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ourselves.'
If they believe as you have done they shall be rightly guided; if they
reject it, they shall surely be in schism. Against them, Allah is your all-
sufficient defender. He is the Hearing, the Knowing.
(We take) onAllah's own dye.And who has a better dye thanAllah's?
Andwe are His worshippers.
Say: 'Would you dispute with us about God, Who is our Lord and
your Lord?We shall both be judged by our works. To Him alone we are
devoted.
Or do you claim that Ibrahim, Ismail, Ishaq, Yaqub, and the tribes,
were all Jews or Christians? Say: 'Who knows better, you or Allah?
Who is more unjust than the man who hides a testimony which he has
received fromAllah? He is watching over all your actions.
That nation has passed away. Theirs is what they earned and yours
what you have earned.You shall not be questioned about what they did.
The foolish among people will say: 'What has made them turn away
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from their
qiblah ?'
Say: 'The east and the west are Allah's. He guides whom He will to
the right path.’
And thus We have made you a just nation, so that you may testify
against mankind and that your own Apostle may testify against you.
We decreed your former
qiblah
only in order that We might know the
Apostle's true adherents and those who were to disown him. It was
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1. The direction the Muslim faces in prayer. At first the believers were ordered to
turn towards Jerusalem, afterwards toMakkah.
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