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one of the non-Arabs, 199 and he punishment. 214 Warn your
had recited it to them, they would nearest kinsmen, 215 and extend
not have believed in it. 200 We kindness and affection to those
have thus caused denial of truth of the believers who follow you.
to enter into the hearts of the 216 If they disobey you, say, ‘I
sinners: 201 they will not believe bear no responsibility for what
in it until they see the grievous you do.’ 217 Put your trust in the
punishment. 202 It will come upon Mighty One, the Merciful,
them suddenly when they are not 218 who sees you when you stand
expecting it. 203 Then they will up [for prayer], 219 and sees your
exclaim, ‘Could we have some movements among those who
respite?’ prostrate themselves: 220 He is
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Do they want to hasten Our the All Hearing, the All Knowing.
punishment? 205 Think! If We let 221 Shall I tell you upon whom
them enjoy life for some years, the devils descend? 222 They
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and then the promised descend on every lying sinner,
punishment fell upon them, 223 who lends an ear to them, and
207 of what avail would their most of them are liars. 224 And as
past enjoyment be to them? for the poets—it is the misled
208 Never have We destroyed a who follow them. 225 Do you
town without sending down not see how they wander
messengers to warn it, 209 as a aimlessly in every valley,
reminder from Us: We are never 226 preaching what they do
unjust. 210 It was not the devils not practice. 227 Not so the
who brought down the Quran: true believers who do good
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neither are they worthy of it, works and remember God
nor are they capable of it, with fervour and defend
212 indeed they are debarred from themselves only after they are
overhearing it. wronged. The wrongdoers will
213 So do not call on any deity soon know how evil a turn their
besides God, lest you incur His affairs will take.