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‘We will follow that wherein we found our fathers,' even though their
fathers were senseless men lacking in guidance.
The unbelievers are like that whom one calls, but hears nothing
except a shout and a cry. Deaf, dumb, and blind, they understand
nothing.
O believers, eat of the wholesome things with which we have
provided you and give thanks toAllah, if it is He whomyouworship.
He has forbidden you carrion, blood, and the flesh of swine; also any
flesh that is consecrated other than in the name of Allah. But whoever
is constrained to eat any of these, not intending to sin or transgress,
incurs no guilt.Allah is Forgiving andMerciful.
Those that supress any part of the BookAllah has revealed in order to
gain a small price shall swallow nothing but fire into their bellies. On
the Day of Resurrection, Allah will neither speak to them nor purify
them. Theirs shall be a woeful punishment.
Such are those that buy error with guidance, and torture with
forgiveness. How steadfastly they seek the Fire! That is becauseAllah
has revealed the Book with the truth; those that disagree about it are in
extreme schism.
Righteousness does not consist in whether you face towards the east
or the west. The righteous man is he who believes inAllah and the Last
Day, in the angels and the Book and the prophets; who for the love of
Allah gives his wealth to his kinsfolk, to the orphans, to the needy, to
the wayfarers and to the beggars, and for the redemption of captives;
who attends to his prayers and pays the alms-tax; who is true to his
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