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IN THE NAME OF GOD 
THE MOST GRACIOUS AND MERCIFUL GOD

1  I, GOD, AM THE BEST KNOWER

2  THE ROMAN EMPIRE 
HAS BEEN EXPIRED

3  IN A LAND CLOSE BY BUT THEY EVEN AFTER
THIS DEFEAT OF THEIRS WILL SOON BE THE VICTORS

4  WITHIN A FEW YEARS 
WITH GOD IS THE DECISION OF THE MATTER
IN THE PAST AND IN THE FUTURE 
ON THAT DAY REJOICING WILL BE THE BELIEVERS 

5  WITH THE HELP OF GOD AND HE HELPS WHOM HE PLEASES
 AND HE  IS EXALTED IN MIGHT AND MOST GRACIOUS

6  IT IS GOD'S PROMISE 
NEVER DOES GOD FAIL IN HIS PROMISE 
BUT MOST MEN DO NOT UNDERSTAND THIS

7  THEY KNOW BUT THE OUTER THINGS 
BUT ARE HEEDLESS OF THE END OF THINGS
 
8  DO THEY NOT REFLECT THAT NOT BUT FOR JUST ENDS 
AND FOR A TERM APPOINTED DID GOD CREATE THE HEAVENS 

AND THE EARTH AND ALL BETWEEN THEM?   
YET THE MEETING WITH THEIR LORD IS DENIED BY THEM

9  AND IS THE EARTH NOT TRAVELED THROUGH BY THEM
TO SEE WHAT WAS THE END OF THOSE BEFORE THEM? 
THEY WERE SUPERIOR IN STRENGTH TO THEM
AND POPULATED THE EARTH GREATER THAN THEM 
AND THEIR MESSENGERS CAME TO THEM
WITH CLEAR SIGNS AND THEY REJECTED THEM
WHICH BROUGHT ABOUT THE DESTRUCTION OF THEM
AND IT WAS NOT THEIR LORD THAT WRONGED THEM
THEIR OWN SOULS WERE WRONGED BY THEM

I0  EVIL WILL BE THE END OF THOSE WHO PRACTICE INIQUITY 
FOR THAT THEY REJECTED GOD'S MESSAGES UNJUSTLY
AND THEY HELD THEM UP IN MOCKERY

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11  IT IS GOD WHO ORIGINATES AND REPEATS CREATION
AND TO HIM YOU WILL BE RETURNED AGAIN 

12  ON THE DAY THAT THE HOUR WILL BE ESTABLISHED
THE GUILTY WILL BE STRUCK DUMB AND DEPRESSED

13  NO INTERCESSOR WILL THEY HAVE AMONG THEIR PARTNERS
AND THEY WILL THEMSELVES REJECT THEIR PARTNERS

14  ON THE DAY WHEN COMES THE HOUR 
ALL MEN WILL BE SEPARATED FROM EACH OTHER 

15  THOSE WHO HAVE BELIEVED AND WORKED RIGHTEOUS DEEDS 
WILL BE MADE HAPPY IN A DELIGHTFUL MEAD 

16  AND THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN REJECTERS  
OF OUR SIGNS AND THE MEETING OF THE HEREAFTER
WILL BE BROUGHT FOR THE PUNISHMENT OF THE FIRE

17  SO GIVE GLORY TO GOD IN THE EVENING
AND WHEN YOU RISE IN THE MORNING

18  TO HIM BE PRAISE IN THE EARTH AND THE HEAVENS  
AND IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND WHEN THE DAY ENDS

19  IT IS HE WHO BRINGS OUT THE LIVING
FROM THE DEAD AND BRINGS OUT THE DEAD FROM THE LIVING 

AND WHO GIVES LIFE TO THE EARTH AFTER IT IS DEAD 
AND SO WILL YOU BE BROUGHT OUT FROM THE DEAD

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20  AMONG HIS SIGNS IS THAT FROM DUST HE CREATED YOU 
AND THEN AFTER THAT HE SCATTERED YOU 

