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justice among you. Allah is our Lord and your Lord. We have our own
works and you have yours; let there be no argument between us. Allah
will bring us all together, for toHimwe shall return.'
As for those who argue about Allah after obedience has been
rendered to Him, their arguments will have no weight with their Lord,
andHis wrathwill fall upon them. They shall be sternly punished.
It is Allah who has sent down the Book in truth, and the Balance.
And how can you tell? The Hour of Doommay be fast approaching.
Those who deny it seek to hurry it on; but the true believers dread
its coming and know it is the truth. Indeed, those who doubt the Hour
are far astray.
Benign is Allah towards His servants. He is bountiful to whom He
will. He is the Invincible One, theAlmighty.
Whoever seeks the tilth of the world to come, We will increase his
tilth; and whoever desires the tilth of this world, We give him some of
it: but in the Hereafter they shall have no share at all.
Have they partners who have made lawful to them in religion what
Allah has not allowed? Had the decisive word not been pronounced
already, their fate would surely have been settled in this life. The
wrongdoers shall endure a harrowing torment.
You shall see the wrongdoers aghast at what they have earned, and
it shall befall them. But those that have faith and do good works shall
dwell in the meadows of gardens and receive from their Lord all that
they desire. Surely this is the supreme boon.
This is whatAllah announces to true believers who do good works.
Say: 'For this I demand of you no recompense except love of relatives.
He that does a good deed We add to its goodness for him. Allah is
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