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249  AND SAUL SAID TO THEM WHEN HE SET FORTH WITH THE ARMY
WHEN YOU COME TO THE STREAM YOU WILL BE TESTED SURELY
ANY WHO DRINKS OF ITS WATER GOES NOT WITH MY ARMY 
ONLY THOSE WHO TASTE NOT OF IT GO WITH ME 

A MERE SIP OF THE HAND IS EXCUSED
BUT THEY ALL DRANK OF IT EXCEPT A FEW

AND WHEN THEY CROSSED THE RIVER
IT WAS SAID BY THE FAITHFUL BELIEVERS
WE CANNOT COPE WITH GOLIATH AND HIS SOLDIERS
BUT THOSE WHO KNEW THAT THEY MUST MEET THE CREATOR
SAID, HOW OFTEN BY THE WILL OF OUR MAKER
HAS A SMALL FORCE DEFEATED ONE THAT WAS GREATER? 
SURELY GOD IS WITH THOSE WHO CONSTANTLY PERSEVERE 

250  WHEN THEY ADVANCED TO MEET GOLIATH AND HIS FORCES 
THEY PRAYED, OUR LORD, POUR OUT CONSTANCY ON US 
AND MAKE OUR STEPS FIRM AND HELP US 
AGAINST THE DISBELIEVING FORCES

251  THEY PUT THEM TO FLIGHT BY THE WILL OF THE CREATOR
AND DAVID SLEW GOLIATH BY GOD'S POWER
AND TO DAVID GOD GAVE WISDOM AND POWER
AND HE TAUGHT HIM WHATEVER ELSE HE DESIRED
AND DID NOT GOD CHECK ONE PEOPLE BY ANOTHER 
THE EARTH WOULD BE FILLED UP OF MISCHIEF MAKERS
YOUR LORD IS THE LORD OF THE WORLDS, THE CHERISER

252  THESE ARE THE MESSAGES OF THE CREATOR  
WE RECITE THEM TO YOU TRUTHFULLY AND CLEAR
FOR YOU OH PROPHET, ARE ONE OF THE MESSENGERS

PART III

253  WE ENDOWED THOSE MESSENGERS WITH TREASURES
WE ENDOWED SOME WITH MORE THAN OTHERS 
TO ONE OF THEM GOD SPOKE AND OTHERS
HE RAISED TO DEGREES OF HONOR 
AND TO JESUS, THE SON OF MARY, WE GAVE PURE SCRIPTURE
AND WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT WE GAVE HIM POWER
AND IF IT HAD BEEN THE CREATOR'S DESIRE 
SUCCEEDING GENERATIONS WOULD HAVE NEVER
FOUGHT AMONG EACH OTHER AFTER RECEIVING SIGNS CLEAR 
SOME CHOSE TO BE BELIEVERS OTHERS CHOSE TO BE REJECTERS 
THEY WOULD NOT HAVE FOUGHT EACH OTHER HAD GOD SO ORDERED
BUT YOUR LORD AND CHERISHER DOES WHATEVER HE DESIRES

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254  OH YOU WHO ARE BELIEVERS 
SPEND FREELY OUT OF THE TREASURES 
WE HAVE PROVIDED FOR YOUR PLEASURE 
BEFORE THE DAY COMES WHEN NO BARTER
WILL AVAIL YOU NOR FRIENDS NOR INTERCESSORS 
THOSE WHO REJECT FAITH THEY ARE THE WRONG DOERS

255  GOD, THERE IS NO GOD BUT HE, THE LIVING 
THE ETERNAL, THE SELF-SUBSISTING
NO SLUMBERING CAN SEIZE HIM NOR SLEEPING
AND TO HIM BELONG ALL THINGS 
IN HEAVEN AND IN EARTH AND WHAT BEINGS
CAN INTERCEDE IN HIS PRESIDING?
HE KNOWS WHAT APPEARS TO HIS BEINGS
BEFORE OR BEHIND THEM OR DURING 
NOR OF HIS KNOWLEDGE WILL THEY COMPASS ANYTHING 
EXCEPT BY HIS ORDERING AND CHOOSING
OVER HEAVEN AND EARTH IS HIS THRONE'S EXTENDING
HE FEELS NO FATIGUE IN THEIR GUARDING OR PRESERVING
FOR HE HAS POWER OVER ALL THINGS

256  LET THERE BE NO COMPULSION IN RELIGION EVER
TRUTH STANDS OUT CLEAR FROM ERROR
AND WHOEVER REJECTS EVIL AND IS A BELIEVER
HAS GRASPED THE HANDHOLD THAT BREAKS NEVER 
AND GOD IS ALL HEARING AND HE IS THE BEST KNOWER

257  THOSE WHO HAVE FAITH, GOD IS THE PROTECTOR OF THEM
FROM THE DEPTHS OF DARKNESS INTO LIGHT HE WILL LEAD THEM 
AND FOR THE REJECTERS, THE DEVILS ARE THE PATRONIZERS OF THEM
AND FROM RIGHTEOUSNESS INTO DARKNESS THEY WILL LEAD THEM
AND THE FIRE WILL BE THE DWELLING PLACE FOR ALL OF THEM

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258  HAVE YOU NOT HEARD OF THE ONE WHO WAS A DISPUTER 
WITH ABRAHAM ABOUT GOD BECAUSE GOD GRANTED HIM POWER?  
AND ABRAHAM SAID, LIFE AND DEATH ARE CAUSED BY THE CREATOR
HE SAID, BUT I TOO AM A LIFE GIVER AND A DEATH CAUSER 
ABRAHAM SAID, THE SUN RISES FROM THE EAST BY GOD'S POWER 
CAN YOU CAUSE IT TO RISE FROM THE WEST BY YOUR POWER?
SO HE WAS CONFOUNDED, HE WHO WAS A REJECTER 
NOR DOES GOD GIVE TO UNJUST PEOPLE FAVOR 

