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guidance and act justly.As for those that deny Our revelations, We will
lead them step by step to ruin, whence they cannot tell; for though I
bear with them, My strategem is sure.
Has it never occurred to them that their compatriot is no madman, but
one who gives plain warning? Will they not ponder upon the kingdom
of the heavens and the earth, and all that Allah created, to see whether
their hour is not drawing near? And in what other revelation will they
believe?
None can guide those whom Allah leaves in error. He leaves them
blundering about in their wickedness.
They ask you about the Hour (of Doom) and when it is to come. Say:
'None knows except my Lord. He alone will reveal it at the appointed
time. A fateful hour it shall be, both in the heavens and on earth. It will
come suddenly.'
They will put questions to you, as though you had full knowledge of
it. Say: 'None knows about it saveAllah, though most men are unaware
of this.'
Say: 'I have not the power to acquire benefits or to avert evil from
myself, except by the will ofAllah. Had I possessed knowledge of what
is hidden, I would have availed myself of much that is good, and no
harm would have touched me. But I am no more than one who gives
warning and good news to true believers.'
It was He who created you from a single being. From that being He
created his mate, so that he might find comfort in her.And when he had
covered her, she conceived, and for a time her burden was light. She
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