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Him.
He set firm mountains upon the earth lest it should move away with
you; and rivers, and roads, so that you may be rightly guided. By the
stars, too, aremen directed.
Is He, then, who has wrought the creation, like him who has created
nothing?Will you not lake heed?
If you reckoned upAllah's blessings, you could not exhaust them. He
is Forgiving, Merciful.
Allah has knowledge of all that you hide and all that you reveal. But
those whom they invoke besides Allah create nothing: they are
themselves created. They are dead, not living; nor do they know when
theywill be raised to life.
Your God is one God. Those that deny the life to come have faithless
hearts and are puffed up with pride. Allah surely knows what they hide
andwhat they reveal. He does not love the proud.
And if they are asked: 'What has your Lord revealed?' they say: 'Old
fictitious tales!' They shall bear the full brunt of their burdens on the
Day of Resurrection, together with the burdens of those who in their
ignorance weremisled by them. Evil is that which they shall bear.
Those who have gone before them also plotted. ButAllah smote their
edifice at its foundations and its roof fell down upon their heads. And
the scourge overtook themwhence they did not know.
He will disgrace them on the Day of Resurrection. He will say:
'Where are your associate-gods now, the subject of your disputes? '
And those to whom knowledge has been given will say: 'Misery and
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