259  LIKE HIM WHO PASSED BY A TOWN ALL SHATTERED
AND ALL OF ITS ROOFS HAD ALL FALLEN OVER
HE SAID, HOW WILL GOD BRING IT TO LIFE AFTER 
BUT GOD CAUSED HIM TO DIE FOR A HUNDRED YEARS 
AND THEN RAISED HIM UP AGAIN TO LIFE AFTER
GOD SAID, HOW LONG DID YOU STAY OVER? 
HE SAID, PERHAPS A DAY OR MAYBE SHORTER 
GOD SAID, YOU HAVE STAYED A HUNDRED YEARS
BUT LOOK AT YOUR FOOD AND YOUR WATER
THEY DO NOT SHOW SIGNS OF AGE EITHER
AND AT YOUR MULE LOOK FURTHER
SO DO WE  MAKE YOU A SIGN AND LOOK FURTHER 
AT THE BONES HOW WE BRING THEM TOGETHER
AND WITH FLESH WE CLOTHE THEM OVER 
WHEN THESE THINGS WERE SHOWN TO HIM CLEAR
HE SAID, I KNOW THAT OVER ALL THINGS GOD HAS POWER 

260  ABRAHAM SAID
MY LORD, SHOW ME HOW YOU GIVE LIFE TO THE DEAD 
AND GOD SAID, DO YOU NOT BELIEVE?  THEN HE SAID
YES, BUT FOR THE CLEARING OF MY OWN HEAD 

SO GOD SAID, TAKE FOUR BIRDS AND TAME THEM TO TURN TO YOU
PUT A PORTION OF THEM ON EVERY HILL AND CALL THEM TO YOU 
AND THEN THEY WILL COME FLYING WITH SPEED TO YOU
THEN KNOW THAT GOD HAS ALL POWER OVER YOU

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261  HE WHO SPENDS IN THE WAY OF HIS LORD AND CHERISHER
IS LIKE A GRAIN OF CORN GROWING SEVEN EARS 
WITH A HUNDRED GRAINS IN EACH EAR
AND GOD GIVES INCREASES IN MEASURE
TO WHOM HE CHOOSES OF HIS PLEASURE
GOD CARES FOR ALL AND HE IS THE BEST KNOWER 

262  THOSE WHO SPEND IN THE CAUSE OF GOD SINCERELY
AND FOLLOW NOT UP THEIR GIFTS WITH INJURY
OR REMINDERS OF THEIR GENEROSITY
THEIR REWARD IS WITH THEIR LORD ASSUREDLY
AND THEY WILL NOT GRIEVE NOR LIVE FEARFULLY 

263  KIND WORDS AND COVERING OF DEFICIENCIES
ARE BETTER THAN CHARITY FOLLOWED WITH INJURIES 
GOD IS FREE OF ALL WANTS AND MOST FORBEARING IS HE 

264  OH YOU WHO BELIEVE, DO NOT CANCEL YOUR CHARITY 
BY REMINDERS OF YOUR GENEROSITY OR BY INJURY 
LIKE THOSE WHO SPEND OF THEIR BOUNTY
TO BE SEEN OF MEN BUT DO NOT BELIEVE REALLY
IN GOD NOR IN THE LAST DAY AND SIMILARLY 
THEY ARE LIKE A HARD ROCK THAT IS DRY AND DUSTY 
WHICH HAS A LITTLE SOIL ON IT LIGHTLY
THEN RAIN FALLS UPON IT HEAVILY
WHICH LEAVES IT JUST A BARE STONE LIFELESSLY
THEY WILL BE ABLE TO DO NOTHING WITH THEIR BOUNTY 
AND YOUR LORD DOES NOT GUIDE THOSE WHO ACT UNJUSTLY 

265  THE LIKENESS OF THOSE WHO SPEND THEIR SUBSTANCE
SEEKING TO PLEASE GOD AND TO STRENGTHEN 
THEIR SOULS IS LIKE A GARDEN 

THAT IS HIGH AND FERTILE AND WHEN HEAVY RAIN FALLS ON IT 
IT YIELDS A DOUBLE INCREASE OF HARVEST AND EVEN IF IT 
RECEIVES NOT HEAVY RAIN LIGHT MOISTURE SUFFICES IT  
AND WHATEVER YOU DO GOD SURELY SEES IT

264  WHO AMONG YOU WOULD WANT TO HAVE A GARDEN
WITH DATE-PALMS AND VINES AND STREAMS FLOWING WITHIN
WITH FRUITS OF ALL KINDS WHILE WITH OLD AGE HE IS STRICKEN?  

AND HIS CHILDREN ARE TOO YOUNG TO TEND TO THEIR OWN CARE
AND IT SHOULD BE CAUGHT AND BURNED IN A WHIRLWIND OF FIRE 
SO DOES GOD MAKE HIS MESSAGES CLEAR THAT YOU MAY CONSIDER

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267  BELIEVERS, GIVE OF THE GOOD THINGS WHICH YOU EARN HONORABLY 
OF THE FRUITS OF THE EARTH WHICH WE PRODUCE FOR YOU AMPLY 
AND DO NOT AIM AT GETTING ANYTHING DISHONORABLY
SO THAT OUT OF IT YOU MAY GIVE AWAY SOMETHING CHARITABLY
THAT YOU YOURSELVES WOULD NOT RECEIVE WILLINGLY 
AND GOD IS FREE OF ALL WANTS AND IS PRAISEWORTHY 

268  THE DEVIL THREATENS YOU WITH POVERTY 
AND BIDS YOU TO CONDUCT UNSEEMLY 
BUT GOD PROMISES YOU HIS FORGIVENESS AND BOUNTY 
AND GOD IS ALL CARING AND ALL KNOWING IS HE

269  TO WHOM HE PLEASES GOD GRANTS WISDOM GRACIOUSLY
AND HE TO WHOM IS GRANTED WISDOM RECEIVES INDEED 
A BENEFIT OVERFLOWING BUT NONE WILL TAKE HEED
TO THE MESSAGE EXCEPT THOSE WHO PERCEIVE  

270  AND WHATEVER YOU SPEND IN CHARITY OR DEVOTION BE SURE 
GOD KNOWS IT ALL BUT THE WRONG-DOERS HAVE NO HELPERS

271  IF YOU DISCLOSE ACTS OF CHARITY IT IS WELL INDEED
BUT CONCEAL THEM AND MAKE THEM REACH THOSE REALLY IN NEED 
THAT IS BEST FOR YOU AND IT WILL REMOVE SOME OF YOUR INIQUITIES 
AND GOD IS WELL ACQUAINTED WITH ALL OF YOUR DEEDS

272  TO SET THEM ON THE RIGHT PATH IS NOT REQUIRED OF YOU
BUT GOD GUIDES WHOM HE PLEASES TO THE TRUTH
AND WHATEVER OF GOOD IS GIVEN BY YOU
BENEFITS THE SOULS OF YOU
ONLY SEEKING GOD'S GRACE WILL IT BE DONE BY YOU 
AND WHATEVER GOOD THAT IS GIVEN BY YOU  
WILL MOST SURELY BE GIVEN BACK TO YOU
AND NO INJUSTICE WILL BE DONE TO YOU

