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A. L. M. |
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These are Verses of the Wise Book, |
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A Guide and a Mercy to the Doers of Good, |
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Those who establish regular Prayer, and give
regular Charity, and have (in their hearts) the assurance of the
Hereafter. |
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These are on (true) guidance from their Lord: and
these are the ones who will prosper. |
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But there are, among men, those who purchase idle
tales, without knowledge (or meaning), to mislead (men) from the
Path of God and throw ridicule (on the Path): for such there
will be a Humiliating Penalty. |
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When Our Signs are rehearsed to such a one, he
turns away in arrogance, as if he heard them not, as if there
were deafness in both his ears: announce to him a grievous
Penalty. |
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For those who believe and work righteous deeds,
there will be Gardens of Bliss. |
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To dwell therein. The promise of God is true: and
He is Exalted in Power, Wise. |
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He created the heavens without any pillars that ye
can see; He set on the earth mountains standing firm, lest it
should shake with you; and He scattered through it beasts of all
kinds. We send down rain from the sky, and produce on the earth
ev ery kind of noble creature, in pairs. |
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Such is the Creation of God: now show Me what is
there that others besides Him have created: nay, but the
Transgressors are in manifest error. |
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we bestowed (in the past) Wisdom on Luqman:
"Show (thy) gratitude to God." Any who is (so)
grateful does so to the profit of his own soul: but if any is
ungrateful, verily God is free of all wants, Worthy of all
praise. |
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Behold, Luqman said to his son by way of
instruction: "O my son! join not in worship (others) with
God: for false worship is indeed the highest wrong-doing." |
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And We have enjoined on man (to be good) to his
parents: in travail upon travail did his mother bear him, and in
years twain was his weaning: (hear the command), "Show
gratitude to Me and to thy parents: to Me is (thy final) Goal. |
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"But if they strive to make thee join in
worship with Me things of which thou hast no knowledge, obey
them not; yet bear them company in this life with justice (and
consideration), and follow the way of those who turn to me (in
love): in the e nd the return of you all is to Me, and I will
tell you the truth (and meaning) of all that ye did." |
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"O my son!" (said Luqman), "If
there be (but) the weight of a mustard-seed and it were (hidden)
in a rock, or (anywhere) in the heavens or on earth, God will
bring it forth: for God understands the finest mysteries, (and)
is well-acquainted (with them). |
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"O my son! establish regular prayer, enjoin
what is just, and forbid what is wrong: and bear with patient
constancy whatever betide thee; for this is firmness (of
purpose) in (the conduct of) affairs. |
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"And swell not thy cheek (for pride) at men,
nor walk in insolence through the earth; for God loveth not any
arrogant boaster. |
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"And be moderate in thy pace, and lower thy
voice; for the harshest of sounds without doubt is the braying
of the ass." |
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Do ye not see that God has subjected to your (use)
all things in the heavens and on earth, and has made his
bounties flow to you in exceeding measure, (both) seen and
unseen? Yet there are among men those who dispute about God,
without knowledge and without guidance, and without a Book to
enlighten them! |
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When they are told to follow the (Revelation) that
God has sent down, they say: "Nay, we shall follow the ways
that we found our fathers (following). "What! even if it is
Satan beckoning them to the Penalty of the (Blazing) Fire? |
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Whoever submits his whole self to God, and is a
doer of good, has grasped indeed the most trustworthy hand-hold:
and with God rests the End and Decision of (all) affairs. |
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But if any reject Faith, let not his rejection
grieve thee: to Us is their return, and We shall tell them the
truth of their deeds: for God knows well all that is in (men's)
hearts. |
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We grant them their pleasure for a little while:
in the end shall We drive them to a chastisement unrelenting. |
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If thou ask them, who it is that created the
heavens and the earth. They will certainly say, "God".
Say: "Praise be to God!" But most of them understand
not. |
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To God belong all things in heaven and earth:
verily God is He (that is) free of all wants, worthy of all
praise. |
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And if all the trees on earth were pens and the
ocean (were ink), with seven oceans behind it to add to its
(supply), yet would not the words of God be exhausted (in the
writing): for God is Exalted in Power, full of Wisdom. |
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And your creation or your resurrection is in no
wise but as an individual soul: for God is He Who hears and sees
(all things). |
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Seest thou not that God merges Night into Day and
he merges Day into Night; that He has subjected the sun, and the
moon (to his Law), each running its course for a term appointed;
and that God is well-acquainted with all that ye do? |
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That is because God is the (only) Reality, and
because whatever else they invoke besides Him is Falsehood; and
because God,- He is the Most High, Most Great. |
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Seest thou not that the ships sail through the
ocean by the Grace of God?- that He may show you of His Signs?
Verily in this are Signs for all who constantly persevere and
give thanks. |
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When a wave covers them like the canopy (of
clouds), they call to God, offering Him sincere devotion. But
when He has delivered them safely to land, there are among them
those that halt between (right and wrong). But none reject Our
Signs except only a perfidious ungrateful (wretch)! |
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O mankind! do your duty to your Lord, and fear
(the coming of) a Day when no father can avail aught for his
son, nor a son avail aught for his father. Verily, the promise
of God is true: let not then this present life deceive you, nor
let the chief Deceiver deceive you about God. |
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Verily the knowledge of the Hour is with God
(alone). It is He Who sends down rain, and He Who knows what is
in the wombs. Nor does any one know what it is that he will earn
on the morrow: Nor does any one know in what land he is to die.
Verily with God is full knowledge and He is acquainted (with all
things). |