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the creatures of the heavens and the earth, and the angels also. They are
not proud; they fear their Lord above and do as they are bidden.
Allah has said: 'You shall not serve two gods, for He is but one God.
Revere none but Me.'
His is what the heavens and the earth contain. To Him, obedience is
due always.Would you then fear any butAllah?
Whatever good you have is fromAllah, and to Him you turn for help
when misfortune befalls you. Yet no sooner does He remove your ills
than some of you set up other gods besides Him giving no thanks for
what We grant them. Take your pleasure, then, (in this life); you shall
before long know.
They set aside to what they do not know a portion of what We have
given them. By Allah, you shall be questioned about your false
inventions!
They ascribe daughters to Allah-glory be to Him! -but they
themselves would have what they desire. When the birth of a girl is
announced to one of them, his face grows dark and he is filled with
inward gloom. Because of the bad news, he hides himself from men:
should he keep her with disgrace or bury her under the dust? How ill
they judge!
Evil is the similitude of those who deny the life to come. But most
sublime is the similitude ofAllah. He is theMighty, theWise One.
If Allah punished men for their sins, not one creature would be left
alive. He reprieves them to an appointed day; when their hour is come,
not for onemoment shall they stay behind: nor can they go before it.
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