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Those who prevailed in their on the earth. How well He sees
affair said, ‘Let us surely build a and how well He hears! Man has
place of worship over them.’ no other guardian besides Him.
22 Some will say, ‘They were He allows none to share His
three, the fourth was their dog,’ sovereignty.
and others will say, ‘They were 27 Proclaim what has been
five, the sixth was their dog,’ revealed to you from your Lord’s
guessing at random. And yet Book. None can change His
others say, ‘They were seven, the words. You shall find no refuge
eighth was their dog.’ Say, ‘My besides Him. 28 Keep yourself
Lord knows best their number.’ attached to those who call on
Only a few know anything about their Lord, morning and evening,
them. Therefore, do not enter seeking His pleasure; and do not
into controversies over them, let your eyes turn away from
nor seek information about them them, desiring the attraction of
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from any of them; never say of worldly life; and do not obey one
anything, ‘I shall certainly do whose heart We have made
this tomorrow,’ 24 without heedless of Our remembrance,
[adding], “if God so wills.” one who pursues his own whims
Remember your Lord whenever and becomes dissolute.
you might forget and say, ‘I trust 29 Say, ‘This is the truth from
my Lord will guide me to that your Lord. Let him who will,
which is even nearer to the right believe in it, and him who will,
path than this.’ deny it.’ For the wrongdoers We
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[Some say], ‘They stayed in have prepared a Fire which will
their cave three hundred years,’ cover them like a canopy, and if
and to that some have added they beg for water, they will be
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another nine years. Say, ‘God given water as hot as molten
knows best how long they stayed lead, which will scald their faces:
in it.’ Only God has knowledge how dreadful a drink, and how
of the unseen in the heavens and evil a resting place!