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to himmorning and evening.'
Say 'It was sent down by Himwho knows the secrets of heaven and
earth. He is Forgiving, Merciful.'
They also say: 'How is it that this Apostle eats and walks about the
market-places? Why has no angel been sent down with him to warn
us? Or (why) has no treasure been given him, no garden to provide his
sustenance? '
And the wrongdoers say: 'Theman you follow is surely bewitched.'
See what they compare you with? Surely they have gone astray and
cannot return to the true path.
Blessed be He who, if He wills, can give you better things than
these: gardens watered by running streams, and palaces.
They deny the Hour of Doom. For those who deny that hour, We
have prepared a blazing fire. When it sees them from a far-off place,
they shall hear it raging and roaring.And when, chained together, they
are flung into some narrow space, inside it, they will then and there
plead for destruction. (But theywill be told):
Do not plead today for one destruction; plead for more andmore.'
Say: 'Which is better, this or the Paradise of Immortality which the
righteous have been promised?
It is their recompense and their resort. Abiding there for ever, they
shall find in it all that they desire. That is a promise to be prayed for
fromyour Lord.'
On the day when He assembles them with all that they worship
besidesAllah, He will say: 'Was it you who misledMy servants, or did
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