Is he then (like them) who has received a clear proof from his Lord,
recited by a witness from Him and heralded by the Book of Musa a
guide and a blessing? These have faith in it, but the factions who deny it
shall be consigned to the Fire. Therefore do not doubt it. It is the truth
fromyour Lord: yet most men do not believe.
And who is more wicked than the man who invents a falsehood about
Allah? Such men shall be brought before their Lord, and witnesses will
say: 'These are theywho lied aboutAllah.'
Allah's curse is on the wrongdoers, who debar others from His path
and seek to make it crooked, and who deny the life to come. These shall
not escape in this world; there is none to protect them besides Allah.
Their punishment shall be doubled; they could neither see nor hear.
Such are those who shall forfeit their souls. Their false devices shall
vanish from them; and surely in the life to come they shall be the
greatest losers.
Those that have faith and do good works and humble themselves
before their Lord, they are the people of Paradise, and there they shall
abide for ever.
The similitude of the two parties is as the blind and the deaf, and the
seer and hearer. Can they be equal?Will you not take heed?
And We sent forth Nuh to his people. He said: 'Surely I am a plain
warner to you. Serve none but Allah. I fear for you the torment of a
woeful day.’
The unbelieving elders of his people said: 'We see you as a mortal like
ourselves. Nor can we find any among your followers except the
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