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XXVII, 61-75. THE CHAPTER OF THE ANT.
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who make peers with Him! He who made the earth, settled, and placed amongst it rivers; and placed upon it firm mountains; and placed between the two seas a barrier ; is there a god with God? nay, but most of them know not! He who answers the distressed when he calls upon Him and removes the evil; and makes you successors in the earth; is there a god with God ? little is it that ye are mindful. He who guides you in the darkness, of the land and of the sea; and who sends winds as glad tidings before His mercy; is there a god with God ? exalted be God above what they associate with Him! [65] He who began the creation and then will make it return again ; and who provides you from the heaven and the earth ; is there a god with God ? so bring your proofs if ye do speak the truth!
Say, 'None in the heavens or the earth know the unseen save only God; but they perceive not when they shall be raised !' — nay, but their knowledge attains to somewhat of the hereafter; nay, but they are in doubt concerning it! nay, but they are blind!
And those who disbelieved said, 'What! when we have become dust and our fathers too, shall we indeed be brought forth ? [70] We were promised this, we and our fathers before us, this is nothing but old folks' tales!',
Say, 'Journey on through the land and see how was the end of the sinners! and grieve not for them, and be not straitened at what they plot.'
They say, 'When shall this threat be if ye do tell the truth ?' Say, 'It may be that there is pressing close behind you a part of what ye would hasten on !' [75] But, verily, thy Lord is full of
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| SR No. | 007671 |
| Book Title | Zend Avesta Part 01 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | James Darmesteter |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1895 |
| Total Pages | 2695 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 49 MB |