273  CHARITY IS FOR THOSE WHO ARE IN NEED 
WHO IN GOD'S CAUSE ARE INDEED
RESTRICTED FROM BEING FREE
TO SEEK TRADE OR WORK FREELY 
BUT THOSE WHO BELIEVE IGNORANTLY  
THINK THAT BECAUSE OF THEIR MODESTY 
THAT THEY ARE FREE FROM BEING NEEDY 
BUT YOU WILL KNOW THEM CLEARLY
FOR THEY BEG NOT IMPORTUNATELY 
WHATEVER GOOD YOU GIVE GOD KNOWS IT SURELY

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274  THOSE WHO SPEND OF THEIR GOODS IN CHARITY 
NIGHT AND DAY, SECRETLY AND PUBLICLY
HAVE THEIR REWARD WITH THEIR LORD GRACIOUSLY
THEY WILL NOT GRIEVE NOR LIVE FEARFULLY

275  THOSE WHO DEVOUR USURY 
WILL NOT STAND EXCEPT HE WHO SURELY
THE DEVIL BY HIS TOUCH HAS DRIVEN TO INSANITY
THAT IS BECAUSE THEY SAY THAT TRADE IS LIKE USURY 
BUT GOD HAS PERMITTED TRADE AND FORBIDDEN USURY 

THOSE WHO RECEIVE DIRECTION AND DESIST THEREAFTER 
THEN THEIR LORD WILL PARDON THEIR PAST THEREAFTER 
THEIR CASE WILL BE JUDGED BY THEIR LORD THEREAFTER
BUT THOSE WHO REPEAT THE OFFENSE AFTER
THEY ARE THE COMPANIONS OF THE FIRE
THEY WILL ABIDE IN IT FOR EVER

276  GOD WILL DEPRIVE ALL BLESSINGS FROM USURY 
BUT WILL SURELY GIVE INCREASE FOR DEEDS OF CHARITY 
HE LOVES NOT UNGRATEFUL CREATURES WHO ACT WICKEDLY

277  THOSE WHO BELIEVE AND THOSE WHO ACT RIGHTEOUSLY
AND ESTABLISH REGULAR PRAYERS AND REGULAR CHARITY 
WILL HAVE THEIR REWARD WITH THEIR LORD JUSTLY
THEY WILL NOT GRIEVE NOR LIVE FEARFULLY

278  OH YOU WHO ARE BELIEVERS
FEAR GOD AND GIVE UP THE REMAINDERS
OF YOUR DEMAND FOR USURY IF YOU ARE BELIEVERS

279  IF YOU DO IT NOT, TAKE NOTICE OF WAR 
FROM GOD AND HIS MESSENGER

BUT IF YOU REPENT YOU WILL SURELY
HAVE YOUR CAPITAL SUMS JUSTLY
AND DO NOT DEAL UNJUSTLY
AND YOU WILL NOT BE DEALT WITH UNJUSTLY

280  IF THE DEBTOR IS IN A DIFFICULTY 
GRANT HIM TIME UNTIL REPAYMENT FOR HIM IS EASY 
BUT IF YOU REMIT IT BY WAY OF CHARITY
THAT IS BEST FOR YOU IF YOU ONLY KNEW TRULY

281  AND FEAR THE DAY WHEN YOU WILL BE 
BROUGHT BACK TO GOD, THEN EVERY SOUL WILL BE 
PAID WHAT IT EARNED AND NONE WILL BE 
DEALT WITH THE LEAST UNJUSTLY

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282  OH YOU WHO ARE BELIEVERS 
WHEN YOU DEAL WITH EACH OTHER 
INVOLVING OBLIGATIONS OF THE FUTURE 
REDUCE THEM TO WRITING BY A TRANSCRIBER
AND LET THERE BE NO REFUSAL TO WRITE BY THE TRANSCRIBER  
SO LET HIM WRITE AS HE HAS BEEN TAUGHT BY THE CREATOR
AND LET HIM WHO INCURS THE DEBT BE THE DICTATOR
LET HIM NOT DIMINISH ANYTHING OF THE DEBT HE HAS INCURRED
BUT IF THE PARTY LIABLE IS WEAK OR IS MENTALLY DISTURBED
OR UNABLE TO DICTATE, LET HIS GUARDIAN BE THE DICTATOR 
AND GET TWO OF YOUR OWN MEN AS WITNESS BEARERS
OR A MAN AND TWO WOMEN AS WITNESS BEARERS 
SO IF ONE OF THEM MAKES AN ERROR THE OTHER CAN REMIND HER 
AND THE WITNESSES SHOULD REFUSE NOT WHEN CALLED AS TESTATORS 
SO DO NOT REFUSE TO WRITE YOUR CONTRACT FOR THE FUTURE 
WHETHER IT BE SMALL OR LARGE IN GOD'S SIGHT IT IS JUSTER 
AND MORE SUITABLE AS EVIDENCE AND MORE BETTER 
TO PREVENT DOUBTS AMONG EACH OTHER
A TRANSACTION WHICH YOU CARRY OUT ON THE SPOT TOGETHER
IF YOU DO NOT WRITE IT DOWN IT DOES NOT MATTER 
BUT WHEN YOU MAKE A CONTRACT TAKE WITNESS BEARERS
LET NO HARM BE SUFFERED BY EITHER WITNESS OR TRANSCRIBER 
AND IF YOU DO SUCH HARM IT WOULD BE IN ERROR 
SO FEAR GOD FROM WHOM YOU RECEIVE YOUR FAVORS
FOR OVER ALL THINGS GOD HAS POWER

283  IF YOU ARE ON A JOURNEY AND CANNOT FIND A TRANSCRIBER
THEN A SECURITY MAY BE TAKEN IN TENURE 
IF ONE OF YOU DEPOSITS A THING ON TRUST WITH ANOTHER 
LET THE TRUSTEE DISCHARGE HIS TRUST WITH CARE
AND LET HIM FEAR HIS LORD AND CHERISHER
AND DO NOT CONCEAL EVIDENCE FOR WHOEVER 
AMONG YOU CONCEALS EVIDENCE IS A WRONG DOER 
AND OF ALL THINGS THAT YOU DO GOD IS THE KNOWER

