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favour from God, he forgets the my Lord, the punishment of a
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One he had been praying to and Terrible Day.’ Say, ‘It is God I
sets up rivals to God, to make serve, sincere in my faith in Him
others stray from His path. Say, alone— 15 as for yourselves,
‘Enjoy your unbelief for a little worship anything you please
while: you will be one of the besides Him!’ Say, ‘The real
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inmates of the Fire.’ Is he who losers will be those who lose
prays devoutly to God in the themselves and all their kith and
hours of the night, prostrating kin on the Day of Resurrection.
himself and standing in prayer, That is the [most] obvious loss.
who is ever mindful of the life to 16 They will have sheets of fire
come and hopes for the mercy of above them and sheets of fire
his Lord [like one who does beneath them.’ That is how God
not]? Say, ‘Are those who know puts fear into the hearts of His
equal to those who do not know?’ servants. Fear me, then, My
Truly, only those endowed with servants.
understanding will take heed. 17 There is good news for those
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Say, ‘[God says] O My who shun the worship of false
servants who have believed, fear deities and turn to God, so give
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your Lord. For those who do good news to My servants, who
good in this world will have a listen to what is said and follow
good reward—and God’s earth what is best in it. These are the
is spacious. Truly, those who ones God has guided; these are
persevere patiently will be the people endowed with
requited without measure.’ understanding.
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Say, ‘I have been But what of him against
commanded to serve God, whom the sentence of
dedicating my worship punishment is justified? Can you
entirely to Him. 12 I have been rescue one who is already in the
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commanded to be the first to Fire? But for those who truly
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submit.’ Say, ‘I fear, if I disobey feared their Lord, there will be