Al-An'am Verse 165 - And He it is Who has made you successors in the earth

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All praise is due to Allah, Who created the heavens and the earth and created darkness and light! Yet those who disbelieve set up equals companions with their Lord.

He it is Who has created you from clay, then has decreed a term. And the predetermined time and place of death is with Allah! And then you doubt.

And He is Allah in the heavens and in the earth. He knows what you conceal and what you reveal, and He knows what you earn.

And never a Verse comes to them from the Verses of their Lord, but they turn aside from it.

So they have indeed denied the truth when it came to them. But there will come to them the news of what they used to mock at.

Do they not consider how many generations We have destroyed before them, whom We had placed in the earth as We have not placed you. And We sent on them abundant rain from the sky. And We made the rivers to flow under them. But We destroyed them on account of their sins, raised up after them other generations.

And even if We had sent down to you a writing on a paper, and they even had touched it with their hands, certainly those who disbelieve would have said: “This is nothing but clear magic”.

And they said: “Why has an angel not been sent down to him”? And had We sent down an angel, the matter would have certainly been finished. Then they shall not have been given time.

And if We had made him an angel, We would certainly have made him (in the from of) a man. And We would certainly have made them doubtful (again) on what they already doubt.

And certainly Messengers before you were also mocked at. But that at which they scoffed encompassed the scoffers among them.

Say: “Travel in the land. Then see what the end of the rejecters was”.

Say: “To whom belongs what is in the heavens and the earth”? Say: “To Allah everything belongs. He has prescribed Mercy on Himself. Most certainly He will gather you together on the Doomsday in which there is no doubt”. Those who have failed their souls, they do not believe.

To Him belongs whatever dwells in the night and the day. He is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing.

Say: “Shall I take as a Walî (friend) any other than Allah, Originator of the heavens and the earth? And it is He who feeds and He Himself is not fed”. Say: “Verily, I am commanded to be the first who is submitted, and not be of the heathen”.

Say: “Surely, if I rebel against my Lord, I fear the torment of a Mighty Day”.

On that Day (day of Permission) whoever is averted from that (torment), indeed (Allah) has been Merciful to him. And this is a Manifest Salvation.

If Allah allows a calamity touch you, there is none to take it off but He. If He allows a goodness touch you, then He has Power over all things.

He is the Conqueror over His servants, and He is All-Wise, All- Knowing.

Say: “What thing is greater in testimony”? Say: “Allah is Witness between me and you. This Qur'ân has been revealed to me that with it I may warn you and whomsoever it may reach. Do you really bear witness that there are other gods along with Allah”? Say: “I do not bear witness”. Say: “He is only One God. Surely I am clear of that which you associate with”.

Those whom We have given the Book recognize him as they recognize their sons. Those who do not believe have failed their souls.

Who is more cruel than those who slander with lie against Allah or belie His Verses? Verily, He does not have the tyrants attain Salvation.

And on that Day We shall gather them together, then say to heathen: “Where are your associates whom you used to assume”?

There will then be no other excuse for them but to say: “By Allah, our Lord, we never were heathen”.

See how they lied themselves. And what they slandered passed away from them.

And amongst them whoever listens to you; We have put hindrance over their hearts lest they understand it (Kor’an) and there is heaviness in their ears. And even if they see every verse they do not believe in it. Even when they come to you they argue (struggle) with you. Those who disbelieve say: “This is nothing else than the tales of the ancients.

And they prohibit from it (from reaching Allah) and they (themselves) stay away (turn away) from it (Return). They do not bring destruction upon anyone but themselves, yet they do not aware of it.

And if you could see when they are standing on the Fire! Then they said: “Oh we wish we could be sent back, then we would not deny the Verses of our Lord, and we would be of the believers!

No, but what they concealed before has been explained to them. And if they were sent back, they would certainly go back to that which they were forbidden. And most surely they are truly liars.

And they said: “Our life is nothing but this world, and we shall not be raised (after our death)”.

And if could you see when they are made to stand before their Lord. (Allah) said: “Is not this the truth”? They said: “Yes, verily, by our Lord”! Allah said: “Taste then the torment because of what you denied”.

