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so that theymay become the people of the Fire.
The unbelievers shall be sternly punished, but those that accept the
true faith and do goodworks shall be forgiven and richly rewarded.
Is he the evil of whose deeds is made fair-seeming to him,so that he
sees it good (like the man who is rightly guided)? Allah leaves in error
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whom He will and guides whom He pleases. Do not let your soul
expire in grief for them:Allah has knowledge of all their actions.
Allah sends forth the winds which set the clouds in motion. We
drive themon to some dead land and revive the soil after its death. Such
is the Resurrection.
He who seeks glory and power, toAllah belong all glory and power.
To Him ascend good words, and He exalts righteous deeds. But those
who plot evil shall be sternly punished. And the plotting of those will
come to nothing.
Allah created you from dust, then from a life-germ. Then he made
you pairs (males and females). No female conceives or is delivered
without His knowledge. No man grows old or has his life cut short but
in accordance withHis decree.All this it easy forAllah.
The two seas are not alike. The one is fresh, sweet and pleasant to
drink from, while the other is salt and bitter. From each you eat fresh
fish and bring up ornaments to wear. And you see the ships plough
their
course throu
g
h them so that you may seek His bounty and give
thanks.
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