21  AND AMONG HIS SIGNS IS THIS ADDITIONALLY
THAT HE CREATED MATES FROM AMONG YOU MERCIFULLY
THAT YOU MAY DWELL WITH THEM IN TRANQUILLITY
AND HE HAS PUT BETWEEN YOUR HEARTS LOVE AND MERCY 
IN THAT ARE SIGNS FOR THOSE WHO THINK DEEPLY

22  AMONG HIS SIGNS IS THE CREATION 
OF THE EARTH AND THE HEAVENS 
AND IN YOUR LANGUAGES IN THEIR VARIATIONS 

AND IN THE DIVERSITY OF YOUR COLORS
ARE SIGNS FOR THOSE WHO ARE OBSERVERS

23  AMONG HIS SIGNS IS THE SLEEP THAT YOU TAKE BY NIGHT
AND BY DAY THE QUEST THAT YOU MAKE FOR LIFE
IN THAT ARE SIGNS FOR THOSE WHO HAVE SIGHT

24  AMONG HIS SIGNS HE SHOWS YOU THE LIGHTNING 
BY WAY OF FEAR AND BY WAY OF HOPING

AND IT IS HE WHO SENDS DOWN RAIN FROM THE SKIES 
AND WITH IT GIVES LIFE TO THE EARTH AFTER IT DIES
IN THAT ARE SIGNS FOR THOSE WHO ARE WISE

25  AND BY HIS COMMAND SUBSISTS THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH  
THEN WHEN HE CALLS YOU BY A SINGLE CALL FROM THE EARTH
THEN YOU STRAIGHTWAY COME FORTH FROM THE EARTH

26  EVERY BEING THAT IS IN THE EARTH AND THE HEAVENS 
BELONG TO HIM AND BOW TO HIM IN SUBMISSION

27  HE ORIGINATES CREATION THEN REPEATS IT 
AND FOR HIM MOST EASY IS IT

HIS IS THE HIGHEST STATE IN THE EARTH AND THE HEAVENS
AND HE IS FULL OF MIGHT AND WISDOM

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28  AND HE SHOWS SIMILITUDES FROM YOUR OWN EXPERIENCE TO YOU 
DO YOU SHARE EQUALLY WITH YOUR SLAVES WEALTH GIVEN TO YOU 
AND DO YOU FEAR THEM AS YOU FEAR EACH OTHER AMONG YOU?
AND SO DO WE EXPLAIN THE SIGNS IN DETAIL TO YOU 
THAT UNDERSTANDING MAY BE GIVEN TO YOU 

29  THOSE WHO ARE UNJUST
BEING DEVOID OF KNOWLEDGE FOLLOW THEIR OWN LUSTS 
 
BUT WHO WILL GUIDE THOSE WHOM GOD LEAVES IN ERROR
FOR THEM THERE WILL BE NO HELPERS

30  SO SET YOUR FACE STEADILY TO THE TRUE RELIGION
BEING UPRIGHT ACCORDING TO GOD'S INSTRUCTIONS
TO THE WAY WHICH GOD MADE MAN'S CREATION
AND THERE IS NO ALTERING GOD'S CREATION
AND THAT IS THE STANDARD RELIGION 
BUT MOST PEOPLE HAVE NOT THIS REALIZATION

31  TURN BACK IN REPENTANCE TO GOD AND FEAR GOD
AND ESTABLISH REGULAR PRAYERS TO GOD
AND BE NOT AMONG THOSE WHO JOIN GODS WITH GOD

32  THOSE WHO SPLIT UP THEIR RELIGION AND BECOME SECTS 
EACH PARTY REJOICING IN THAT WHICH IS WITH ITS SECT

33  WHEN TROUBLE TOUCHES MEN THEY CRY TO GOD
TURNING IN REPENTANCE BACK TO GOD
BUT WHEN THEY ARE GIVEN MERCY FROM GOD
SOME OF THEM WORSHIP OTHER GODS BESIDES GOD

