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them and they with Him. They are the party ofAllah: andAllah's party
shall surely triumph.
ll that is in heaven and earth glorifiesAllah. He is the Mighty,
theWise One.
It was He that drove the unbelievers among the People of the
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Book out of their dwellings into the first exile. You did not think that
they would go; and they, for their part, fancied that their strongholds
would protect them fromAllah. ButAllah overtook themwhence they
did not expect it, casting such terror into their hearts that their
dwellings were destroyed by their own hands as well as by those of the
faithful. Learn (from their examples) you that have eyes.
Had Allah not decreed evacuation for them, He would have surely
punished them in this world. But in the world to come they shall be
punished in the Fire, because they have set themselves against Allah
and His Apostle; and he that sets himself against Allah should know
thatAllah is stern in retribution.
Whatever palm-tree you cut down or leave standing upon its roots, it
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1. Refers to the Jews of Banu al-Nadir.
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Sura 59
"Al-Hashr"
EXILE
In the Name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful
EXILE
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