Shadee Elmasry – Juz 3, The Quran An English Translation, Part 3 of 30

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The speaker discusses the importance of understanding God and giving life to the dead in a spirit of God's love. They emphasize the need to be mindful of one's actions and not give up anything. The speaker also emphasizes the importance of affirming the truth of the Bible and verifying one's faith in God. The speaker also discusses the secret of God and how it gives people a sign. The speaker also addresses confusion surrounding the book of Abraham Lincoln and discusses people who claim to be from the Bible but do not share their true religion.

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			Salam wa Alikum This is the Quran,
a new translation by M A. S. Abdel
		
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			Halim.
		
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			me learn
		
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			this begins just number three.
		
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			We favorite some of these
messengers above others. God spoke
		
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			to some others he raised in rank.
We gave Jesus son of Mary our
		
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			clear signs and strengthened him
with the Holy Spirit. If God had
		
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			so willed, their successors would
not have fought each other after
		
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			they had been brought clear signs.
But they disagreed, some believed
		
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			and some disbelieved. If God had
so willed, they would not have
		
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			fought each other, but God does
what He will you who believe, give
		
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			from what We have provided for
you, before the day comes when
		
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			there is no bargaining, no
friendship and no intercession. It
		
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			is the disbelievers who are wrong.
God, there is no god but him the
		
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			EverLiving the ever watchful,
neither slumber nor sleep
		
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			overtakes him. All that is in the
heavens and in the earth belongs
		
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			to a man who is there that can
intercede with him except by his
		
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			leave. He knows what is before
them, and what is behind them. But
		
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			they do not comprehend any of his
knowledge except what He wills.
		
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			His throne extends over the
heavens and the earth. It does not
		
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			worry him to preserve them both.
He's the most high the tremendous,
		
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			there is no compulsion in
religion. true guidance has become
		
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			distinct from error. So whoever
rejects false gods and believes in
		
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			God has grasped the Firmest
handhold, one that will never
		
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			break. God is all hearing and all
knowing God is the ally of those
		
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			who believe. He brings them out of
the depths of darkness and into
		
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			the light.
		
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			But close to the disbelievers are
their false gods, who take them
		
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			from the light into the depths of
darkness. They are the inhabitants
		
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			of the fire, and there they will
remain Prophet, have you not
		
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			thought about the man who disputed
with Abraham about his Lord,
		
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			because God had given him power to
rule. When Abraham said, It is my
		
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			lord who gives life and death. He
said, I to give life and death. So
		
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			Abraham said, God brings the sun
from the east. So bring it from
		
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			the west. The disbeliever was
dumbfounded. God does not guide
		
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			those who do evil.
		
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			Or take the one who passed by a
ruin town. He said, How will God
		
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			give this life when it has died?
So God made him die for 100 years
		
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			and then raise him up saying, How
long did you stay like that? He
		
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			answered a day or part of a day.
God said, No, you stayed like that
		
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			for 100 years. Look at your food
and drink. They have not gone bad.
		
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			Look at your donkey, we will make
you a sign for the people. Look at
		
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			the bones. See how we bring them
together and clothed them with
		
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			flesh. When all became clear to
him, he said, Now I know that God
		
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			has power over everything. And
when Abraham said, My Lord, show
		
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			me how you give life to the dead,
He said, Do you not believe then?
		
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			Yes, said Abraham, but just to put
my heart at rest. So God said take
		
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			four birds and train them to come
back to you. Then place them on a
		
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			separate hilltops. Call them back
and they will come flying to you
		
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			know that God is all powerful and
wise.
		
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			Those who spend their wealth and
God's cause are like grains of
		
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			corn that produce seven years,
each bearing 100 grains. God gives
		
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			multiple increase to whoever he
wishes. He is limitless and all
		
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			knowing those who spend their
wealth in God's cause and do not
		
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			follow their spending with
reminders of their benevolence or
		
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			hurtful words will have their
rewards with their Lord. No fear
		
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			for them, nor will they grieve. a
kind word and forgiveness is
		
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			better than a charitable deed
followed by hurtful words. God is
		
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			self sufficient forbearing
		
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			you who believe, do not cancel out
your charitable deeds with
		
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			reminders and hurtful words. Like
someone who spends his wealth only
		
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			to be seen by people not believing
in God and the Last Day. Such a
		
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			person is like a rock with Earth
on it. Heavy rain falls and leaves
		
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			it completely bare. Such people
get no rewards for their works.
		
