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prayers of the unbelievers.
All who dwell in the heavens and on earth shall prostrate themselves
before Allah, some willingly and some by force; their very shadows
too, morning and evening.
Say: 'Who is the Lord of the heavens and the earth?
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Say: 'Allah.'
Say: 'Why then have you chosen protectors besides Him, who, even
to themselves, can do neither harmnor good? '
Say: 'Are the blind and the seeing alike? Does darkness resemble the
light? '
Have those they associate with Allah brought into being a creation
like His, so that both creations appear to themalike?
Say: 'Allah is the Creator of all things. He is the One,
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he Conqueror.'
He sends down water from the sky which fills the riverbeds to
overflowing, so that their torrents bear a swelling foam, akin to that
which rises from smelted ore when men make ornaments and tools.
ThusAllah depicts truth and falsehood. The scum is cast away, but that
which is of use toman remains behind. ThusAllah coins His parables.
For those that obey,Allah is good. But those that disobey Him-if they
possessed all that the earth contains, and as much besides, they would
gladly offer it for their ransom. Theirs shall be an evil reckoning. Hell
shall be their home, a dismal resting-place.
Is then he who knows that what has been revealed to you by your
Lord is the truth, like himwho is blind?
Truly, none will take heed but the wise: those who keep faith with
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