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284  TO GOD BELONGS ALL THAT IS IN THE EARTH AND THE HEAVENS
AND WHETHER YOU SHOW WHAT IS IN YOUR MINDS OR KEEP IT HIDDEN 
HE CALLS YOU TO ACCOUNT FOR IT AND WHOM HE PLEASES IS FORGIVEN 
AND WHOM HE CHOOSES TO RECEIVES PENALIZATION
FOR GOD HAS POWER OVER ALL CREATION

285  IT IS BELIEVED BY THE APOSTLE 
THAT WHICH TO HIM HAS BEEN REVEALED 
AND SO DO THOSE WITH HIM WHO ARE FAITHFUL 
EACH ONE OF THEM BELIEVES IN GOD AND HIS ANGELS 
AND IN ALL OF HIS SCRIPTURES AND IN ALL OF HIS APOSTLES 
AND MAKE NO DISTINCTION BETWEEN ANY OF GOD'S APOSTLES 
THEY SAY, WE HEAR AND OBEY GOD'S WILL
AND WE SEEK FOR GOD TO US TO BE MERCIFUL
AND TO HIM IS THE DESTINATION THAT IS FINAL

286  GOD DOES NOT PLACE A GREATER BURDEN 
BEYOND THE SCOPE OF ANY PERSON 
EACH GETS EVERY GOOD THAT HE HAS DONE
AND HE SUFFERS EVERY ILL THAT HE HAS DONE 

PRAY, OUR LORD, DO NOT CONDEMN US 
IF WE FALL INTO ERROR OUR LORD AND LAY NOT ON US 
A BURDEN LIKE THAT WHICH YOU DID LAY ON THOSE BEFORE US
OUR LORD, LAY NOT A GREATER BURDEN ON US  
THAN WE HAVE STRENGTH TO BEAR, BLOT OUT OUR SINS FROM US
AND GRANT FORGIVENESS TO US AND HAVE MERCY ON US 
FOR SURELY YOU ARE THE PROTECTOR OF US
SO AGAINST THE DISBELIEVERS HELP US

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IN THE NAME OF GOD
THE MOST GRACIOUS AND MERCIFUL GOD

1  I, GOD, THE CREATOR
AM THE BEST KNOWER

2  GOD, THERE IS NO GOD BUT HE, THE LIVING
THE ETERNAL, THE SELF-SUBSISTING

3  GOD SENT DOWN THE BOOK IN TRUTH TO YOU
CONFIRMING WHAT WAS SENT BEFORE YOU

AND HE SENT DOWN THE LAW OF MOSES  
AND THE CRITERION AND THE GOSPEL OF JESUS 

4  THEN THOSE WHO ARE DISBELIEVERS
IN THE MESSAGES OF THE CREATOR

WILL SUFFER THE SEVEREST PENALTY 
GOD IS LORD OF RETRIBUTION AND ALL MIGHTY

5  FROM GOD NOTHING IS HIDDEN 
ON EARTH OR IN THE HEAVENS

6  HE SHAPES YOU IN THE WOMBS OF YOUR MOTHERS
 THERE IS NO GOD BUT HE AND THERE IS NO OTHER
AND HE IS FULL OF KNOWLEDGE AND EXALTED IN POWER

7  HE IT IS WHO HAS SENT DOWN TO YOU THE REVELATION 
SOME OF ITS VERSES ARE BASIC, THEY ARE ITS FOUNDATION 
OTHERS ARE ALLEGORICAL BUT THOSE IN WHOSE HEARTS IS PERVERSION
GIVE THE ALLEGORIES THEIR OWN INTERPRETATIONS
SEEKING TO MISLEAD AND ONLY GOD KNOWS THEIR INTERPRETATIONS

AND SAY THOSE WHO ARE FIRMLY GROUNDED IN INSTRUCTION 
WE BELIEVE IN THE BOOK, IT IS FROM THE LORD OF ALL CREATION 
THE MESSAGE WILL BE GRASPED ONLY BY THOSE WITH COMPREHENSION

8  AND THEY SAY, OUR LORD, NOW AFTER 
YOU HAVE GUIDED US LET NOT OUR HEARTS ALTER
BUT GRANT TO US MERCY FROM YOUR GOOD PLEASURE
FOR YOU ARE THE GRANTOR OF BOUNTIES WITHOUT MEASURE

9  OUR LORD, YOU ARE HE THAT WILL GATHER MANKIND TOGETHER 
ON A DAY ABOUT WHICH THERE IS NO DOUBT WHATSOEVER 
FOR GOD NEVER FAILS IN HIS PROMISES EVER

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10  THOSE WHO ARE DISBELIEVERS 
NEITHER THEIR CHILDREN OR THEIR WEALTH EITHER
WILL AVAIL THEM AGAINST THEIR LORD AND SUSTAINER 
AND SURELY THEY ARE THEMSELVES BUT FUEL FOR THE FIRE

11  THEIR PLIGHT WILL BE NO BETTER 
THAN PHARAOH AND HIS PREDECESSORS 
THEY DENIED THE MESSAGE AND WERE REJECTERS
AND THEY WERE CALLED TO ACCOUNT BY THE CREATOR
FOR GOD IS THE SUPREME PUNISHER

12  SAY TO THOSE WHO ARE REJECTERS
YOU WILL BE VANQUISHED AND GATHERED TOGETHER 
AND THROWN INTO HELL, AN EVIL PLACE FOR THE DWELLERS

13  THERE WAS A SIGN FOR YOU IN THE MEETING OF TWO ARMIES  
ONE FIGHTING IN THE CAUSE OF GOD, THE OTHER CONTRARY  
THESE SAW WITH THEIR OWN EYES TWICE THEIR MILITARY
BUT GOD SUPPORTS WITH HIS AID WHOM HE DECREES 
AND IN THIS IS A WARNING FOR ALL TO SEE

14  FAIR IN MEN'S EYES IS THE LOVE OF COVETOUS THINGS 
WOMEN AND SONS AND HEAPED UP HOARDINGS 
OF GOLD, SILVER, CATTLE, HORSES AND DWELLINGS
THESE ARE ONLY POSSESSIONS OF THIS WORLD'S THINGS 
BUT NEARNESS TO YOUR LORD IS THE BEST ACCOMPLISHING