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			God does not guide the
disbelievers but those who spend
		
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			their wealth in order to gain
God's approval and as an
		
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			affirmation of their own faith are
like a garden on a hill. Heavy
		
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			rain falls and it produces double
its normal yield. Even if no heavy
		
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			rain falls, it will still be
watered by the do God sees all
		
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			that you do. Would any of you like
to have a garden of palm trees and
		
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			vines, grace with flowing streams
and all kinds of
		
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			produce, which, when you are
afflicted with your old age and
		
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			feeble offspring is struck by a
fiery whirlwind and burnt down. In
		
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			this way God makes His Messages
clear to you, so that you may
		
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			reflect on them.
		
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			You who believe, give charitably
from the good things you have
		
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			acquired, and that we have
produced for you from the earth.
		
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			Do not seek to give the bad things
that you yourself would only
		
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			accept with your eyes close.
Remember that God is self
		
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			sufficient, Worthy of all praise.
Satan threatens you with the
		
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			prospect of poverty and commands
you to due foul deeds. God
		
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			promises you His forgiveness and
His abundance. God is limitless
		
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			and all knowing and he gives
wisdom to whoever He will, whoever
		
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			is given wisdom has truly been
given much good. But only those
		
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			with insight, bear this in mind,
whatever you may give all of our
		
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			to give God knows it well. And
those who do wrong will have no
		
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			one to help them. If you give
charity openly, it is good. But if
		
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			you keep it in secret, and give it
to the needy in private, that is
		
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			better for you. And it will atone
for some of your bad deeds. God is
		
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			well aware of all that you do. It
is not for you prophet to guide
		
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			them. It is God who guides whoever
He will.
		
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			Whatever charity you give benefits
your own souls, provided you do it
		
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			for the sake of God. Whatever you
give will be repaid to you in full
		
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			and you will not be wronged. Give
to those needy who are wholly
		
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			occupied in God's way, and cannot
travel in the land for trade. The
		
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			unknowing might think them rich
because of their self restraint.
		
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			But you will recognize them by
their characteristic of not
		
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			begging persistently. God is well
aware of any good you give. Those
		
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			who give out of their own
possessions by night and by day,
		
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			in private and in public will have
their reward with their Lord. No
		
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			fear for them, nor will they
grieve. But those who take usury
		
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			will rise up on the Day of
Resurrection like someone
		
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			tormented by Satan's touch. That
is because they say trade and
		
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			usury are the same. But God has
allowed trade and forbidden usury.
		
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			Whoever on receiving God's warning
stops taking usury may keep his
		
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			past gains, God will be his judge.
But whoever goes back to usury
		
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			will be an inhabitant of the fire.
There to remain God blights usury,
		
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			but bless his charitable deeds
with multiple increase.
		
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			He does not love the ungrateful
sinner. Those who believe do good
		
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			deeds, keep up the prayer and pay
the prescribed arms will have the
		
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			reward with their Lord, no or no
fear for them, nor will they
		
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			grieve.
		
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			You who believe, beware of God,
give up any outstanding dues from
		
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			usury. If you are true believers,
if you do not, then be warned of
		
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			war from God and His messenger.
You shall have your capital if you
		
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			repent, and without suffering loss
or causing others to suffer loss.
		
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			If the debtor is in difficulty,
then delay things until matters
		
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			become easier for him. Still, if
you were to write it off as an act
		
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			of charity, that would be better
for you. If only you knew. Beware
		
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			of a day when you will be returned
to God. Every soul will be paid in
		
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			full for what it has earned, and
no one will be wronged. You who
		
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			believe when you contract the debt
for a stated term, put it down in
		
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			writing, have a scribe write it
down justly between you know
		
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			scribe should refuse to write, let
him write as God has taught him,
		
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			let the debtor dictate and let him
fear God his Lord, and not
		
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			diminish the debt at all.
		
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			If the debtor is feeble minded,
weak, or unable to dictate, then
		
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			let his guardian dictate justly
call in two men as witnesses. If
		
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			two men are not there, then call
one men and two women out of those
		
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			who you approve as witnesses so
that if one of the two women
		
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			should forget the other can remind
her. Let the witnesses not refuse
		
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			when they are summoned. Do not
disdain to write the debt down, be
		
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			it small or large, along with the
time it falls due.
		
