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through His bounty. If they repent, it will indeed be better for them; but
if they give no heed, Allah will sternly punish them both in this world
and in the world to come. They have none on earth to protect or help
them.
Some of them make a covenant with Allah (saying): 'If Allah is
bountiful to us, we will give alms and live like righteous men.' But
when Allah had bestowed His favours on them, they grew niggardly
and, turning their backs, hurried away. He has caused hypocrisy to be
in their hearts till the day they meet Him, because they have been
untrue to the promise they made Him and because they have invented
falsehoods.
Are they not aware thatAllah knows what they conceal and what they
talk about in secret? Are they not aware that Allah knows what is
hidden?As for those that taunt the believers who give freely, and scoff
at those who give according to their means, may Allah scoff at them.
Theirs shall be a woeful punishment.
(It is the same) whether or not you beg forgiveness for them. If
seventy times you beg forgiveness for them Allah will not forgive
them, for they have deniedAllah and HisApostle.Allah does not guide
the evil-doers.
Those who were left behind were glad that they were left behind
Allah'sApostle, for they had no wish to fight for the cause ofAllah with
their wealth and their persons. They said (to each other): 'Do not go to
war, the heat is fierce.'
Say to them: 'More fierce is the heat of Hell-fire! ' Would that they
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