Quran with English TranslationSurah Al NahlTranslator Abdullah Yusuf Ali |
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
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(Inevitable) cometh (to pass) the Command of Allah: seek ye not then to hasten it:
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He doth send down His angels with inspiration of His Command, to such of His servants as He pleaseth,
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He has created the heavens and the earth for just ends: far is He above having the partners they ascribe to Him! |
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He has created man from a sperm drop; and behold this same (man) becomes an open disputer! |
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And cattle He has created for you (men): from them ye derive warmth, and numerous benefits, and of their (meat) ye eat. |
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And ye have a sense of pride and beauty in them as ye drive them home in the evening, and as ye lead them forth to pasture in the morning. |
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And they carry your heavy loads to lands that ye could not (otherwise) reach except with souls distressed: for your Lord is indeed Most Kind, Most Merciful. |
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And (He has created) horses, mules, and donkeys, for you to ride and use for show; and He has created (other) things of what ye have no knowledge. |
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And unto Allah leads straight the Way, but there are ways that turn aside: if Allah had willed, He could have guided all of you. |
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It is He Who sends down rain from the sky: from it ye drink, and out of it (grows) the vegetation on which ye feed your cattle. |
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With it He produces for you corn, olives, date-palms, grapes, and every kind of fruit:
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He has made subject to you the Night and the Day; the Sun and the Moon; and the Stars are in subjection by His Command:
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And the things on this earth which He has multiplied in varying colors (and qualities):
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It is He Who has made the sea subject, that ye may eat thereof flesh that is fresh and tender, and that ye may extract therefrom ornaments to wear;
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And He has set up on the earth mountains standing firm, lest it should shake with you; and rivers and roads; that ye may guide yourselves, |
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And marks and signposts; and by the stars (men) guide themselves. |
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Is then He Who creates like one that creates not?
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If ye would count up the favors of Allah, never would ye be able to number them: for Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful. |
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And Allah doth know what ye conceal, and what ye reveal. |
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Those whom they invoke besides Allah create nothing and are themselves created. |
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(They are things) dead, lifeless: nor do thy know when they will be raised up |
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Your Allah is One Allah: as to those who believe not in the Hereafter, their hearts refuse to know and they are arrogant. |
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Undoubtedly Allah doth know what they conceal, and what they reveal: verily He loveth not the arrogant. |
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When it is said to them, "What is it that your Lord has revealed?"
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Let them bear, on the Day of Judgment, their own burdens in full, and also (something) of the burdens of those without knowledge, whom they misled.
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Those before them did also plot (against Allah's Way):
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Then, on the Day of Judgment, He will cover them with shame, and say: "Where are My 'partners' concerning whom ye used to dispute (with the godly)?" |
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"(Namely) those whose lives the angels take in a state of wrongdoing to their own souls. Then would they offer submission (with the pretence), 'We did no evil (knowingly).'"
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"So enter the gates of Hell, to dwell therein. Thus evil indeed is the abode of the arrogant." |
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To the righteous (when) it is said, "What is it that your Lord has revealed?"
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Gardens of Eternity which they will enter: beneath them flow (pleasant) rivers: they will have therein all that they wish: thus doth Allah reward the righteous -- |
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(Namely) those whose lives the angels take in a state of purity, saying (to them), "Peace be on you; enter ye the Garden, because of the good which ye did (in the world)." |
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Do they (ungodly) wait until the angels come to them, or there comes the Command of thy Lord (for their doom)?
