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Our Lord, do not place on mercy on us. You are our
us a burden we have not Lord and Sustainer, so help
the strength to bear! Pardon us; us against those who deny
and forgive us; and have the truth.’
3. THE FAMILY OF ‘IMRAN
(AL-‘IMRAN)
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
1 Alif Lam Mim 7 It is He who has sent down
the Book to you. Some of its
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God! There is no deity save verses are clear and precise in
Him, the Living, the Sustainer. meaning—they are the basis of
3 He has sent down the Book to the Book—while others are
you with truth, which fulfils [the allegorical. Those with deviation
predictions] in the Scriptures that in their hearts pursue the
preceded it: He sent down the allegorical, so as to create
Torah and the Gospel 4 in the dissension by seeking to explain
past as guidance for mankind; it: but no one knows its meaning
He has [also] sent down the except God. Those who are
Standard by which to discern the firmly grounded in knowledge
true from the false. Surely those say, ‘We believe in it: it is all
who deny God’s signs will suffer from our Lord.’ But only the
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severe punishment. God is wise take heed. ‘Our Lord, do
mighty and capable of not let our hearts deviate after
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retribution. Nothing on earth or You have guided us. Bestow
in the heavens is hidden from upon us Your mercy. Surely You
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God: it is He who shapes you in are a Munificent Giver. 9 Our
the womb as He will. There is no Lord, You will surely gather all
deity save Him, the Mighty, the mankind on the Day of
Wise One. whose coming there is no doubt.