15  SAY, SHALL I GIVE YOU GLAD TIDINGS OF THINGS FAR BETTER?
FOR THE RIGHTEOUS ARE GARDENS WHEREIN FLOW RIVERS  
AND THEY ARE IN NEARNESS TO THE CREATOR
WITH COMPANIONS HOLY AND PURE 
FOR GOD OF ALL OF HIS SERVANTS IS THE SEER

16  THOSE WHO SAY, OUR LORD, WE ARE BELIEVERS 
FORGIVE US OUR SINS AND SAVE US FROM THE FIRE

17  THOSE WHO SHOW PATIENCE FIRMLY 
WHO ARE TRUE IN WORD AND DEED 
AND WHO WORSHIP DEVOUTLY
AND WHO SPEND IN THE WAY OF GOD FREELY
AND PRAY FOR FORGIVENESS REGULARLY
IN THE MORNING HOURS EARLY

18  GOD BEARS WITNESS THAT THERE IS NO GOD BUT HE
SO DO HIS ANGELS AND THOSE ENDUED WITH CLARITY  
STANDING ON JUSTICE THERE IS NO GOD BUT HE
EXALTED IN POWER AND ALL WISE IS HE

19  ENTIRE SUBMISSION TO HIS WILL IS GOD'S RELIGION TRULY 
AND THOSE WHO WERE GIVEN THE BOOK DIFFERED ONLY
AFTER KNOWLEDGE HAD COME TO THEM OUT OF ENVY 
AMONG THEMSELVES, AND WHOEVER DISBELIEVES 
IN HIS MESSAGE HE CALLS TO ACCOUNT SWIFTLY

20  SO IF WITH YOU THEY ARE DISPUTERS 
SAY TO THEM, TO GOD I AM A SUBMITTER
AND MY FOLLOWERS ARE ALSO SUBMITTERS
AND SAY TO THE PEOPLE OF THE SCRIPTURES
AND THE UNLEARNED PEOPLE, ALSO BE SUBMITTERS 
AND IF THEY DO SUBMIT THEN THEY ARE RIGHT DOERS
BUT IF THEY TURN AWAY YOUR DUTY IS ONLY TO DELIVER
THE MESSAGE FROM GOD, YOUR LORD AND CHERISHER
AND OF ALL OF HIS SERVANTS GOD IS THE SEER

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21  AS TO THOSE WHO DISBELIEVE IN THE MESSAGES OF GOD 
AND IN DEFIANCE OF RIGHT KILL THE PROPHETS OF GOD

AND KILL THOSE WHO TEACH JUST DEALING WITH MANKIND 
ANNOUNCE TO THEM A PENALTY OF A GRIEVOUS KIND

22  THEY ARE OF THOSE WHOSE WORKS WILL BEAR 
NO FRUIT IN THIS WORLD OR IN THE HEREAFTER 
NOR WILL THEY HAVE ANYONE AS HELPERS

23  HAVE YOU NOT TURNED YOUR VISION 
TO THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN GIVEN REVELATIONS? 
AND THEY ARE INVITED TO COME TO GOD'S REVELATIONS 
IN ORDER FOR THEM TO SETTLE THEIR DISPUTATIONS
BUT A PARTY OF THEM TURN BACK IN AVERSION
AND THEY DECLINE THE ARBITRATION

24  THIS IS BECAUSE THEY SAY 
THE FIRE WILL NOT TOUCH US FOR A FEW DAYS 

AS TO THEIR OWN RELIGION 
THEY ARE DECEIVED BY THEIR FABRICATIONS

25  BUT HOW WILL THEY TURN OUT WHEN WE GATHER THEM TOGETHER 
AGAINST A DAY ABOUT WHICH THERE IS NO DOUBT WHATSOEVER
AND EACH SOUL WILL BE PAID ITS EARNINGS WITHOUT FAVOR

26  SAY, OH CREATOR
LORD OF RULE AND POWER 
TO WHOM YOU PLEASE YOU GIVE POWER 
AND FROM WHOM YOU PLEASE YOU STRIP OFF POWER 
AND THOSE WHOM YOU PLEASE YOU ENDUE WITH HONOR 
AND WHOMEVER YOU PLEASE YOU DISHONOR
AND IN YOUR HAND IS ALL THAT IS PROPER
AND OVER ALL THINGS YOU HAVE POWER

27  YOU CAUSE THE NIGHT
TO GAIN ON THE DAY AND THE DAY TO GAIN ON THE NIGHT 

OUT OF THE DEAD YOU BRING THE LIVING
AND YOU BRING THE DEAD OUT OF THE LIVING 

AND YOU ARE THE GRANTOR 
OF SUSTENANCE TO WHOM YOU PLEASE WITHOUT MEASURE

28  LET NOT THE BELIEVERS TAKE FOR FRIENDS OR HELPERS 
DISBELIEVERS RATHER THAN BELIEVERS 
IF ANY DO THEY WILL NOT HAVE GOD AS A HELPER
AND GOD CAUTIONS YOU AGAINST THE DISBELIEVERS
SO YOU MAY GUARD YOURSELVES FROM THEIR ERRORS
AND GOD CAUTIONS THAT HIM YOU SHOULD REMEMBER 
FOR THE FINAL GOAL IS TO YOUR LORD IN THE HEREAFTER

29  WHETHER YOU HIDE WHAT IS IN YOUR HEARTS OR REVEAL IT 
GOD KNOWS IT AND WHAT IS IN THE HEAVENS HE KNOWS IT 
AND WHATEVER IS ON THE EARTH GOD KNOWS IT
AND OF ALL THINGS GOD HAS POWER OVER IT

30  ON THE DAY WHEN EVERY PERSON
WILL BE CONFRONTED WITH ALL THE GOOD HE HAS DONE 
AND HE WILL BE CONFRONTED WITH ALL THE EVIL HE HAS DONE 

HE WILL WISH THERE WERE A GREAT DISTANCE BETWEEN HIS EVIL AND HIM  
BUT YOUR LORD AND CHERISHER CAUTIONS YOU TO REMEMBER HIM 
AND GOD IS FULL OF KINDNESS TO THOSE THAT SERVE HIM

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31  SAY, IF YOU LOVE GOD FOLLOW ME AND GOD WILL LOVE YOU 
AND FORGIVE YOU YOUR SINS FOR GOD IS FORGIVING TO YOU