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But the evil results of their deeds overtook them, and that very (Wrath) at which they had scoffed hemmed them in. |
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The worshippers of false gods say: |
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For We assuredly sent amongst every People a Messenger, (with the Command), "Serve Allah and eschew Evil":
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If thou art anxious for their guidance, yet Allah guideth not such as He leaves to stray, and there is none to help them. |
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They swear their strongest oaths by Allah, that Allah will not raise up those who die:
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(They must be raised up), in order that He may manifest to them the truth of that wherein they differ, and that the rejecters of Truth may realize that they had indeed (surrendered to) Falsehood. |
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For to anything which We have willed, We but say the Word, "Be," and it is. |
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To those who leave their homes in the Cause of Allah, after suffering oppression -- We will assuredly give a goodly home in this world: but truly the reward of the Hereafter will be greater, if they only realize (this)! |
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(They are) those who persevere in patience, and put their trust on their Lord. |
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And before thee also the Messengers We sent were but men, to whom We granted inspiration:
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(We sent them) with Clear Signs and Books of dark prophecies;
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Do then those who devise evil (plots) feel secure that Allah will not cause the earth to swallow them up,
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Or that He may not call them to account in the midst of their goings to and fro, without a chance of their frustrating Him? -- |
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Or that He may not call them to account by a process of slow wastage -- for thy Lord is indeed full of kindness and mercy. |
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Do they not look at Allah's creation, (even) among (inanimate) things -- how their (very) shadows turn round, from the right and the left, prostrating themselves to Allah, and that in the humblest manner? |
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And to Allah doth obeisance all that is in the heavens and on earth, whether moving (living) creatures or the angels: for none are arrogant (before their Lord). |
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They all revere their Lord, high above them, and they do all that they are commanded. ۩ |
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Allah has said: "Take not (for worship) two gods: for He is just One Allah: then fear Me (and Me alone)." |
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To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and on earth, and to Him is duty due always: then will ye fear other than Allah? |
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And ye have no good thing but is from Allah: and moreover, when ye are touched by distress, unto Him ye cry with groans; |
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Yet, when He removes the distress from you, behold! some of you turn to other gods to join with their Lord -- |
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(As if) to show their ingratitude for the favors We have bestowed on them! Then enjoy (your brief day); but soon will ye know (your folly)! |
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And they (even) assign, to things they do not know, a portion out of that which we have bestowed for their sustenance!
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And they assign daughters for Allah! |
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When news is brought to one of them, of (the birth of) a female (child), his face darkens, and he is filled with inward grief! |
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With shame does he hide himself from his people, because of the bad news he has had! Shall he retain it on (sufferance and) contempt, or bury it in the dust?
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To those who believe not in the Hereafter, applies the similitude of evil: to Allah applies the highest similitude: for He is the Exalted in Power, Full of Wisdom. |
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It Allah were to punish men for their wrongdoing, He would not leave, on the (earth), a single living creature:
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They attribute to Allah what they hate (for themselves), and their tongues assert the falsehood that all good things are for themselves:
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By Allah, We (also) sent (our prophets) to peoples before thee; but Satan made, (to the wicked), their own acts seem alluring:
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And We sent down the Book to thee for the express purpose, that thou shouldst make clear to them those things in which they differ,
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And Allah sends down rain from the skies, and gives therewith life to the earth after its death:
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And verily in cattle (too) will ye find an instructive Sign. From what is within their bodies, between excretions and blood, We produce, for your drink, milk, pure and agreeable to those who drink it. |
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And from the fruit of the date-palm and the vine, ye get out wholesome drink and food:
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And thy Lord taught the Bee to build its cells in hills, on trees, and in (men's) habitations; |
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Then to eat of all the produce (of the earth), and find with skill the spacious paths of its Lord:
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It is Allah who creates you and takes your souls at death; and of you there are some who are sent back to a feeble age, so that they know nothing after having known (much):
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Allah has bestowed His gifts of sustenance more freely on some of you than on others;
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And Allah has made for you mates (and companions) of your own nature.
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And worship others than Allah, such as have no power of providing them, for sustenance, with anything in heavens or earth, and cannot possibly have such power? |
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Invent not similitudes for Allah: for Allah knoweth, and ye know not. |
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Allah sets forth the Parable (of two men: one) a slave under the dominion of another;
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Allah sets forth (another) Parable of two men:
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To Allah belongeth the mystery of the heavens and the earth.
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It is He Who brought you forth from the wombs of your mothers when ye knew nothing; and He gave you hearing and sight and intelligence and affections: that ye may give thanks (to Allah). |
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Do they not look at the birds, held poised in the midst of (the air and) the sky?
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It is Allah who made your habitations homes of rest and quiet for you;
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It is Allah who made, out of the things He created some things to give you shade; of the hills He made some for your shelter;
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But if they turn away, thy duty is only to preach the clear message. |
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They recognize the favors of Allah; then they deny them; and most of them are (creatures) ungrateful. |
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One day We shall raise from all peoples a witness: then will no excuse be accepted from Unbelievers, nor will they receive any favors. |
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When the wrongdoers (actually) see the Penalty, then will it in no way be mitigated, nor will they then receive respite. |
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When those who gave partners to Allah will see their "partners," they will say: "Our Lord! these are our 'partners,' those whom we used to invoke besides thee."
