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reproached or be reduced to penury.
Your Lord gives abundantly to whomHe will and sparingly to whom
He pleases. He knows and observes His servants.
You shall not kill your children for fear of want. We will provide for
themand for you. To kill them is a great sin.
You shall not drawnear to adultery, for it is foul and its way is evil.
You shall not kill any man whom Allah has forbidden (you to kill)
except for a just cause. If a man is slain unjustly, we have given his heir
the power (to demand satisfaction). But let him not exceed the limit in
slaying, for he (the victim) will be helped.
Do not draw near the property of orphans except in a nice way, until
they reach maturity. And keep your promise. Surely it will be inquired
into.
Give full measure, when you measure, and weigh with even scales.
That is fair, and better in the end.
Do not follow what you do not know. Surely the hearing, sight and
heart-about all these (you) shall be questioned.
Do not walk proudly in the earth. You cannot cleave the earth, nor
can you rival themountains in stature.
The evil of all this is odious in the sight of your Lord.
These injunctions are but a part of the wisdom which your Lord has
revealed to you. Take no other god besides Allah, lest you should be
cast intoHell, despised and helpless.
What! Has your Lord blessed you with sons and Himself adopted
daughters fromamong the angels? Truly you utter a dreadful thing.
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THE NIGHT JOURNEY
THE QURAN