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XXVIII, 46-55. THE CHAPTER OF THE STORY.
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thou mayest warn a people to whom no warner has come before thee; haply they may be mindful ! And lest there should befall them a mishap for what their hands have sent before, and they should say, 'Our Lord! why didst thou not send to us an apostle ? for we would have followed thy signs and been of the believers.'
And when the truth comes to them from us they say, "We are given the like of what Moses was given. Did they not disbelieve in what Moses was given before?—they say, 'Two works of sorceryl back up each other;' and they say, Verily, we do disbelieve in all.'
Say, ‘Bring, then, a book from God which shall be a better guide than both, and I will follow it, if ye do tell the truth !'
[50] And if they cannot answer thee, then know that they follow their own lusts; and who is more in error than he who follows his own lust without guidance from God? verily, God guides not an unjust people!
And we caused the word to reach them, haply they may be mindful!
Those to whom we gave the Book before it, they believe therein; and when it is recited to them they say, 'We believe in it as truth from our Lord; verily, we were resigned before it came!' These shall be given their hire twice over, for that they were patient, and repelled evil with good, and of what we have bestowed upon them give alms.
[55] And when they hear vain talk, they turn away from it and say, 'We have our works, and ye
1 That is, the Pentateuch and Qur'ân.
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