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			This way is more equitable in
God's eyes, more reliable as
		
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			testimony and more likely to
prevent doubts arising between
		
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			you. But if the merchandise is
there and you hand it over, there
		
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			is no blame on you. If you do not
write it down. have witnesses
		
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			present whenever you trade with
one another, and let no harm be
		
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			done to either scribe or witness.
For if you did cause them harm. It
		
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			would be a crime on your part. Be
mindful of God and He will teach
		
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			you He has full knowledge of
everything.
		
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			If you are on a journey and cannot
find a scribe something should be
		
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			handed over as security
		
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			But if you decide to trust one
another, then let the one who is
		
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			trusted fulfill his trust. Let him
be mindful of God his Lord, do not
		
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			conceal evidence. Anyone who does
so has a sinful heart. And God is
		
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			fully aware of everything you do.
		
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			Whatever is in the heavens and the
earth belongs to God, and whether
		
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			you reveal or conceal your
thoughts, God will call you to
		
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			account for them. He will forgive
whoever He will and punish whoever
		
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			He will. He has power over all
things. The messenger believes in
		
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			what has been sent down to him
from his Lord, as do the faithful.
		
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			They all believe in God, His
angels, His scriptures and his
		
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			messengers. We make no distinction
between any of his messengers they
		
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			say, we hear and obey. Grant us
your forgiveness, our Lord to you
		
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			we all return.
		
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			God does not burden any soul with
more than it can bear. Each gains
		
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			whatever good it has done and
suffers. It's bad. Lord, do not
		
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			take us to task if we forget when
making mistakes, Lord, do not
		
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			burden us as you burden those
before us, Lord, do not burden us
		
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			with more than we have strength to
bear. Pardon us, forgive us and
		
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			have mercy on us. You are our
Protector, so help us against the
		
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			disbelievers.
		
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			Chapter Three, the family of Enron
		
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			in the name of God, the Lord of
Mercy, the Giver of Mercy. Alif
		
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			Lam mean, God, there is no god but
him. The ever living the ever
		
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			watchful, step by step, he has
sent the Scripture down to you
		
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			Prophet with the truth, confirming
what went before he sent down the
		
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			Torah and the Gospel earlier as a
guide for people, and he has sent
		
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			down the distinction between right
and wrong. Those who deny God's
		
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			revelations will suffer severe
torment. God is almighty and
		
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			capable of retribution. Nothing on
earth or in heaven is hidden from
		
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			God. It is He Who shapes you all
in the womb as he pleases. There
		
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			is no god but him the mighty the
wise. It is He Who has sent this
		
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			scripture down to you prophet.
Some of its verses are definite in
		
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			meaning. These are the cornerstone
of the scripture, and others are
		
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			ambiguous. The perverse at heart
eagerly pursued the ambiguities in
		
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			their attempt to make trouble and
to pin down a specific meaning of
		
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			their own. Only God knows the true
meaning. Those firmly grounded in
		
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			knowledge say, we believe in it,
it is all from our Lord. Only
		
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			those with real perception will
take heed our Lord, do not let our
		
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			hearts deviate after you have
guided us. Grant us your mercy.
		
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			You are the ever giving
		
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			our Lord you will gather all
people on the day of which there
		
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			is no doubt. God never breaks His
promise.
		
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			Neither their possessions nor
their children will be any use to
		
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			the disbelievers against God. The
disbelievers will be fuel for the
		
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			fire, just as pharaohs, people and
their predecessors denied our
		
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			revelations, and God punished them
for their sins. God is severe and
		
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			punishing. Prophet, say to the
disbelievers you will be defeated
		
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			and driven together into *, a
foul resting place. You have
		
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			already seen a sign in the two
armies that met in battle. One
		
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			fighting for God's cause and the
other made up of disbelievers
		
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			with their own eyes as a former
saw the ladder to be twice their
		
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			number, but God helps whoever He
will.
		
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			There truly is a lesson in this
for all with eyes to see.
		
