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then guard yourselves against the fire whose fuel is men and stones,
prepared for the unbelievers.
Proclaim good tidings to those who have faith and do good works.
They shall dwell in gardens watered by running streams: whenever
they are given fruit to eat they will say: 'This is what we were given
before,' for they shall be given the like. Therein they will have pure
spouses, and shall abide there forever.
Allah does not disdain to give a parable about a gnat or larger
creature. The faithful know that it is the truth from their Lord, but the
unbelievers ask: 'What couldAllahmean by this parable? '
By it, Allah leaves many in error and enlightens many. But He
leaves in error none except the evil-doers, who break His covenant
after accepting it and divide what Allah has bidden to be united and
commit evil in the land. Truly these shall havemuch to lose.
How can you deny Allah? Did He not give you life when you were
dead, and will He not cause you to die and then restore you to life?Will
you not return to Him at last? He created for you all that the earth
contains; then, ascending to the sky, fashioned it into seven heavens.
He has knowledge of all things.
When your Lord said to the angels: 'I amplacing on the earth one that
shall be My deputy,' they replied: 'Will You put there one that will do
evil and shed blood, when we have for so long sung Your praises and
sanctifiedYour name? '
He said: 'I knowwhat you do not know.'
He taught Adam the names of all things and then set them before the
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