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Relate to them the account of Noah when he said to his people, ‘O my people! If my stay [among you] be hard on you and [also] my reminding you of Allah’s signs, [for my part] I have put my trust in Allah. So conspire together, along with your partners, leaving nothing vague in your plan, then carry it out against me without giving me any respite. ﴾71﴿If you turn your back [on me], I do not ask any reward from you; my reward lies only with Allah and I have been commanded to be of those who submit [to Allah].’ ﴾72﴿But they impugned him. So We delivered him and those who were with him in the ark and We made them the successors, and We drowned those who denied Our signs. So observe how was the fate of those who were warned! ﴾73﴿Then after him We sent [other] apostles to their people. They brought them manifest proofs, but they would not believe something they had denied before. Thus do We seal the hearts of the transgressors. ﴾74﴿Then, after them, We sent Moses and Aaron to Pharaoh and his elite with Our signs, but they acted arrogantly and they were a guilty lot. ﴾75﴿When the truth from Us came to them, they said, ‘This is indeed plain magic!’ ﴾76﴿Moses said, ‘Do you say of the truth when it comes to you [that it is magic]? Is this magic? Magicians do not find salvation.’ ﴾77﴿They said, ‘Have you come to us to turn us away from what we found our fathers following, so that supremacy may be yours in the land? We will not believe in the two of you.’ ﴾78﴿Pharaoh said, ‘Bring me every expert magician.’ ﴾79﴿So when the magicians came, Moses said to them, ‘Throw down what you have to throw.’ ﴾80﴿So when they threw down [their sticks and ropes], Moses said, ‘What you have produced is magic. Indeed Allah will bring it to naught presently. Indeed Allah does not foster the efforts of those who cause corruption. ﴾81﴿Allah will confirm the truth with His words, though the guilty should be averse.’ ﴾82﴿But none believed in Moses except some youths from among his people, for the fear of Pharaoh and his elite that he would persecute them. For Pharaoh was indeed a tyrant in the land, and indeed he was an unrestrained [despot]. ﴾83﴿And Moses said, ‘O my people! If you have faith in Allah, put your trust in Him, if you have submitted [to Him].’ ﴾84﴿Whereat they said, ‘In Allah we have put our trust.’ ‘Our Lord! Do not make us a [means of] test for the wrongdoing lot, ﴾85﴿and deliver us by Your mercy from the faithless lot.’ ﴾86﴿We revealed to Moses and his brother [saying], ‘Settle your people in the city, and let your houses face each other, and maintain the prayer, and give good news to the faithful.’ ﴾87﴿Moses said, ‘Our Lord! You have given Pharaoh and his elite glamour and wealth in the life of this world, our Lord, that they may lead [people] astray from Your way! Our Lord! Blot out their wealth and harden their hearts so that they do not believe until they sight the painful punishment.’ ﴾88﴿Said He, ‘Your supplication has already been granted. So be steadfast, and do not follow the way of those who do not know.’ ﴾89﴿We carried the Children of Israel across the sea, whereat Pharaoh and his troops pursued them, out of defiance and aggression. When overtaken by drowning, he called out, ‘I believe that there is no god except Him in whom the Children of Israel believe, and I am one of those who submit [to Him]!’ ﴾90﴿[He was told,] ‘What! Now? When you have been disobedient heretofore and were among the agents of corruption?! ﴾91﴿So today We shall deliver your body so that you may be a sign for those who come after you.’ Indeed many of the people are oblivious to Our signs. ﴾92﴿Certainly We settled the Children of Israel in a worthy settlement and We provided them with all the good things, and they did not differ until [after] the knowledge had come to them. Your Lord will indeed judge between them on the Day of Resurrection concerning that about which they used to differ. ﴾93﴿So if you are in doubt about what We have sent down to you, ask those who read the Book [revealed] before you. The truth has certainly come to you from your Lord; so do not be among the skeptics. ﴾94﴿And do not be of those who deny the signs of Allah, [for] then you shall be among the losers. ﴾95﴿Indeed those against whom your Lord’s judgement has become due will not have faith, ﴾96﴿even though every sign were to come to them, until they sight the painful punishment. ﴾97﴿Why has there not been any town that might believe, so that its belief might benefit it, except the people of Jonah? When they believed, We removed from them the punishment of disgrace in the life of this world, and We provided for them for a while. ﴾98﴿Had your Lord wished, all those who are on earth would have believed. Would you then force people until they become faithful? ﴾99﴿No soul may have faith except by Allah’s leave, and He lays defilement on those who do not exercise their reason. ﴾100﴿Say, ‘Observe what is in the heavens and the earth.’ But neither signs nor warnings avail a people who have no faith. ﴾101﴿Do they await anything except the like of the days of those who passed away before them? Say, ‘Then wait! I too am waiting along with you.’ ﴾102﴿Then We shall deliver Our apostles and those who have faith. Thus, it is a must for Us to deliver the faithful. ﴾103﴿Say, ‘O people! if you are in doubt about my religion, then [know that] I do not worship those whom you worship besides Allah. Rather, I worship only Allah, who causes you to die, and I have been commanded to be among the faithful, ﴾104﴿and that: ‘‘Dedicate yourself to the religion, as a Hanif, and never be one of the polytheists. ﴾105﴿Nor invoke besides Allah that which neither benefits you nor can do you any harm. For if you do so, then you will indeed be among the wrongdoers.’’ ’ ﴾106﴿Should Allah visit you with some distress, there is no one to remove it except Him; and should He desire any good for you, none can stand in the way of His grace: He grants it to whomever He wishes of His servants, and He is the All-forgiving, the All-merciful. ﴾107﴿Say, ‘O mankind! The truth has already come to you from your Lord. Whoever is guided, is guided only for [the good of] his own soul, and whoever goes astray, goes astray only to its detriment, and it is not my business to watch over you.’ ﴾108﴿And follow that which is revealed to you, and be patient until Allah issues [His] judgement, and He is the best of judges. ﴾109﴿Surah HudMakiha123In the Name of Allah, the All-beneficent, the All-merciful.Alif, Lam Ra. [This is] a Book, whose signs have been made definitive and then elaborated, from One [who is] all-wise, all-aware, ﴾1﴿declaring: ‘Worship no one but Allah. I am indeed a warner to you from Him and a bearer of good news. ﴾2﴿Plead with your Lord for forgiveness, then turn to Him penitently. He will provide you with a good provision for a specified term and grant His grace to every meritorious person. But if you turn your backs [on Him], indeed I fear for you the punishment of a terrible day. ﴾3﴿To Allah will be your return, and He has power over all things.’ ﴾4﴿Look! They fold up their breasts to hide [their secret feelings] from Him. Look! When they draw their cloaks over their heads, He knows whatever they keep secret and whatever they disclose. Indeed, He knows best whatever is in the breasts. ﴾5﴿
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