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			The love of desirable things is
made alluring for men, women,
		
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			children, gold and silver
treasures piled up high
		
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			horses with fine markings,
livestock and farmland. These may
		
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			be the joys of this life, but God
has the best place to return to
		
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			Prophet say, Would you like me to
tell you the things that are
		
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			better than all of these? Their
Lord will give those who are
		
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			mindful of God gardens grace with
flowing streams, where they will
		
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			stay with pure spouses and God's
good pleasure. God is fully aware
		
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			of his servants, those who say our
Lord, we believe so forgive us our
		
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			sins and protect us from suffering
in the fire. Those who are
		
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			steadfast, truthful, truly devout,
who give in God's cause and pray
		
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			before dawn for forgiveness. God
bears God bears witness that there
		
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			is no god but him, as do the
angels and those who have
		
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			knowledge. He upholds justice.
There is no god but
		
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			at him, the Almighty the all wise,
true religion in God's eyes is
		
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			Islam, devotion to Him alone.
Those who were given the Scripture
		
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			disagreed out of rivalry only
after they had been given
		
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			knowledge. If anyone denies God's
revelations, God is swift to take
		
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			account. If they argue with you,
Prophet, say, I have devoted
		
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			myself to God alone. And so have
my followers. Ask those who are
		
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			given the Scripture, as well as
those without one.
		
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			Do you to devote yourselves to him
alone? If they do, they will be
		
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			guided. But if they turn away,
your only duty is to convey the
		
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			message. God is aware of his
servants
		
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			give news of agonizing torment to
those who ignore God's revelations
		
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			who unjustifiably killed prophets,
who killed those who command that
		
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			justice is done.
		
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			The deeds of such people will come
to nothing in this world and in
		
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			the next, and no one will help
them. Have you considered those
		
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			who are given a share of the
Scripture.
		
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			When they're asked to accept
judgment from God scripture, some
		
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			of them turn their backs and walk
away, all because they declare the
		
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			Fire will only touch us for a
limited number of days. The lies
		
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			they have invented have led them
astray in their own religion. How
		
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			will they fare when we gathered
them together for a day of which
		
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			there is no doubt when every soul
will be paid in full for what it
		
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			has done, and they will not be
wronged?
		
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			Say, God, holder of all control.
You give control to whoever you
		
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			will and remove it from whoever
you will. You elevate whoever you
		
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			will and humble, humble whoever
you will. All that is good lies in
		
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			your hand. You have power over
everything. You merge night into
		
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			day and day into night, you bring
the living out of the dead and the
		
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			dead out of the living. You
provide limitlessly for whoever
		
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			you will.
		
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			The believers should not make the
disbelievers their allies, rather
		
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			than other believers. Anyone who
does such a thing will isolate
		
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			himself completely from God,
except when you need to protect
		
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			yourself from them.
		
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			God warns you to be aware of him.
The final return is to God say
		
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			Prophet, God knows everything that
is in your hearts, whether you
		
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			conceal it or reveal it. He knows
everything in the heavens and
		
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			earth. God has power over all
things. On the day when every soul
		
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			finds all the good it has done
present before it. It will wish
		
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			all the bad it has done to be far,
far away. God warns you to be
		
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			aware of him but God is
compassionate towards his
		
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			servants. Say, If you love God,
follow me. And God will love you
		
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			and forgive you your sins. God is
Most forgiving, most merciful,
		
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			say, obey God and the messenger.
But if they turn away, know that
		
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			God does not love those who ignore
His commands. God chose Adam,
		
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			Noah, Abraham's family, and the
family of Emraan over all other
		
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			people. In one line of dissent.
God hears and knows all. And Ron's
		
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			wife said, Lord, I have dedicated
what is growing in my room
		
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			entirely to you. So accept this
from me. You are the one who hears
		
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			and knows all. But when she gave
birth, she said, My Lord, I have
		
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			been given birth to a girl. God
knew best what she had given birth
		
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			to. The male is not like the
female. I name her Mary and I
		
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			commend her and her offspring to
your protection from the rejected
		
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			Satan.
		
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			Her Lord graciously accepted her
and made her grow and goodness and
		
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			entrusted her to the charge of
Zakariya. Whenever Zakaria went in
		
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			to see her in her sanctuary. He
found her supplied with
		
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			provisions. He said, Mary, how is
it you have these provisions? And
		
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			she said, they are from God. God
provides limitlessly for whoever
		
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			He will.
		
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			There and then Zechariah pray to
his Lord saying, Lord, from your
		
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			grace, grant me virtuous
offspring. You hear every prayer.
		
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			The angels called out to him while
he stood praying in the sanctuary.
		
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			God gives you news of John
confirming a word from God. He
		
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			will be noble and chaste, a
prophet, one of the righteous. He
		
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			said, My Lord, how can I have a
son when I'm so old and then my
		
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			wife is barren? And Angel said it
will be so God does whatever He
		
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			wills
		
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			he said, My Lord, give me a sign,
your sign the end
		
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			All said is that you will not
communicate with anyone for three
		
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			days except by gestures. Remember,
your Lord often celebrate His
		
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			glory in the evening and at dawn.
		