32  SAY, OBEY GOD AND HIS MESSENGER
BUT IF THEY TURN BACK GOD LOVES NOT DISBELIEVERS

33  GOD CHOSE ADAM AND NOAH AND ABRAHAM'S FAMILY 
AND THE FAMILY OF AMRAN ABOVE ALL OF HUMANITY

34  OFFSPRING ONE OF THE OTHER, AND GOD IS ALL HEARING
AND HE IS ALL KNOWING OF ALL THINGS

35  A WOMAN OF AMRAN SAID, OH CREATOR
WHAT IS IN MY WOMB TO YOU I OFFER
ACCEPT THIS OF ME, MY LORD AND CHERISHER
FOR YOU ARE THE HEARER AND THE BEST KNOWER

36  WHEN SHE WAS DELIVERED 
SHE SAID, OH MY LORD, A FEMALE CHILD HAVE I DELIVERED 
AND GOD KNEW BEST WHAT SHE DELIVERED 
AND THE MALE IS NOT LIKE THE FEMALE FOR SURE 
AND I HAVE NAMED HER MARY AND I COMMEND HER 
AND HER PROGENY TO YOUR PROTECTION FROM THE EVIL REJECTER 

37  RIGHT GRACIOUSLY DID HER LORD ACCEPT HER 
HE MADE HER GROW BEAUTIFULLY AND PURE
AND ASSIGNED HER TO ZAKARIYA'S CARE 
EVERY TIME HE ENTERED HER CHAMBER TO SEE HER 
HE FOUND HER SUPPLIED WITH FOOD AND HE SAID TO HER
OH MARY, HOW DID THIS COME TO YOU HERE?  
SHE ANSWERED, FROM GOD, FOR GOD IS THE PROVIDER
OF SUSTENANCE TO WHOM HE PLEASES WITHOUT MEASURE 

38  THERE DID ZAKARIYA PRAY TO HIS LORD SOLEMNLY
SAYING, OH MY LORD, GRANT TO ME A PURE PROGENY 
FOR YOU ARE THE HEARER OF PRAYERS ASSUREDLY

39  WHILE HE WAS PRAYING IN THE CHAMBER
THE ANGELS SAID TO HIM, YOUR LORD AND CHERISHER
GIVES YOU GLAD TIDINGS OF JOHN, A WITNESS BEARER 
OF THE TRUTH OF A WORD FROM YOUR LORD AND SUSTAINER
AND NOBLE AND CHASTE AND A PROPHET AND A MESSENGER
AND A MEMBER OF THE GOOD COMPANY OF RIGHTEOUS DOERS

40  HE SAID, OH MY LORD, HOW CAN I HAVE A SON
SEEING THAT I AM VERY OLD AND MY WIFE IS BARREN? 
THE ANSWER WAS, GOD DOES WHAT HE WILLS TO BE DONE

41  HE SAID, OH MY LORD, GIVE A SIGN TO ME 
THE ANSWER WAS, SURELY YOUR SIGN WILL BE 
THAT YOU WILL NOT SPEAK TO ANY MEN DIRECTLY
FOR THREE DAYS EXCEPT WITH SIGNALS AND THEN SOLEMNLY 
CELEBRATE THE PRAISES OF YOUR LORD, MOST HIGH, REPEATEDLY
AND GLORIFY HIM IN THE EVENING AND MORNING CONTINUOUSLY

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42  THE ANGELS SAID, OH MARY, GOD HAS CHOSEN AND PURIFIED YOU 
AND ABOVE ALL WOMEN OF ALL NATIONS HE HAS CHOSEN YOU

43  OH MARY, WORSHIP YOUR LORD WITH SINCERE DEVOTION 
PROSTRATE IN PRAYER AND BOW DOWN IN SUBMISSION 
ALONG WITH THOSE WHO BOW IN SUBMISSION

44  THIS IS OF THE UNSEEN EXPOSITIONS
WHICH WE REVEAL TO YOU BY INSPIRATION
AND YOU WERE NOT IN THEIR CONGREGATION
WHEN THEY CAST LOTS TO SEE WHICH ONE 
SHOULD BE CHARGED WITH MARY’S DISPOSITION 
NOR WERE YOU WITH THEM DURING THEIR DISPUTATIONS

45  THE ANGELS SAID, OH MARY HERE IS GOOD NEWS FROM THE CREATOR
HIS NAME WILL BE CHRIST JESUS, SON OF MARY, HELD IN HONOR 
IN THIS WORLD AND IN THE HEREAFTER 
AND OF THE COMPANY OF THOSE NEAREST TO THE CREATOR

46  HE WILL SPEAK TO PEOPLE IN CHILDHOOD AND IN MATURITY
HE WILL BE OF THE COMPANY OF THOSE WHO ACT RIGHTEOUSLY

47  SHE SAID, OH MY LORD, HOW WILL IT BE
FOR ME TO HAVE A SON WHEN NO MAN HAS TOUCHED ME?
HE ANSWERED, EVEN SO GOD DOES CREATE WHAT HE DECREES

AND WHEN HE HAS DECREED A PLAN ALL THAT HAPPENS IS 
HE ONLY SAYS TO IT, BE, AND IT IS

48  GOD WILL TEACH HIM THE BOOK, THE LAW AND THE GOSPEL

49  AND HE WILL SEND HIM AS AN APOSTLE 
WITH THIS MESSAGE TO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL 

I HAVE COME TO YOU WITH A SIGN BY GOD’S PERMISSION
IN THAT I MAKE FOR YOU OUT OF CLAY BY GOD’S PERMISSION
THE FIGURE OF A BIRD BY GOD’S PERMISSION
AND I BREATHE INTO IT BY GOD’S PERMISSION
AND IT BECOMES A BIRD BY GOD'S PERMISSION
I HEAL THOSE BORN BLIND BY GOD’S PERMISSION
AND I HEAL THE LEPERS BY GOD’S PERMISSION 
AND I RAISE THE DEAD BY GOD'S PERMISSION
AND I DECLARE TO YOU WHAT TO EAT BY GOD’S PERMISSION
WHAT TO STORE IN YOUR HOUSES BY GOD’S PERMISSION
AND THIS IS A SIGN TO THOSE WITH COMPREHENSION

