you, while some factions deny a part of it. Say: 'I am commanded to
serveAllah and to associate none with Him. To Him I pray, and to Him I
shall return.'
And thus We have revealed it, a (code of) judgements in the Arabic
tongue. If you succumb to their desires after the knowledge you have
been given, none shall save or protect you fromAllah.
We have sent forth other apostles before you and given them wives
and children. Yet none of them could work miracles except by Allah's
leave. Every term has its Book. Allah confirms or abolishes what He
pleases.WithHim is theMother Book.
Whether We let you witness some of the punishment with which We
threaten them, or cause you to die (before it is fulfilled), your mission is
only to give warning: it is for Us to do the reckoning.
Do they not see how We get to the land and reduce its borders? If
Allah decrees a thing, none can reverse it. Swift is His reckoning.
Those who have gone before them also plotted, but Allah is the
master of every subtle device. He knows what every soul earns. The
unbelievers shall know for whom the final reward (of Paradise) is.
Those who disbelieve say: 'You are no trueApostle.' Say: 'Allah is an
all-sufficient witness between me and you, as well as those who have
knowledge of the Book.'
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