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			The angel said to Mary, Mary, God
has chosen you and made you pure.
		
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			He has truly chosen you above all
women, marry, be devout to your
		
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			Lord, prostrate yourself and
warship bow down with those who
		
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			pray. This is an account of things
beyond your knowledge that we
		
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			reveal to you, Mohammed, you are
not present among them when they
		
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			cast lots to see which of them
should take charge of Mary, you
		
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			were not present with them when
they argued about her.
		
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			The angels said, Mary, God gives
you news of a Word from Him, whose
		
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			name will be the Messiah, Jesus,
son of Mary, who will be held in
		
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			honor in this world and the next,
who will be one of those but
		
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			nearer to God.
		
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			He will speak to people in his
infancy, and in his adulthood, he
		
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			will be one of the righteous. She
said, My Lord, how can I have a
		
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			son when no man has touched me,
the angel said,
		
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			This is how God creates what He
will. When he has ordained
		
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			something, He only says B and it
is he will teach him the Scripture
		
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			and wisdom, the Torah and the
Gospel.
		
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			He will send him as a messenger to
the Children of Israel.
		
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			I have come to you with a sign
from your Lord, I will make the
		
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			shape of a bird for you out of
clay, then breathe into it. And
		
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			with God's permission, it will
become a real bird. I will heal
		
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			the blind and the leper, and bring
the dead back to life with God's
		
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			permission.
		
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			I will tell you what you may eat
and what you may store up in your
		
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			houses. There truly is a sign for
you in this if you are believers,
		
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			I have come to confirm the truth
of the Torah which preceded me and
		
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			to make some things lawful to you,
which used to be forbidden. I have
		
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			come to you with a sign from your
Lord. Be mindful of God obey me.
		
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			God is my Lord and your Lord so
serve Him. That is a straight
		
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			path. When Jesus became aware that
they still did not believe he
		
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			said, Who will help me in God's
cause? That did the disciples
		
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			said, we will be God's helpers. We
believe in God, witness our
		
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			devotion to Him. Lord, we believe
in what you have revealed and we
		
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			follow the messenger record us
amongst those who bear witness the
		
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			truth. The disbelievers schemed
but God also schemed, God is the
		
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			best of schemers. God said, Jesus,
I will take you back and raise you
		
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			up to me. I will purify you of the
disbelievers to the Day of
		
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			Resurrection, I will make those
who followed you superior to those
		
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			who disbelieved.
		
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			Then you will all return to me and
I will judge between you
		
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			regardless regarding your
differences.
		
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			I will make the disbelievers
suffer severely in this world and
		
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			the next no one will help them as
for those who believe and do good
		
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			deeds, God will pay them their
reward in full but God does not
		
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			love evildoers.
		
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			We relate to you Mohammed this
revelation, a decisive statement.
		
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			In God's eyes Jesus is just like
Adam, He created him from dust
		
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			said to him Be and he was. This is
the truth from your Lord. So do
		
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			not be one of those who doubt. If
anyone disputes this with you, now
		
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			that you have been given this
knowledge, say, Come, let us
		
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			gather our sons and your sons, our
women in your women, ourselves in
		
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			yourselves. And let us pray
earnestly and invoke God's
		
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			rejection on those of us who are
lying.
		
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			This is the truth of the matter.
There is no god but God. God is
		
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			the Exalted the decider.
		
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			If they turn away, know that God
is well aware of anyone who causes
		
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			corruption, say, People of the
Book, let us arrive at a statement
		
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			that is common to us all. We
worship God alone. we ascribe no
		
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			partner to him. And none of us
takes other besides God as lords,
		
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			if they turn away, say witness our
devotion to Him.
		
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			People have the book. Why do you
argue about Abraham when the Torah
		
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			and the gospels were not revealed
until after his time?
		
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			Do you not understand? You argue
about some things in which you
		
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			have some knowledge? But why do
you argue about things of which
		
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			you know nothing? God knows and
you do not? Abraham was neither a
		
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			Jew nor a Christian. He was
upright and devoted to God, never
		
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			an idolatry. And the people who
are closest to him are those who
		
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			truly follow His ways, this
prophet and true believers, God is
		
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			close to true believers. Some of
the people of the book would
		
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			dearly love to lead you believers
astray. But they only lead
		
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			themselves astray. Though they do
not realize it. People have the
		
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			book. Why do you deny God's
revelations when you can see their
		
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			true people of the book? Why do
you mix truth with false with
		
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			falsehood?
		
