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XLVI, 5-14.
THE CHAPTER OF EL A'HQÂF.
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[5] and when men are gathered together are enemies of theirs and do deny their service ?
And when our evident signs are recited to them, those who misbelieve say of the truth when it comes to them, 'This is obvious magic.'
Or do they say, 'He has forged it?' Say, 'If I have forged ye cannot obtain for me aught from God; He knows best what ye utter concerning it; He is witness enough between me and you, and He is the forgiving, the merciful.'
Say, 'I am not an innovator among the apostles ; nor do I know what will be done with me or with you if I follow aught but what I am inspired with ; nor am I aught but a plain warner.'
Say, 'Have ye considered, if it is from God and ye have disbelieved therein, and a witness from the children of Israel testifies to the conformity of it, and he believes while ye are too big with pride ? Verily, God guides not the unjust people.
[10] And those who misbelieve say of those who believe, 'If it had been good, they would not have been beforehand with us therein ;' and when they are not guided thereby, then will they say, 'This is an old-fashioned lie.'
But before it was the Book of Moses, a model and a mercy; and this is a book confirming it in Arabic language, to warn those who do wrong and as glad tidings to those who do well.
Verily, those who say, 'Our Lord is God,' and then keep straight, there is no fear for them, and they shall not be grieved. These are the fellows of Paradise to dwell therein for aye, a recompence for that which they have done. We have prescribed for man kindness towards his
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