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Indeed, We sent it down during a blessed night. Indeed, We were to warn.
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Every wise command is made distinct on that night -
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[Every] command from Us. Indeed, We were to send [a messenger]
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As mercy from your Lord. Indeed, He is the Hearing, the Knowing.
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Lord of the heavens and the earth *Acts 17:24 and that between them, if you would be certain.
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There is no god except Him; *Deuteronomy 4:35, *Deuteronomy 4:39, *1 Samuel 2:2, *2 Samuel 7:22, *1 Kings 8:60, *Isaiah 44:6, *Isaiah 44:8, *Isaiah 45:5 - 6, *Isaiah 45:21, *Mark 12:32 He gives life and causes death. *Deuteronomy 32:39, *1 Samuel 2:6, *Wisdom of Solomon 16:13, *4 Maccabees 18:19 [He is] your Lord and the Lord of your first forefathers.
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But they are in doubt, amusing themselves.
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Then watch for the day when the heaven will bring a visible smoke.
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Covering the people; this is a painful torment.
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[They will say], "Our Lord, remove the torment from us; indeed, we are believers."
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How will there be a reminder for them [at that time]? And a clear messenger had come to them.
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Then they turned away from him and said, "[He was] taught [and is] possessed [by devils of jinn]." *John 7:20, *John 8:48, *John 10:20
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Indeed, We will remove the torment for a little. Indeed, you [disbelievers] will return [to disbelief].
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The Day We will seize with the greatest seizure, indeed, We will take retribution.
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And We had already tried the people of Pharaoh before them, and a noble messenger came to them,
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[Saying], "Render the servants of God to me. Indeed, I am a trustworthy messenger to you,"
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And [saying], "Do not exalt yourselves against God. Indeed, I have come to you with a clear authority.
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And indeed, I have sought refuge in my Lord and your Lord, unless you should stone me.
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But if you do not believe me, then leave me alone."
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And he called to his Lord that these were a criminal people.
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[God said], "Then set out with My servants *Leviticus 25:55 by night. *Exodus 12:42 Indeed, you are to be pursued.
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And leave the sea in stillness. Indeed, they are an army to be drowned."
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How many gardens and springs did they leave behind?
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And [also] crops and noble sites
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And comfort wherein they were amused?
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Thus, and We caused another people to inherit it.
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And the heaven and earth did not weep for them, nor were they reprieved.
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And We certainly saved the Children of Israel from the humiliating torment -
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From Pharaoh. Indeed, he was a haughty one among the transgressors.
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And We certainly chose [the Children of Israel] by knowledge over [all] the worlds.
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And We gave them signs in which there was a clear trial.
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Indeed, these [disbelievers] are saying,
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"There is nothing but our first death, and we will not be resurrected.
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Then bring [back] our forefathers, if you should be truthful."
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Are they better or the people of Tubba' and those before them? We destroyed them, [for] indeed, they were criminals.
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And We did not create the heavens and earth and that between them in play.
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We did not create them except in truth, but most of them do not know.
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Indeed, the Day of Separation is the appointed time for them all -
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The Day when no protector will avail [another] protector at all, nor will they be helped - *2 Ezra 7:43 - 45
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Except those whom God has mercy upon. Indeed, He is the Almighty, the Merciful.
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Indeed, the tree of zaqqum
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Is food for the sinful. *17:60
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Like murky oil, it boils within bellies
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Like the boiling of scalding water.
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[It will be commanded], "Seize him and drag him into the midst of the Hellfire, *Matthew 22:13
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Then pour scalding water over his head from the torment."
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[It will be said], "Taste! Indeed, you are the mighty, the noble!
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Indeed, this is what you used to dispute."
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Indeed, those who fear [God] will be in a secure place;
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Within gardens and springs, *Book of Enoch 48:1
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Wearing [garments of] fine silk and brocade, facing each other.
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Thus, and We will marry them to fair ones with large, [beautiful] eyes.
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They will call for every [kind of] fruit therein in safety. *2 Ezra 7:53
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They will not taste death therein *Revelation 21:4 except the first death, and He will have saved them from the punishment of Hellfire
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As bounty from your Lord. That is the great success.
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And indeed, We have eased [the Qur'an] in your tongue so that they might be reminded. *Isaiah 28:11