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followers have settled in the brought forth again? What you
Ark, say, “Praise be to God who are promised is indeed far-
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has delivered us from a wicked fetched. There exists only our
people,” 29 and say, “My Lord, present life: we die and we live
let me land with Your blessing in [but once], and shall never be
a blessed landing place. You raised up again. 38 He is only a
alone can provide the best man who has invented a lie
landings”.’ 30 Surely there are about God, and we are not going
clear signs in that. In this way to believe him!’
We put people to the test. 39 The messenger said, ‘My
31 Then We raised another Lord, help me, for they have
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generation after them, and sent rejected me.’ God said, ‘Before
a messenger to them from among long they will be filled with
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themselves: ‘Worship God alone. regret.’ The blast justly struck
You have no deity other than them and We reduced them to
Him. Will you not then fear rubble. Away with such wicked
God?’ 33 But the leaders of his people!
people who denied the truth and 42 Then We raised up other
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denied the Meeting in the generations after them— no
Hereafter, because We had community can advance or
granted them ease and plenty in postpone its appointed time—
their worldly life, said, ‘This is 44 then We sent Our messengers
only a human being like in succession. Every time their
yourselves—he eats what you messenger came to a people,
eat, and drinks what you drink— they rejected him. So We
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if you obey a human being just destroyed them one after the
like yourselves, then you will other, and let them become mere
surely be lost. tales. So away with the people
35 Does he promise you that who will not believe!
when you die and have become 45 Then We sent Moses and his
dust and bones, that you will be brother Aaron with Our signs