give warning to people to whom no
warner has come before. So that
		
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			they may take heed and you may not
and may not say if a disaster
		
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			should befall them as a result of
what they have done with their own
		
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			hands. Lord, if only you had sent
us a messenger, we might have
		
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			followed your message and become
believers.
		
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			Even now that our truth has come
to them, they say
		
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			Why has he not been given signs
like those given to Moses?
		
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			Did they not also deny the truth
that was given to Moses before
		
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			they say two kinds of sorcery
helping each other. And we receive
		
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			we refuse to accept either of
them.
		
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			Say Mohammed, then produce a book
from God that gives better
		
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			guidance than these two and I will
follow it. If you are telling the
		
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			truth.
		
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			If they do not respond to you, you
will know that they follow only
		
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			their desires, who is further
astray than the one who follows
		
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			his own desires, with no guidance
from God.
		
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			Truly, God does not guide those
who do wrong.
		
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			We have caused our word to come to
them time after time, so that they
		
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			may be mindful those to whom We
gave the Scripture before
		
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			believing it. And when it is
recited to them say we believe
		
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			that it is the truth from our
Lord.
		
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			Before it came, we had devoted
ourselves to Him. They will be
		
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			given their rewards twice over
because they are steadfast, Repel
		
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			evil with good gift to others out
of what We have given to them
		
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			given them and turn away whenever
they hear frivolous talk, saying
		
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			we have our deeds and you have
yours. Peace be with you. We do
		
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			not seek the company of foolish
people.
		
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			You profit cannot guide everyone
you love to the truth. It is God
		
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			who guides whoever He will.
		
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			He knows best those who will
follow guidance. They say if we
		
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			were to follow guidance with you,
we would be swept from our land.
		
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			Have we not established for them a
secure sanctuary, where every kind
		
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			of produce is brought as a
provision from us.
		
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			But most of them do not
comprehend.
		
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			We have destroyed many a community
that once reveled in its wanton
		
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			wealth and easy living. Since
then, their dwelling places have
		
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			barely been inhabited.
		
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			We are the only air
		
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			your Lord would never destroy
towns without first raising a
		
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			messenger in their midst to recite
our messages to them,
		
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			nor would we destroy towns unless
their inhabitants were evildoers.
		
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			whatever things you have been
given for the life of this world,
		
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			are merely temporary gratification
and vanity,
		
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			that which is with God is better
and more lasting. Will you not use
		
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			your reason?
		
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			Can the person who will see the
fulfillment of the good promise we
		
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			gave him be compared to someone we
have given some enjoyment for this
		
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			worldly life, but who on the day
of resurrection will be summoned?
		
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			The day will come when God will
call them saying where now are
		
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			those you allege are my partners,
and those ringleaders against whom
		
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			the verdict will be passed will be
will say,
		
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			Our Lord,
		
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			these are the ones we cause to
deviate.
		
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			We cause them to deviate as we
ourselves deviated.
		
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			But now, we disowned them before
you, they did not really serve us.
		
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			It will be it will then be said to
them. Now call those you
		
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			worshipped as partners. And they
will call them but received no
		
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			answer.
		
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			They will see the suffering and
wish they had followed guidance.
		
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			On that day, he will call them
saying How did you respond to my
		
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			messengers?
		
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			All arguments will seem obscure to
them on that day, they will not be
		
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			able to consult one another. Yet
anyone who has repented, believed
		
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			and done good deeds can hope to
find himself among the successful.
		
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			Your Lord creates what he pleases
and chooses those he will. They
		
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			have no choice. So glory be to
God. And may He be exalted above
		
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			the partners they ascribe to him.
		
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			Your Lord knows what their hearts
conceal and what they reveal. He
		
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			is God. There is no god but him.
All praise belongs to him in this
		
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			world and the next. His is the
judgment and to Him you shall be
		
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			returned.
		
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			Say Prophet, just think if God
were to cast perpetual night over
		
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			you, until the Day of
Resurrection, what God other than
		
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			he could bring you to light.
		
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			Do you not listen, say, Just
think, if God were to cast
		
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			perpetual day over you, until the
Day of Resurrection, what God
		
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			other than he could give you night
in which to rest?
		
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			Do you not see in His mercy He has
given you night and day so that
		
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			you may rest and seek His bounty
and be grateful. The day will come
		
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			when he will call out to them
saying
		
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			where are the partners you claimed
for me?
		
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			We shall call a witness from every
community and say,
		
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			produce your evidence and then you
and then they will know that truth
		
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			belongs to God alone. The gods
they invented will forsake them.
		
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			Cora was one of Moses's people,
but he oppressed them.
		
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			We had given him such treasures
that even their keys would have
		
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			weighed down a whole company of
strong men.
		
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			His people said to him, do not
gloat for God does not like people
		
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			who gloat.
		
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			Seek the life to come by means of
what God has granted you. But do
		
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			not neglect your rightful share in
this world.
		
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			Do good to others, as God has done
good to you.
		
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			Do not seek to spread corruption
in the land. For God does not love
		
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			those who do this. But he
answered.
		
