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labours.
The life of this world is but a sport and a pastime. If you believe in
Him and guard yourselves against evil, He will reward you, and will
not ask for all your wealth. If He demanded all and strongly pressed
you, youwould growniggardly and this would showyour ill feelings.
You are called upon to give in the cause of Allah. Some of you are
niggardly; yet whoever is niggardly to this cause is niggardly to
himself. Indeed, Allah is rich, but you are poor. If you give no heed, He
will replace you by others.And these will not be like you.
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e have given you a glorious victory, so that Allah may
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forgive your past and future sins, and perfect His favour to
you; that He mayguide you to the right path and bestow on
youHis mighty help.
It was He who sent down tranquility into the hearts of the faithful so
that their faith might grow stronger. His are the forces of the heavens
and the earth.Allah isWise andAll—knowing.
(He has done this) so that Hemay also bring the believers, bothmen
and women, into gardens watered by running streams, there to abide
for ever; that He may forgive them their sins, which is in Allah's
1. Refers to the conquests of Islam.
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Sura 48
"Al-Fath
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In the Name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful
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