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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 (wi th 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 knowle dge 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 exce pt 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 c hief 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.
Veril y with God is full knowledge and He is
acquainted (with all things) |