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THE QUR'ÂN.
XLV, 33-XLVI, 4.
meeting of this day of yours, and your resort shall be the fire, and ye shall have no helpers. That is because ye took the signs of God for a jest and the life of this world deceived you ; wherefore to-day ye shall not be brought forth therefrom, neither shall ye be taken back into favour.'
[35] God's then is the praise, the Lord of the heavens and the Lord of the earth, the Lord of the worlds! His is the grandeur in the heavens and the earth, and He is the mighty and the wise !
THE CHAPTER OF EL A'HQ@F1.
(XLVI. Mecca.) In the name of the merciful and compassionate God.
'H. M. The revelation of the Book from God the mighty, the wise.
We have only created the heavens and the earth and what is between the two in truth and for an appointed time ; but those who misbelieve from being warned do turn aside.
Say, 'Have ye considered what ye call on beside God ?' Show me what they have created of the earth ? or have they share in the heavens ? Bring me a book before this or a vestige of knowledge, if ye do tell the truth!
But who is more in error than he who calls beside God on what will never answer him until the resurrection day and who are heedless of their calling,
1 Name of a tract of land in Sihr in Yemen.
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