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That day shall they (openly) show (their) submission to Allah; and all their inventions shall leave them in the lurch. |
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Those who reject Allah and hinder (men) from the path of Allah, for them will We add Penalty to Penalty; for that they used to spread mischief. |
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One day We shall raise from all peoples a witness against them, from amongst themselves: and We shall bring thee as a witness against these (thy people):
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Allah commands |
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Fulfil the Covenant of Allah when ye have entered into it, and break not your oaths after ye have confirmed them; indeed ye have made Allah your surety; for Allah knoweth all that ye do. |
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And be not like a woman who breaks into untwisted strands they yarn which she has spun, after it has become strong.
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If Allah so willed, He could make you all one people: but He leaves straying whom He pleases, and He guides whom He pleases:
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And take not your oaths, to practice deception between yourselves, with the result that someone's foot may slip after it was firmly planted;
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Nor sell the Covenant of Allah for a miserable price: for with Allah is (a prize) far better for you, if ye only knew. |
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What is with you must vanish: what is with Allah will endure.
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Whoever works righteousness, man or woman, and has faith,
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When thou dost read the Qur'án, seek Allah's protection from Satan the rejected one. |
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No authority has he over those who believe and put their trust in their Lord. |
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His authority is over those only, who take him as patron and who join partners with Allah. |
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When We substitute one revelation for another, and Allah knows best what He reveals (in stages), they say, "Thou art but a forger": but most of them understand not. |
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Say, the Holy Spirit has brought the revelation from thy Lord in truth, in order to strengthen those who believe, and as a guide and Glad Tidings to Muslims. |
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We know indeed that they say, "It is a man that teaches him."
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Those who believe not in the Signs of Allah, Allah will not guide them, and theirs will be a grievous Penalty. |
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It is those who believe not in the Signs of Allah, that forge falsehood: it is they who lie! |
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Anyone who, after accepting faith in Allah, utters unbelief, except under compulsion, his heart remaining firm in faith, but such as open their breast to unbelief, on them is Wrath from Allah, and theirs will be a dreadful Penalty. |
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This because they love the life of this world better than the Hereafter: and Allah will not guide those who reject faith. |
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Those are they whose hearts, ears, and eyes Allah has sealed up, and they take no heed. |
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Without doubt, in the hereafter they will perish. |
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But verily thy Lord to those who leave their homes after trials and persecutions and who thereafter strive and fight for the faith and patiently persevere, thy Lord, after all this, is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful. |
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One day every soul will come up struggling for itself, and every soul will be recompensed (fully) for all its actions, and none will be unjustly dealt with. |
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Allah sets forth a parable: |
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And there came to them a Messenger from among themselves, but they falsely rejected him; so the wrath seized them even in the midst of their iniquities. |
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So eat of the sustenance which Allah has provided for you, lawful and good; and be grateful for the favors of Allah, if it is He whom ye serve. |
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He has only forbidden you |
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But say not, for any false thing that your tongues may put forth, "This is lawful, and this is forbidden," so as to ascribe false things to Allah.
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(In such falsehood) is but a paltry profit; but they will have a most grievous Penalty. |
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To the Jews We prohibited such things as We have mentioned to thee before: We did them no wrong, but they were used to doing wrong to themselves. |
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But verily thy Lord, to those who do wrong in ignorance, but who thereafter repent and make amends, thy Lord, after all this, is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful. |
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Abraham was indeed a model, devoutly obedient to Allah, (and) true in faith, and he joined not gods with Allah: |
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He showed his gratitude for the favors of Allah, Who chose him, and guided him to a straight way. |
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And We gave him good in this world, and he will be, in the Hereafter, in the ranks of the righteous. |
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So We have taught thee the inspired (message), "Follow the ways of Abraham the true in faith, and he joined not gods with Allah." |
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The Sabbath was only made (strict) to those who disagreed (as to its observance); but Allah will judge between them on the Day of Judgment as to their differences. |
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Invite (all) to the way of thy Lord with wisdom and beautiful preaching; and argue with them in ways that are best and most gracious: |
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And if ye do catch them out, catch them out no worse than they catch you out: but if ye show patience, that is indeed the best (course) for those who are patient. |
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And do thou be patient, for thy patience is but from Allah; nor grieve over them: and distress not thyself because of their plots. |
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For Allah is with those - who restrain themselves, - and those who do good. |
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