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abundantly to whoever He wills and hold fast to it yourself as you
and gives sparingly to whoever are commanded, and do not be
He wills. He has full knowledge led by their desires, but say, ‘I
of all things. believe in the Book which God
13 God has ordained for you has sent down, and I am
the same religion which He commanded to do justice
enjoined on Noah, and which between you: God is our Lord
We have revealed to you, and and your Lord; we are
which We enjoined upon responsible for what we do and
Abraham and Moses and Jesus, you are responsible for what you
so that you should remain do. There is no contention
steadfast in religion and not between us and you. God will
become divided in it. What you gather us together, for to Him we
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call upon the polytheists to do is shall return.’ As for those who
hard for them; God chooses for argue about God after He has
Himself whoever He pleases and been accepted, their arguments
guides towards Himself those will carry no weight with their
who turn to Him. Lord, and His wrath will fall
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They became divided only upon them. Severe punishment
after knowledge had reached awaits them.
them, out of mutual jealousy. 17 It is God who has sent down
Had it not been for a decree the Book with the truth and the
already passed by your Lord, [to scales of justice. What will make
reprieve them] till a specified you realize that the Hour might
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period, the matter would surely well have drawn near? Those
have been decided between them. who do not believe in it seek to
Those who inherited the Book hasten it, but those who believe
after them are indeed in grave in it dread it, and know it to be
doubt, amounting to suspicion the truth. Those who dispute the
about it. Hour have gone far astray.
15 So call people to that faith 19 God is most Gracious to His