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XXXV, 1-9. THE CHAPTER OF THE ANGELS.
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THE CHAPTER OF THE ANGELS ?.
(XXXV. Mecca.) In the name of the merciful and compassionate
God.
Praise belongs to God, the originator of the heavens and the earth ; who makes the angels His messengers, endued with wings in pairs, or threes or fours; He adds to creation what He pleases; verily, God is mighty over all !
What God opens to men of His mercy there is none to withhold; and what He withholds, there is none can send it forth after Him; for He is the mighty, the wise.
O ye folk! remember the favours of God towards you; is there a creator beside God, who provides you from the heavens and from the earth? There is no god but He; how then can ye lie ?
And if they call thee liar, apostles were called liars before thee, and unto God affairs return.
[5] O ye folk! verily, God's promise is true; then let not the life of this world beguile you, and let not the beguiler beguile you concerning God. Verily, the devil is to you a foe, so take him as a foe; he only calls his crew to be the fellows of the blaze.
Those who misbelieve, for them is keen torment.
But those who believe and do right, for them is forgiveness and a great hire.
What! is he whose evil act is made seemly for him, so that he looks upon it as good,-- ?
· Also called of the Originator.'
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