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When We plucked the mountain [and held it] above them as if it were a canopy (and they thought it was about to fall on them): ‘Hold on with power to what We have given you and remember that which is in it, so that you may be Godwary.’ ﴾171﴿When your Lord took from the Children of Adam, from their loins, their descendants and made them bear witness over themselves, [He said to them,] ‘Am I not your Lord?’ They said, ‘Yes indeed! We bear witness.’ [This,] lest you should say on the Day of Resurrection, ‘Indeed we were unaware of this,’ ﴾172﴿or lest you should say, ‘Our fathers ascribed partners [to Allah] before [us] and we were descendants after them. Will You then destroy us because of what the falsifiers have done?’ ﴾173﴿Thus do We elaborate the signs, so that they may come back. ﴾174﴿Relate to them an account of him to whom We gave Our signs, but he cast them off. Thereupon Satan pursued him, and he became one of the perverse. ﴾175﴿Had We wished, We would have surely raised him by their means, but he clung to the earth and followed his [base] desires. So his parable is that of a dog: if you make for it, it lolls out its tongue, and if you let it alone, it lolls out its tongue. Such is the parable of the people who deny Our signs. So recount these narratives, so that they may reflect. ﴾176﴿Evil is the parable of the people who deny Our signs and wrong themselves. ﴾177﴿Whomever Allah guides is rightly guided, and whomever He leads astray—it is they who are the losers. ﴾178﴿Certainly We have winnowed out for hell many of the jinn and humans: they have hearts with which they do not understand, they have eyes with which they do not see, they have ears with which they do not hear. They are like cattle; indeed, they are more astray. It is they who are the heedless. ﴾179﴿To Allah belong the Best Names, so supplicate Him by them, and abandon those who commit sacrilege in His names. Soon they shall be requited for what they used to do. ﴾180﴿Among those We have created are a nation who guide by the truth and do justice thereby. ﴾181﴿As for those who deny Our signs, We will draw them imperceptibly [into ruin], whence they do not know. ﴾182﴿And I will grant them respite, for My devising is indeed sure. ﴾183﴿Have they not reflected that there is no madness in their companion, [and that] he is just a manifest warner? ﴾184﴿Have they not contemplated the dominions of the heavens and the earth, and whatever things Allah has created, and that maybe their time has already drawn near? So what discourse will they believe after this?! ﴾185﴿Whomever Allah leads astray has no guide, and He leaves them bewildered in their rebellion. ﴾186﴿They question you concerning the Hour, when will it set in? Say, ‘Its knowledge is only with my Lord: none except Him shall manifest it at its time. It will weigh heavy on the heavens and the earth. It will not overtake you but suddenly.’ They ask you as if you were in the know of it. Say, ‘Its knowledge is only with Allah, but most people do not know.’ ﴾187﴿Say, ‘I have no control over any benefit for myself, nor [over] any harm except what Allah may wish. Had I known the Unseen, I would have acquired much good, and no ill would have befallen me. I am only a warner and bearer of good news to a people who have faith.’ ﴾188﴿It is He who created you from a single soul, and made from it its mate, that he might find comfort with her. So when he had covered her, she bore a light burden and passed [some time] with it. When she had grown heavy, they both invoked Allah, their Lord: ‘If You give us a healthy [child], we will be surely grateful.’ ﴾189﴿Then when He gave them a healthy [child], they ascribed partners to Him in what He had given them. Exalted is Allah above [having] any partners that they ascribe [to Him]! ﴾190﴿Do they ascribe [to Him] partners that create nothing and have been created themselves, ﴾191﴿and can neither help them, nor help themselves? ﴾192﴿If you call them to guidance, they will not follow you: it is the same to you whether you call them or whether you are silent. ﴾193﴿Indeed those whom you invoke besides Allah are creatures like you. So invoke them: they should answer you, if you are truthful. ﴾194﴿Do they have any feet to walk with? Do they have any hands to grasp with? Do they have any eyes to see with? Do they have any ears to hear with? Say, ‘Invoke your partners [that you ascribe to Allah] and try out your stratagems against me without granting me any respite. ﴾195﴿My guardian is indeed Allah who sent down the Book, and He takes care of the righteous. ﴾196﴿Those whom you invoke besides Him can neither help you, nor help themselves. ﴾197﴿If you call them to guidance, they will not hear. You see them facing you, but they do not see.’ ﴾198﴿Adopt [a policy of] excusing [the faults of people], bid what is right, and turn away from the ignorant. ﴾199﴿Should a temptation from Satan disturb you, invoke the protection of Allah; indeed He is all-hearing, all-knowing. ﴾200﴿When those who are Godwary are touched by a visitation of Satan, they remember [Allah] and, behold, they perceive. ﴾201﴿But their brethren, they draw them into error, and then they do not spare [any harm]. ﴾202﴿When you do not bring them a sign, they say, ‘Why do you not improvise one?’ Say, ‘I only follow what is revealed to me from my Lord; these are insights from your Lord, and a guidance and mercy for a people who have faith.’ ﴾203﴿When the Quran is recited, listen to it and be silent, maybe you will receive [Allah’s] mercy. ﴾204﴿And remember your Lord within your heart beseechingly and reverentially, without being loud, morning, and evening, and do not be among the heedless. ﴾205﴿Indeed those who are [stationed] near your Lord do not disdain to worship Him. They glorify Him and prostrate to Him. ﴾206﴿
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