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LVII, 21-2%.
THE CHAPTER OF IRON.
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Paradise, whose breadth is as the breadth of the heavens and the earth, prepared for those who believe in God and His apostles! and God's grace, He gives it to whom He pleases, for God is Lord of mighty grace!
No accident befalls in the earth, or in yourselves, but it was in the Book, before we created them; verily, that is easy unto God.
That ye may not vex yourselves for what ye miss, nor be overjoyed at what He gives you; for God loves no arrogant boaster, who are niggardly and bid men be niggardly: but whoso turns his back!, verily, God is rich, praiseworthy. .
[25] We did send our apostles with manifest signs; and we did send down among you the Book and the balance, that men might stand by justice ; and we sent down iron in which is both keen violence and advantages to men; and that God might know who helps Him and His apostles in secret ; verily, God is strong and mighty!
And we sent Noah and Abraham; and placed in their seed prophecy and the Book; and some of them are guided, though many of them are workers of abomination!
Then we followed up their footsteps with our apostles; and we followed them up with Jesus the son of Mary; and we gave him the gospel ; and we placed in the hearts of those who followed him kindness and compassion.—But monkery, they invented it; we only prescribed to them the craving after the goodwill of God, and they observed it not with due observance. But we gave to those who
1 I. e. from almsgiving.
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