their own souls, until they clearly see that this is the truth. Does it not
suffice that your Lord is watching over all things?
Yet they still doubt that they will ever meet their Lord. SurelyAllah
encompasses all things.
41:54
a mim; ain sin qaf.
Thus Allah, the Mighty One,
the Wise
One,
inspires you as He inspired others before you.
He is what
the heavens and
the earth contain. He is the Most
High, the Supreme One.
The heavens well—high break apart from above as the angels sing
the praise of their Lord and beg forgiveness for those on earth. Allah is
the Forgiving, theMerciful.
As for those who take other protectors besides Him, Allah Himself
is watching over them.You are not a guardian over them.
ThusWehave revealed to you anArabic Quran, that you may warn
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the Mother City and all around it; that you may forewarn them of the
Day of Gathering which is sure to come: when some will be in
Paradise, and some inHell.
Had it been Allah's will, He could have made them all one nation.
But Allah brings whom He will into His mercy; the wrongdoers
1. Makkah
42:8
42:6
42:1
Sura 42
"Al-Shura"
THE COUNSEL
In the Name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful
THE COUNSEL
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THE QURAN