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and on the earth submit to God rewards for those who respond
alone, willingly or unwillingly, to their Lord: while those who
as do their shadows in the do not respond to Him—if they
mornings and in the evenings. possessed all that is on earth and
16 Say, ‘Who is Lord of the twice as much, they would surely
heavens and the earth?’ Say, offer it as ransom [on the Day of
‘God.’ Say, ‘Why do you take Judgement];—will have the
protectors other than Him, who worst reckoning and their goal is
can neither benefit nor harm Hell: and how evil a resting-
even themselves?’ Say, ‘Are the place!
blind and the seeing equal? Is 19 Can one who knows that
darkness equal to the light? Or whatever has been sent down to
have they assigned partners to you from your Lord is the Truth,
God who create as He creates, so be equal to one who is blind? It
that both creations appear to is only those who are endowed
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them alike?’ Say, ‘God is the with insight who pay heed; they
Creator of all things. He is the who are true to their bond with
One, the Almighty.’ God and never break their
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He sends down water from covenant; and those who join
the sky that fills riverbeds to together what God has
overflowing, each according to commanded to be joined, and
its measure. The torrent carries fear their Lord and dread the
along swelling foam, akin to harshness of the reckoning;
what rises from smelted ore from 22 those who are steadfast in
which man makes ornaments and seeking the favour of their Lord,
tools. God thus depicts truth and and pray regularly and spend
falsehood. The scum is cast away, secretly and openly out of what
but whatever is of use to man We have provided them with,
remains behind. God thus speaks and ward off evil with good.
in parables. Theirs shall be the final abode.
18 There will be the best of 23 They shall enter the eternal