34  AS IF TO SHOW THEIR INGRATITUDE FOR THE BOUNTY
WE HAVE BESTOWED ON THEM, BUT ENJOY YOURSELF BRIEFLY 
FOR SOON WILL YOU SURELY KNOW YOUR FOLLY

35  WE HAVE SENT DOWN AUTHORITY TO THEM 
WHICH POINTS OUT THE THINGS TO THEM 
WHICH ARE WORSHIPPED BY THEM

36  AND MEN EXULT AFTER WE GIVE THEM A TASTE OF MERCY  
WHEN EVIL AFFLICTS THEM BECAUSE OF THEIR INIQUITY 
THEN THEY ARE LOST IN DISPARITY

37  SEE THEY NOT THAT GOD ENLARGES 
THE PROVISION AND RESTRICTS IT TO WHOM HE PLEASES 
IN THAT ARE SIGNS FOR THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN HIS MESSAGES

38  GIVE WHAT IS DUE TO KINDRED, THE NEEDY AND THE WAYFARER 
THAT IS BEST FOR THOSE WHO SEEK GOD'S PLEASURE
AND IT IS THEY WHO WILL PROSPER

39  THAT WHICH YOU LAY OUT FOR INCREASE 
THROUGH THE PROPERTY OF OTHER PEOPLE WILL HAVE NO INCREASE 
WITH GOD, BUT THAT WHICH YOU LAY OUT FOR CHARITIES
SEEKING THE PLEASURE OF GOD WILL INCREASE 
AND THESE WILL GET A RECOMPENSE WITH MULTIPLIED INCREASE

40  IT IS GOD WHO HAS CREATED YOU
AND HAS PROVIDED SUSTENANCE FOR YOU
HE WILL CAUSE YOU TO DIE AND AGAIN RAISE YOU 

NOW ARE THERE ANY OF YOUR FALSE DIETIES
WHO CAN DO ANY OF THESE? 
TO GOD BE THE GLORY  
HIGH ABOVE THE PARTNERS THEY ATTRIBUTE TO HIM IS HE

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41  MISCHIEF HAS APPEARED ON LAND AND SEA 
BECAUSE OF THE MEAD MEN HAVE EARNED BY THEIR DEEDS
THAT GOD MAY GIVE THEM A TASTE OF SOME OF THEIR DEEDS 
IN ORDER THAT THEY MAY TURN BACK FROM DOING EVIL DEEDS

42  SAY, TRAVEL THE EARTH THROUGH
AND SEE WHAT WAS THE END OF THOSE BEFORE YOU 
MOST OF THEM WORSHIPPED GODS OTHER THAN GOD TOO

43  BUT SET YOUR FACE TO THE RIGHT RELIGION
BEFORE THE DAY COMES WHICH THERE IS NO AVERSION
AND ON THAT DAY MEN WILL BE DIVIDED IN TWO SECTIONS

44  THOSE WHO REJECT FAITH WILL SUFFER FROM THEIR REJECTION
AND THOSE WHO DO GOOD WILL REST IN HEAVEN

45  SO THAT HE MAY REWARD THOSE WHO BELIEVE 
AND WORK RIGHTEOUSNESS OUT OF HIS BOUNTY
FOR HE LOVES NOT THOSE WHO DISBELIEVE

46  AMONG HIS SIGNS IS THIS, THAT HE MERCIFULLY
SENDS THE WINDS AS HERALDS OF GLAD TIDINGS GENTLY
GIVING YOU A TASTE OF HIS GRACE AND MERCY 
THAT THE SHIPS MAY SAIL BY HIS COMMAND MAJESTICALLY 
AND SO THAT YOU MAY SEEK OF HIS BOUNTY 
IN ORDER THAT YOU MAY ACT GRATEFULLY

