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THE QUR'ÂN.
XIII, 42-XIV, 5.
And those who were before them were crafty too; but God's is the craft altogether! He knows what every soul earns; and the misbelievers shall know whose is the recompense of the abode.
And those who misbelieve say, “Thou art not sent!' Say, 'God is witness enough between me and you ; and so is he who has the knowledge of the Book !'
THE CHAPTER OF ABRAHAM, (PEACE BE ON HIM!)
(XIV. Mecca.) In the name of the merciful and compassionate God.
A. L. M. A book which we have sent down to thee, to bring men forth from darkness into light, by permission of their Lord, unto the way of the mighty and praiseworthy one.
God is He whose is whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is in the earth. Alas for the misbelievers, for their torment is keen! Who love this world's life better than the next, and turn folks from the path of God, and crave to make it crooked; these are in remote error.
We have not sent any apostle save with the language of his people, that he might explain to them. But God leads whom He will astray, and guides whom He will; and He is the mighty, the wise.
[5] We did send Moses with our signs, ‘Bring forth thy people from the darkness into the light,
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