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			This wealth was given to me on
account of the knowledge I
		
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			possess.
		
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			Did he not know that God had
destroyed many generations before
		
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			him who had greater power than him
and built up greater wealth?
		
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			The guilty will not be questioned
about their sins. He went out
		
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			among his people in all his pomp
		
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			and though, and those whose aim
was the life of this world said,
		
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			If only we had been given
something like that what karoun
		
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			has been given. He really is a
fortunate man.
		
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			But those who are knowledge
		
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			who were given knowledge said,
Alas for you. God's reward is
		
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			better for those who believe and
do good deeds.
		
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			Only those who are steadfast will
attain this.
		
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			We cause the earth to swallow him
in his home. He had no army to
		
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			help him against God, nor could he
defend himself.
		
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			The next day, those who had the
day before, wish to be in his
		
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			place exclaimed, alas, for you God
alone. It is God alone, who gives
		
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			what he will, abundantly or
sparingly, to whichever he will
		
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			have his creatures.
		
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			If God had not been gracious to
us, he would have caused the earth
		
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			to swallow us to.
		
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			Alas, Indeed, those who deny the
truth will never prosper.
		
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			We grant the home in the hereafter
to those who do not seek
		
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			superiority on Earth, or spread
corruption.
		
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			The Happy ending is awarded to
those who are mindful of God.
		
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			Whoever comes before God, with a
good deed will receive a better
		
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			reward. Whoever comes with an evil
deed will be punished only for
		
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			what he does.
		
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			He who has made the Quran binding
on you Prophet, will bring you
		
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			back home. So say, My Lord knows
best who has brought true
		
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			guidance, and who is blatantly
astray.
		
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			You yourself could not have
expected the scripture to be sent
		
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			to you. It came only as a mercy
from your Lord. So give no help to
		
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			the disbelievers. Do not let them
turn you away from God's
		
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			revelation after they have been
revealed to you.
		
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			Call people to your LORD. Never
become one of those who ascribe
		
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			partners to God. Do not call out
to any other God beside God. For
		
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			there is no god but him.
		
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			Everything will perish except his
face. His is the judgment and to
		
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			him, You shall all be brought
back.
		
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			This is the end of Surah number
28.
		
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			Surah number 29.
		
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			The spider
		
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			in the name of God, the Lord have
mercy, the Giver of Mercy.
		
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			Alif Lam Meem.
		
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			Do people think they will be left
alone after saying we believe
		
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			without being put to the test?
		
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			We tested those who went before
them. God will certainly mark out
		
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			which ones are truthful and which
are lying.
		
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			Do the evildoers think they can
escape us how ill they judge.
		
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			But as for those who strive for
their meeting with God, God's
		
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			appointed time is bound to come.
He is the All Hearing the All
		
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			Knowing.
		
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			Those who exert themselves do so
for their own benefit. God does
		
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			not need His creatures.
		
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			We shall certainly blot out the
misdeeds of those who believe and
		
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			do good deeds
		
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			and we shall reward them according
to the best of their actions. We
		
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			have commanded people to be good
to their parents, but do not obey
		
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			them if they strive to make you
serve beside me. Anything of which
		
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			you have no knowledge, you will
all return to Me and I shall
		
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			inform you of what you have done.
We shall be sure to admit those
		
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			who believe and do good deeds to
the ranks of the righteous.
		
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			There are some people who say we
believe in God, but when they
		
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			suffer for his cause, they think
that human persecution is as
		
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			severe as God's torment.
		
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			Yet if any help comes to you
profit from your Lord, they will
		
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			say
		
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			we have always been with you.
		
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			Does God not know best what is in
everyone's hearts?
		
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			God will be sure to mark outs mark
out which ones are the believers
		
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			and which the hypocrites
		
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			those who disbelieve say to the
believers
		
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			follow our path, and we shall bear
the consequences for your sins.
		
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			Yet they will not do so they are
liars.
		
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			They will bear their own burdens
and others besides, they will be
		
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			questioned about their false
assertions on the Day of
		
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			Resurrection.
		
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			We sent Noah out to his people. He
stayed among them for 50 Short of
		
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			1000
		
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			but when the flood overwhelmed
them, they were still doing evil
		
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			We saved him and those with him on
the ark. We made this a sign for
		
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			all people.
		
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			We also sent Abraham, he said to
his people, serve God and be
		
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			mindful of him. That is better for
you. If only you knew
		
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			what you worship instead of God
are mere idols. What you invent is
		
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			nothing but falsehood. Those you
serve instead of God have no power
		
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			to give you provisions. So seek
provisions from God, serve him and
		
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			give him thanks,
		
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			you will all be returned to him.
		
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			If you say this is a lie, be
warned that other communities
		
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			before you said the same, the
messengers only duty is to give
		
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			clear warning.
		
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			Do they not see that God brings
life into being and reproduces it?
		
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			Truly this is easy for God, say,
travel throughout the earth and
		
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			see how he brings life into being
and he will bring the next life
		
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			into being.
		
