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3                     The Heifer                2:31
                                  knowingly set up rivals to God. guides many by it. But He makes
                                  23  If you are in doubt about the only the disobedient go astray:
                                  revelation We have sent down to  27  those who break God’s
                                  Our servant, then produce a covenant after they have pledged
                                  single chapter like it, and call to keep it, and sever whatever
                                  upon your helpers besides God, God has ordered to be joined,
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                                  if you are truthful.  But if you and spread corruption in the
                                  cannot do it, and you can never land—it is they who are the
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                                  do it, then guard yourselves losers.  How can you disbelieve
                                  against the Fire whose fuel is in God when you were dead
                                  men and stones, prepared for [lifeless] and He gave you life?
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                                  those who deny the truth.  Give He will let you die once more,
                                  the good news to those who then bring you back to life again,
                                  believe and do good works, that whereupon you will be returned
                                  they will have Gardens through to Him.  29  It is He who created
                                  which rivers flow: whenever they everything on the earth for you:
                                  are given fruit to eat they will then He turned towards heaven
                                  say, ‘This is what we were and fashioned it into the seven
                                  provided with before,’ because heavens. He has knowledge of
                                  they were given similar things. all things.
                                  And there will be pure spouses  30 When your Lord said to the
                                  for them, and they will abide angels, ‘I am putting a successor
                                  there forever.             on earth,’  they said, ‘Will You
                                    26  God does not disdain to place someone there who will
                                  give a parable about a gnat or a cause corruption on it and shed
                                  smaller creature. The faithful blood, while we glorify You with
                                  know that it is the truth from Your praise and extol Your
                                  their Lord, but those who deny holiness?’ [God] answered,
                                  the truth ask, ‘What could God ‘Surely, I know that which you
                                  mean by this parable?’ He lets do not know.’
                                  many go astray through it, and  31  He taught Adam all the
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