50  I HAVE COME TO YOU CONFIRMING TO YOU
THE LAW AND TO MAKE LAWFUL TO YOU 
WHAT WAS BEFORE FORBIDDEN TO YOU 

AND I HAVE COME TO YOU WITH A SIGN FROM YOUR LORD
SO OBEY ME AND KEEP YOUR DUTY TO YOUR LORD

51  SURELY GOD IS MY LORD AND YOUR LORD 
SO SERVE HIM, THIS IS THE RIGHT WAY WITH YOUR LORD

52  WHEN JESUS FOUND THEM TO BE DISBELIEVERS 
HE SAID, WHO OF YOU WILL BE MY HELPERS 
TO DO THE WORK OF THE CREATOR
THE DISCIPLES SAID, WE ARE GOD'S HELPERS 
WE BELIEVE IN HIM SO BEAR WITNESS WE ARE SUBMITTERS

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53  OUR LORD, WE ARE BELIEVERS 
IN WHAT YOU HAVE REVEALED OF SCRIPTURES
AND WE DO SINCERELY FOLLOW THE MESSENGER
THEN WRITE US DOWN AMONG THE WITNESS BEARERS

54  AND THE DISBELIEVERS PLOTTED AND PLANNED 
AND YOUR LORD TOO PLOTTED AND PLANNED
AND GOD IS THE BEST OF THOSE WHO PLAN

SECTION 6

55  YOUR LORD SAID, OH JESUS, I WILL TAKE YOU AND CLEAR YOU 
OF THE FALSEHOODS OF THOSE WHO BLASPHEME AGAINST YOU
AND I WILL MAKE THOSE WHO FOLLOW YOU 
SUPERIOR TO THOSE WHO REJECT FAITH IN YOU
TO THE DAY OF RESURRECTION, THEN SHALL YOU 
ALL RETURN TO ME AND I WILL JUDGE BETWEEN YOU 
IN THE MATTERS OF WHICH YOU DISPUTE AMONG YOU

56  AND I WILL PUNISH THOSE WHO ARE DISBELIEVERS
WITH AGONY IN THIS WORLD AND THE HEREAFTER 
NOR WILL THEY HAVE ANY ONE AS HELPERS

57  AND TO THOSE WHO BELIEVE AND ACT RIGHTEOUSLY
GOD WILL ASSURELDY PAY THEM THEIR REWARD FULLY
BUT GOD LOVES NOT THOSE WHO ACT WRONGFULLY

58  THIS IS WHAT WE RECITE TO YOU 
OF THE MESSAGES OF WISDOM TO YOU

59  THE LIKENESS OF ADAM WITH GOD IS LIKE THAT OF JESUS
HE CREATED HIM FROM DUST THEN SAID TO HIM, BE, AND HE WAS

60  THE TRUTH COMES FROM GOD ALONE SO ABOUT IT
BE NOT ONE OF THOSE WHO DOUBT IT

61  IF ANYONE DISPUSTES IN THIS MATTER WITH YOU
NOW AFTER FULL KNOWLEDGE HAS COME TO YOU 

SAY, COME LET US GATHER TOGETHER OUR SONS 
AND YOUR SONS 

AND OUR WOMEN 
AND YOUR WOMEN 

AND OURSELVES 
AND YOURSELVES 

THEN LET US BE EARNEST IN PRAYER
AND INVOKE THE CURSE OF GOD ON THE LIARS

62  THIS IS THE TRUE ACCOUNT, THERE IS NO GOD EXCEPT GOD
AND ALL MIGHTY AND ALL WISE IS GOD

63  BUT IF THEY TURN BACK, GOD IS THE KNOWER
OF THOSE WHO ARE THE MISCHIEF MAKERS

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64  SAY, OH PEOPLE OF THE SCRIPTURES
COME TO TERMS WITH US THAT WE WORSHIP NONE OTHER
BUT GOD, AND THAT WE ASSOCIATE WITH HIM NO PARTNERS 
AND THAT WE ERECT NOT FROM AMONG US PROTECTORS 
AND PATRONS OTHER THAN OUR LORD AND CHERISHER 
IF THEY TURN BACK SAY, WE ARE WITNESS BEARERS
THAT WE BOW TO GOD'S WILL AS SUBMITTERS

65  OH YOU PEOPLE OF THE SCRIPTURES 
WHY ABOUT ABRAHAM ARE YOU DISPUTERS

WHEN THE LAW AND THE GOSPEL HAD NOT ITS REVEALING
UNTIL AFTER HIM, HAVE YOU NO UNDERSTANDING?

66  IT IS YOU WHO DISPUTE IN MATTERS OF WHICH YOU HAVE KNOWLEDGE
BUT WHY DISPUTE IN MATTERS OF WHICH YOU HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE?  
IT IS GOD WHO KNOWS ALL AND YOU HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE 

67  ABRAHAM WAS NOT A CHRISTIAN OR A JEW
HE WAS A SUBMITTER TO GOD UPRIGHT AND TRUE 

HE BOWED HIS WILL TO GOD'S WILL COMPLETEY
AND HE JOINED NOT GODS WITH GOD IN DEITY

68  THE NEAREST OF KIN TO ABRAHAM ARE HIS FOLLOWERS
ALSO THIS MESSENGER AND THOSE WHO ARE BELIEVERS
AND GOD IS THE PROTECTOR OF THE BELIEVERS

69  THE PEOPLE OF THE BOOK WISH THEY COULD LEAD YOU ASTRAY 
BUT THEY WILL NOT BY ANY MEANS LEAD YOU ASTRAY 
THEY WILL ONLY LEAD THEMSELVES ASTRAY

70  YOU PEOPLE OF THE BOOK, WHY DO YOU REJECT GOD'S MESSAGES
OF WHICH YOU ARE YOURSELVES WITNESSES?

71  YOU PEOPLE OF THE BOOK, WHY DO YOU CLOTHE TRUTH 
WITH FALSEHOOD AND YOU CONCEAL THE TRUTH 
WHILE YOU KNOW WHAT IS THE TRUTH?