47  WE SENT BEFORE YOU APOSTLES 
TO THEIR RESPECTIVE PEOPLE 

AND THEY CAME WITH CLEAR MESSAGES TO THEM 
AND THOSE WHO TRANSGRESSED AMONG THEM
WE METED OUT RETRIBUTION TO THEM
AND WE AIDED THE BELIEVING ONES AMONG THEM

48  GOD SENDS THE WINDS AND THE CLOUDS ARE RAISED THEREBY 
THEN HE SPREADS THEM AS HE WILLS IN THE SKY

AND BREAKS THEM INTO FRAGMENTS UNTIL YOU SEE 
RAIN DROPS ISSUE FROM THE MIDST OF IT ABUNDANTLY 
WHEN HE HAS MADE THEM REACH HIS SERVANTS FAVORABLY
THEN THEY REJOICE GLEEFULLY

49  EVEN THOUGH BEFORE THEY RECEIVED THE RAIN 
THEY WERE DEPRESSED AND IN PAIN

50  THEN CONTEMPLATE THE MEMORIALS OF YOUR LORD'S MERCY
HOW HE GIVES LIFE TO THE EARTH AFTER ITS DEATH DECREE 
THE SAME WILL GIVE LIFE TO DEAD MEN FOR SURELY 
ALL POWER OVER ALL THINGS HAS HE

51  AND IF WE BUT SEND A WIND FROM WHICH THEY SEE 
THEIR HARVEST TURN YELLOW THEY ACT UNGRATEFULLY  

52  SO YOU CAN NOT MAKE THE DEAD TO HAVE HEARING 
NOR CAN YOU MAKE THE DEAF TO HEAR THE CALLING
ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY GO BACK RETREATING
 
53  NOR CAN YOU LEAD BACK THE BLIND OUT OF ERROR
YOU CAN MAKE NONE TO HEAR BUT THE BELIEVERS
IN OUR MESSAGES AND WHO ARE SUBMITTERS

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54  GOD CREATED YOU IN A STATE OF WEAKNESS 
THEN GAVE YOU STRENGTH AFTER WEAKNESS 
AND AFTER STRENGTH GAVE YOU WEAKNESS 
AND GRAY HAIR AND HE CREATES AS HE PLEASES
AND HE HAS POWER OVER ALL EXISTANCES

55  ON THE DAY THAT THE RECKONING HOUR 
WILL BE ESTABLISHED, THEN THE TRANSGRESSORS 
WILL SWEAR THAT THEY HAD STAYED NOT BUT AN HOUR 
SO USED WERE THEY TO BEING IN DISORDER

56  BUT THOSE ENDUED WITH KNOWLEDGE WILL SAY 
YOU STAYED WITHIN GOD'S DECREE TO THE RESURRECTION DAY

AND THIS IS THE DAY OF RESURRECTION 
BUT YOU ARE UNAWARE OF THIS REALIZATION

57  THAT DAY NO EXCUSE WILL AVAIL THOSE GUILTY OF SINNING
NOR WILL THEY THEN HAVE THE ABILITY OF SEEKING
GRACE FROM GOD BY REPENTING

58  WE HAVE GIVEN MEN IN THIS QURAN PARABLES OF EVERY KIND
BUT IF YOU BRING TO THEM ANY SIGN

IT WILL BE SAID BY THOSE WHO ARE DISBELIEVERS 
YOU ARE NOTHING BUT DECEIVERS

59  GOD SEALS UP THE HEARTS OF THOSE WHO KNOW NOT
AND THOSE WHO TRY TO UNDERSTAND NOT 

60  SO PATIENTLY PERSEVERE FOR GOD'S PROMISE IS TRUE 
NOR LET THOSE SHAKE YOUR FIRMNESS WHO ARE FAITHLESS AMONG YOU

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