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			Why do you hide the truth when you
recognize it? Some of the people
		
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			of the book say to each other, at
the beginning of the day, believe
		
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			in what has been revealed to these
believers, the Muslims, then at
		
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			the end of the day, reject it, so
that they too may turn back.
		
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			But do not sincerely believe in
anyone unless he follows your own
		
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			religion. Prophet, tell them true
guidance is the guidance of God.
		
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			They say, do not believe that
anyone else could be given a
		
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			revelation similar to what you
were given. Or that they could use
		
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			it to argue against you, in your
Lord's presence. Prophet tell them
		
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			all grace is in God's hands. He
grants it to whoever He will. He
		
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			is all embracing all knowing. And
he singled out for his mercy
		
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			whoever He will, His grace is
infinite. There are people of the
		
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			Book who if you profit and trust
them with a heap of gold, will
		
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			return it to you in tact. But
there are others of them, who if
		
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			you entrust them with a single
dinar will not return it to you
		
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			unless you keep standing over
them. Because they say we are
		
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			under no obligation towards the
Gentiles. They tell a lie against
		
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			God and they know it. No, indeed,
God loves those who keep their
		
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			pledges and are mindful of him.
But those who sell out God's
		
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			covenant, and their own oats for a
small price will have no share in
		
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			the life to come. God will neither
speak to them nor look at them on
		
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			the Day of Resurrection, He will
not cleanse them of their sins,
		
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			agonizing torment awaits them.
There are some of them, who twist
		
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			the Scripture and their tongues to
make you people think that what
		
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			they say is part of the Scripture,
when it is not. They say it is
		
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			from God when it is not. They
attribute lies to God, and they
		
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			know it.
		
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			No person to whom God has given
the Scripture, wisdom and
		
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			prophethood would ever say to
people, be my servants, not gods,
		
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			he would say, you should be
devoted to God because you have
		
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			taught the Scripture and studied
it closely.
		
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			He would never command you to take
angels and prophets as lords. How
		
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			could he command you to be
disbelievers? After you had
		
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			devoted yourself to God?
		
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			God took a pledge from the
Prophets saying, if after I've
		
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			bestowed scripture and wisdom upon
you, a messenger comes confirming
		
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			what you have been given. You must
believe in him and support him. Do
		
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			you affirm this and accept my
pledge is binding on you? They
		
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			said, we do. He said, Then bear
witness and I too will bear
		
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			witness. Those who turn away after
this are the ones who break
		
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			pledges. Do they see anything
other than submission to God?
		
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			Everyone in the heavens and earth
submits to him willingly or
		
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			unwillingly. They will all be
returned to him. Say Muhammad, we
		
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			Muslims believe in God, and in
what has been sent down to us and
		
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			to Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob
and the tribes. We believe in what
		
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			has been given to Moses, Jesus and
the prophets from their Lord. We
		
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			do not make a distinction between
any of them. It is to him that we
		
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			devote ourselves. If anyone seeks
a religion other than Islam,
		
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			complete devotion to God, it will
not be accepted from him. He will
		
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			be one of the losers in the
hereafter. Why would God guide
		
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			people who deny the truth, after
they had believed and acknowledged
		
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			that the messenger is true? And
after they have been shown clear
		
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			proof, God does not guide
evildoers. Such people will be
		
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			rewarded with rejection by God, by
the angels by all people, and so
		
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			they will remain with no relief or
respite for their suffering.
		
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			Not so those who afterwards repent
and mend their ways. God is Most
		
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			Forgiving and Merciful. Those who
after believing, then disbelieve
		
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			and increase in their disbelief,
will not have their repentance
		
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			accepted. They are the ones who
have gone far astray.
		
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			Those who disbelieve and die
disbelievers will not be saved,
		
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			even if they offer enough gold to
fill the entire Earth. agonizing
		
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			torment is in store for them.
		
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			And there will be no one to help
them none of you believers will
		
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			attain true piety unless you give
out of what you cherish whatever
		
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			you give God knows about it very
well this ends Joe's number three
		
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			Nancy
		
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			oh
		
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			well
		
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			RON
		
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			PAUL
		
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			Well
		
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			Whoa
		
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			whoa
		
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			whoa wow
		
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			all
		
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			you ready Wayne
		
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			one
		
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			more move Lacroix waim.
		
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