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72  THE PEOPLE OF THE BOOK SAY, BELIEVE IN THE MORNING 
WHAT IS REVEALED TO THE BELIEVERS BUT REJECT IT IN THE EVENING
PERCHANCE THAT THEY MIGHT THEMSELVES TURN AWAY DISBELIEVING

73  AND BELIEVE IN NO ONE 
UNLESS HE FOLLOWS YOUR RELIGION 
SAY, TRUE SUBMISSION IS GOD'S RELIGION 
UNLESS THERE BE SENT A REVELATION  
TO SOMEONE ELSE LIKE YOUR REVELATION 
OR THAT THOSE RECEIVING SUCH REVELATION
SHOULD HAVE YOU ENGAGING IN DISPUTATIONS
SAY TO THEM, ALL BOUNTIES ARE IN GOD’S DOMINION
HE GRANTS THEM TO WHOM HE PLEASES AT HIS DISCRETION  
 
74  HE SPECIALLY CHOOSES WHOM HE PLEASES FOR HIS MERCIES
FOR GOD IS THE LORD OF UNBOUNDED BOUNTIES 

75  AND AMONG THE PEOPLE OF THE SCRIPTURES
ARE SOME WHO IF YOU TRUSTED WITH A HOARD OF TREASURES
WILL DEFINITELY PAY IT BACK TO YOU AND THEN THERE ARE OTHERS
WHO WILL NOT REPAY YOU IF TRUSTED WITH A SINGLE COIN OF SILVER 
UNLESS YOU CONSTANTLY STOOD DEMANDING IT AFTER
BECAUSE THEY SAY, WE DO NOT HAVE TO BE FAIR
WITH THESE IGNORANT PAGANS, BUT THEY DECLARE
A LIE AGAINST GOD AND OF IT THEY ARE WELL AWARE

76  THOSE THAT KEEP THEIR FAITH AND ACT RIGHT 
SURELY GOD LOVES THOSE WHO ACT RIGHT

77  AS FOR THOSE WHO SELL THE FAITH THAT THEY OWE TO GOD
FOR A SMALL PRICE THEY WILL HAVE NO PORTION WITH GOD
IN THE HEREAFTER NOR WILL THEY BE SPOKEN TO BY GOD
NOR WILL THEY BE SEEN ON JUDGMENT DAY BY GOD
NOR WILL THEY BE CLEANSED BY GOD 
THEY WILL HAVE A GRIEVOUS PENALTY FROM GOD

78  THERE IS AMONG THEM A PARTY WHO DISTORT THE BOOK
AND YOU WOULD THINK IT IS PART OF THE BOOK 
BUT IT IS REALLY NOT PART OF THE BOOK 

THEY SAY THAT IT IS FROM GOD, BUT IT IS NOT FROM GOD
BUT IT IS THEY WHO TELL A LIE AGAINST GOD

79  AND IT IS NOT POSSIBLE THAT A MAN WHO IS GIVEN SCRIPTURE 
AND WISDOM AND PROPHETHOOD SAY TO GOD'S FOLLOWERS
BE MY WORSHIPPERS RATHER THAN THE CREATOR
HE WOULD SAY, BE WORSHIPPERS OF YOUR LORD AND CHERISHER 
FOR MOST ASSUREDLY YOU HAVE TAUGHT THE SCRIPTURES 
AND YOU STUDY IT EARNESTLY AND SINCERE

80  NOR WOULD HE TELL YOU TO TAKE ANGELS FOR GODS
OR TO TAKE PROPHETS FOR GODS
WOULD HE BID YOU TO UNBELIEF IN GOD 
AFTER YOU HAVE BOWED YOUR WILL TO GOD? 

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81  GOD TOOK THE COVENANT ALL OF THE PROPHETS ALL TOGETHER
SAYING, I GIVE YOU SCRIPTURE AND WISDOM, THEN A MESSENGER 
COMFIRMING WHAT IS WITH YOU WILL COME TO YOU AFTER
WILL YOU BELIEVE IN HIM AND HELP HIM AND FURTHER 
DO YOU AGREE AND TAKE MY COVENANT AS SINCERE? 
AND THEY SAID, WE ALL AGREE ALL TOGETHER
AND HE SAID, THEN BE WITNESS BEARERS
AND I AM  AMONG YOU AS A WITNESS BEARER

82  IF ANY TURN BACK AFTER 
THEY ARE PERVERTED TRANSGRESSORS

83  DO THEY SEEK FOR OTHER THAN GOD'S RELIGION 
WHILE ALL CREATURES ON EARTH AND IN THE HEAVENS 
WILLINGLY OR UNWILLINGLY BOW TO HIM IN SUBMISSION?
TO HIM THEY WILL BE BROUGHT BACK FOR THE FINAL DECISION

84  SAY, WE BELIEVE IN GOD AND BELIEVE IN WHAT IS REVEALED TO US
AND WHAT WAS REVEALED TO ABRAHAM, ISHMAEL AND TO MOSES
AND TO ISAAC AND  JACOB AND THE TRIBES, AND TO JESUS 
AND ALL OF THE PROPHETS FROM GOD SENT TO US
AND NO DISTINCTION BETWEEN THEM IS MADE BY US
AND TO GOD DO WE OFFER COMPLETE SUBMISSION FROM US

IF ANYONE DESIRES A RELIGION OTHER 
THAN SUBMISSION TO THE WILL OF THE CREATOR
IT WILL IN NO WAY AT ALL BE ACCEPTED FROM HIM EVER
AND IN THE HEREAFTER HE WILL BE IN THE RANKS OF THE LOSERS

86  AND HOW SHALL GOD GUIDE THOSE WHO BECAME DISBELIEVERS 
AFTER BEING BELIEVERS AND BORE WITNESS THAT THE MESSENGER
WAS TRUE AND MESSAGES HAD COME TO THEM THAT WERE CLEAR 
BUT UNJUST PEOPLE ARE NOT GUIDED BY THE CREATOR

87  AS FOR THESE THEIR REWARD IS FOR THEM 
GOD'S CURSE AND THE CURSE OF HIS ANGELS IS ON THEM
AND THE CURSE OF ALL MANKIND ALL COMBINED IS UPON THEM

88  IN THAT WILL THEY DWELL NOR WILL THEIR PENALTY
BE LIGHTENED NOR RESPITED WILL THEY BE 

89  EXCEPT FOR THOSE THAT REPENT SINCERELY
AND MAKE AMENDS, FOR GOD IS SURELY 
OFTEN RETURNING TO MERCY

90  BUT FOR THOSE WHO REJECT FAITH AFTER THEY HAVE ACCEPTED 
AND GO ON DEFYING, THEIR REPENTANCE WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED
FOR THEY ARE THOSE WHO HAVE PURPOSELY REJECTED

91  AS TO THOSE WHO ARE IN REJECTION WHEN DEATH COMES TO THEM
ALL THE GOLD THE EARTH HOLDS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED FROM THEM 
THOUGH THEY SHOULD OFFER IT GLADLY TO RANSOM THEM
AND A GRIEVOUS PENALTY IS IN STORE FOR THEM  
AND THEY WILL FIND NO ONE TO HELP THEM

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