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guide him. Long before this, Yusuf came to you with clear signs, but
you never ceased to doubt them; and when he died you said: "Allah
will never send another apostle after him." Thus Allah leaves in error
the doubting transgressor. Those who dispute Allah's signs without
any authority that has reached them, (their conduct) is greatly
abhorred byAllah and by the faithful. ThusAllah seals up the heart of
every arrogant tyrant.'
Pharaoh said to Haman: 'Build me a tower that I may reach the
paths, the paths of heaven, that I may mount up to the god of Musa.
I think that he is lying.'
Thus Pharaoh's foul deeds were made to seem fair to him, and he
was turned away from the path. His plot led to nothing but to ruin.
He who was a true believer said: 'Follow me, my people, that I
may rightly guide you. O my people, the life of this world is nothing
but a (passing) comfort, but the life to come is an everlasting mansion.
Those that do evil shall be rewarded with like evil; but those that have
faith and do good works, both men and women, shall enter the
Gardens of Paradise and receive blessings without number.
'My people, how is it that I call you to salvation and you call me to
the Fire? You bid me to denyAllah and to set up with Him partners of
whom I know nothing; while I call you to theAlmighty, the Forgiving
One. Indeed, he to whom you call me can be invoked neither in this
world nor in the next. We shall all return to Allah. The transgressors
are the people of Hell.
'And you will remember what I say to you. To Allah I commend
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