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THE QUR'ÂN.
XXXIV, 27-36.
We have only sent thee to men generally as a herald of glad tidings and a warner ; but most men do not know.
And they say, 'When shall this promise be, if ye do speak the truth ?' say, ' For you is the appointment of a day of which ye shall not keep back an hour, nor shall ye bring it on!'
[30] And those who misbelieve say, 'We will never believe in this Qur'ân or in what is before it;' but couldst thou see when the unjust are set before their Lord, they shall rebut each other in speech.
Those who were thought weak shall say to those who were big with pride, ‘Had it not been for you we should have been believers. Those who were big with pride shall say to those who were thought weak, “Was it we who turned you away from the guidance after it came to you? nay, ye were sinners.'
And those who were thought weak shall say to those who were big with pride, Nay, but it was the plotting by night and day, when ye did bid us to disbelieve in God, and to make peers for Him!' and they shall display repentance when they see the torment; and we will put fetters on the necks of those who misbelieved. Shall they be rewarded except for that which they have done ?
We have not sent to any city a warner but the opulent thereof said, 'We, in what ye are sent with, disbelieve.
And they say, 'We have more wealth and children, and we shall not be tormented.'
[35] Say, 'Verily, my Lord extends provision to whom He pleases or doles it out, but most men do not know; but neither your wealth nor your children
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