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Have you considered him who turns his back uponthe faith, giving
little at first then nothing at all? Has he knowledge of the unseen, and
therefore can see? Has he not heardof what is preached in the books of
Musa and Ibrahim, who fulfilled his duty: that no soul shall bear
another's burden and that each man shall be judged by his own labours;
that his labours shall be scrutinized and that he shall be justly requited
for them; that all things shall in the end return to Allah; that it is Allah
who moves to weeping and laughter and ordains life and death; that
Allah created the sexes, the male and the female, from a drop of ejected
semen, and will create all things anew; that it is He who gives wealth
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and contentment; that He is the Lord of Sirius; that it was He who
destroyed ancient Aad and Thamoud, sparing no one, and before them
the people of Nuhwhoweremore unjust andmore tyrannical. The
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Mu'tafikah
He also ruined, so that there fell on themwhat fell on those.
Which then of your Lord's blessings would you deny? This is a
warner like the warners of old. The coming (judgement) is near at
hand; none butAllah can disclose its hour.
Do you marvel then at this revelation and laugh (lightheartedly)
instead of weeping? Rather prostrate yourselves before Allah and
worshipHim.
1. The Dog-star, worshipped by the paganArabs.
2. The ruined cities where Lut's people lived.
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