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			God has power over all things. He
punishes whoever He will, and
		
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			shows mercy to whoever He will,
you will all be returned to Him.
		
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			You cannot escape him on Earth, or
in the heavens, you will have no
		
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			one to protect or help you besides
God.
		
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			Those who deny God's revelation,
or end their meeting with him have
		
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			no hope of receiving my grace,
they will have a grievious
		
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			torment.
		
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			The only answer Abraham's people
gave was kill him or burn him. But
		
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			God saved him from the fire. There
truly are signs in this for people
		
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			who believe.
		
00:32:00 --> 00:32:05
			Abraham said to them, you have
chosen idols instead of God. But
		
00:32:05 --> 00:32:09
			Your love for them will only last
for the present life. On the Day
		
00:32:09 --> 00:32:13
			of Resurrection, you will disown
and reject one another.
		
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			* will be your home and no one
will help you a
		
00:32:18 --> 00:32:20
			lot believed him and said,
		
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			I will flee to my Lord. He is the
Almighty, the all wise. We gave
		
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			Isaac and Jacob to Abraham and
placed prophethood and Scripture
		
00:32:33 --> 00:32:34
			among his offspring.
		
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			We gave him his rewards in this
world and in the life to come he
		
00:32:40 --> 00:32:42
			will be among the righteous.
		
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			And we sent lot he said to his
people,
		
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			you practice outrageous acts that
no people before you have ever
		
00:32:52 --> 00:32:58
			committed. How can you lust after
men? Way lay travelers and commit
		
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			evil in your gatherings? The only
answer his people gave was bring
		
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			God's punishment down on us if
what you say is true.
		
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			So he prayed.
		
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			My Lord helped me against these
people who spread corruption.
		
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			When our messengers brought the
good news of the birth of a son to
		
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			Abraham, they told him
		
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			we are about to destroy the people
of that town.
		
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			They are wrongdoers, Abraham said,
but lot lives there. They know
		
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			they answered, We know who lives
there better than you do. We shall
		
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			save him in his household, except
for his wife. She will be one of
		
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			those who stay behind. When our
messengers came to lot. He was
		
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			troubled and distressed on their
account. They said, have no fear
		
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			or grief. We shall certainly save
you and your household except for
		
00:34:02 --> 00:34:06
			your wife. She will be one of
those who stay behind.
		
00:34:07 --> 00:34:10
			And we shall bring down a
punishment from heaven on the
		
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			people of this town because they
violate God's order.
		
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			We left some of the town there as
a clear sign for those who use
		
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			their reason.
		
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			To the people of Midian. We sent
their Brother Chu ape, he said, My
		
00:34:27 --> 00:34:32
			people serve God and think ahead
to the last day Do not commit evil
		
00:34:32 --> 00:34:34
			and spread corruption in the land.
		
00:34:35 --> 00:34:38
			They rejected him and so the
earthquake overtook them.
		
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			When morning came they were lying
dead in their homes.
		
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			Remember, the tribes have odd and
thorough mood.
		
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			Their history is made clear to you
by what is left of their dwelling
		
00:34:53 --> 00:34:54
			places.
		
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			Satan made their foul deeds seem
alluring to them and bore them
		
00:35:00 --> 00:35:04
			them from the right way, though
they were capable of seeing.
		
00:35:05 --> 00:35:12
			Remember Qarun and Pharaoh and
Herman. Moses brought them clear
		
00:35:12 --> 00:35:14
			signs, but they behaved arrogantly
on Earth.
		
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			They could not escape us, and we
punished each one of them for
		
00:35:20 --> 00:35:20
			their sins.
		
00:35:22 --> 00:35:27
			Some we struck with a violent
storm, some were overcome by a
		
00:35:27 --> 00:35:32
			sudden blast. Some we made the
earth swallow and some We drowned.
		
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			It was not God who wronged them,
they wrong themselves.
		
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			Those who take protectors other
than God can be compared to
		
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			spiders building themselves
houses.
		
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			The spiders is the frailest of all
houses. If only they could
		
00:35:51 --> 00:35:52
			understand
		
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			God knows what things they call
upon beside him.
		
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			He is the Mighty of the wise
		
00:36:01 --> 00:36:06
			such are the comparisons we draw
for people though only the wise
		
00:36:06 --> 00:36:11
			can grasp them. God has created
the heavens and earth for a true
		
00:36:11 --> 00:36:12
			purpose.
		
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			There truly is a sign in this for
those who believe
		
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			profit recite what has been
revealed to you of the Scripture.
		
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			Keep up the prayer prayer
restraints outrageous and
		
00:36:26 --> 00:36:33
			unacceptable behavior remember
remembering God is greater God
		
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			knows everything you are doing.
		
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			This is the end of Jews number 20
		
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			Nancy
		
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			hello
		
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			is Ron
		
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			Well
		
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			Whoa
		
00:37:57 --> 00:37:58
			whoa
		
00:38:01 --> 00:38:02
			whoa we
		
00:38:03 --> 00:38:05
			all hung
		
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			out
		
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			MIDI Wayne
		
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			was down for more long wave. This
has been a Safina society
		
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			production