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XXXVI, 36-50.
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all kinds, of what the earth brings forth, and of themselves, and what they know not of !
And a sign to them is the night, from which we strip off the day, and lo! they are in the dark ; and the sun runs on to a place of rest for it?; that is the ordinance of the mighty, the wise.
And the moon, we have ordered for it stations, until it comes again to be like an old dry palm branch.
[40] Neither is it proper for it to catch up the moon, nor for the night to outstrip the day, but each one floats on in its sky.
And a sign for them is that we bear their seed in a laden ship’, and we have created for them the like thereof whereon to ride; and if we please, we drown them, and there is none for them to appeal to; nor are they rescued, save by mercy from us, as a provision for a season.
[45] And when it is said to them, 'Fear what is before you and what is behind you, haply ye may obtain mercy 8;' and thou bringest them not any one of the signs of their Lord, but they turn away therefrom; and when it is said to them, 'Expend in alms of what God has bestowed upon you,' those who misbelieve say to those who believe, “Shall we feed him whom, if God pleased, He would feed ? ye are only in an obvious error.
They say, "When shall this promise come to pass, if ye do tell the truth ?' They await but a single noise, that shall seize them as they are contending. [50] And they shall not be able to
1 There is a various reading here, and has no place of rest.' ? Some take this to refer to Noah's ark. $ That is, the punishment of this world and the next.
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| SR No. | 007686 |
| Book Title | Quran Part 01 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | E H Palmer |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1880 |
| Total Pages | 779 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English, R000, & R999 |
| File Size | 12 MB |