Those who refuted their Meeting with Allah (those who denied having their spirits reach Allah before death, while they are living) have fallen into loss. When the Hour comes on them suddenly, bearing upon their backs their burdens (sins), they say: “Alas for us that we exceeded the limit there (in the world)”. Surely evil is that which they bear, is it not?

The life of this world is nothing but play and amusement. Certainly, the abode of the Hereafter is better for those who are the owners of takwa (spiritual armor). Do you still not use your minds?

We know indeed that what they say certainly grieves you. But surely, they do not belie you. Nevertheless, the tyrants are fighting against the Verses of Allah (belie His Verse).

And I swear that the messengers before you were refuted. But they were patient on being refuted and persecuted until Our Help came to them. And there is none to alter the Words of Allah. And verily already there has come to you (some) of the news of the Messengers that were sent.

And if their turning away is hard on you, then, if you can, ask an opening a tunnel into the depth of the earth or a ladder to the sky, so that brings them a verse (miracle)! If Allah had willed, He could have gathered them all together on Return. Therefore, be not of the ignorant.

Only those who hear respond (to the invitation). And Allah raises the dead (the hearing named Sem’i that is dead, the understanding named Fu’âd that is dead, the sight named Basar that is dead). Then to Him they are returned (the spirit in life to return to Allah by the help of the religious guide).

And they said: “Why has not a sign been sent down to him from his Lord”? Say: “Surely Allah is able to send down a miracle (verse)”. And yet most of them do not know.

There is not a moving creature on earth, nor a bird that flies with its two wings, but are communities like you. We have miss nothing in the Book. Then to their Lord they will be gathered.

And Those who deny Our Verses are deaf and dumb in the darkness. Whom Allah wills He leaves in Darkness. And whom He wills He enters them on the Sıratı Mustakîm (the path of guidance that leads to Allah).

(O Muhammad!) Say (to the heathen): “Did you see yourselves (your state, your powerlessness as deaf and dumb denying the verses of Allah in darkness)? If the torment of Allah should overtake you or the Hour (Doomsday) should come upon you, will you call on others besides Allah, if you are truthful”?

Nay! Him you call upon (and beg). If He wills, He will deliver you from what you prayed for, and you will forget about those associates whom you equated (with Him).

And I swear, We sent (Messengers) to nations (communities) before you. Then We seized them with distress and affliction in order that they implore.

Yet would it not be better if they implored when Our affliction came to them? But their hearts hardened. Satan embellished to them that which they used to do.

Then, when they forgot that with which they had been reminded (admonished), We opened for them the gates of all things, until, when they rejoiced in what they were given. When We seized them suddenly, then they were in utter despair.

So the people that committed tyranny were eliminated. All praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds.

(O Muhammad) say (to the heathen): “Have you seen (have you understood your helplessness)? If Allah takes away your sense of hearing and sight and sets a seal on your hearts, who is god besides Allah that can bring it (back) to you”? See how We explain Our Verses. Yet still they turn away.

(O Muhammad) say (to the heathen): “Have you seen yourselves (Have you understood your state, your powerlessness)? If the torment of Allah comes to you suddenly or openly, will any be destroyed except the tyrant people”?

We don't send the Messengers (for nothing) but as givers of glad tidings and Warners. Then whoever believes (wish their spirits to reach Allah before death) and does righteous acts (that cleanse and completely purify the souls’ hearts), there is no fear upon them nor do they grieve.

And those who belie Our Verses the torment will touch them because they are ungodly ones.

Say: “I do not tell you that with me are the treasures of Allah nor I know the Unseen (Gayb), nor I tell you that I am an angel. I but follow what is revealed to me”. Say: “Are the blind and the seeing (with the inner eye) equal”? Do you not then reflect?

And warn with it those who fear that they shall be gathered to their Lord. There is no friend for them, nor any intercessor besides Him. May be so they will become the owners of takwa (spiritual armor).

And do not drive away those who call upon their Lord in the morning and the evening, desiring His Spiritual Body. Not upon you is anything of their account and not upon them is anything of your account. If you drive them away, you will be then of the tyrants.

And thus We tried some of them by others in case they say: “Are these they upon whom Allah has conferred among us”? Allah best knows the grateful, does not He?

When those who believe in Our Verses come to you, say: “Peace be on you”. Your Lord has written Mercy (light) on Himself. So that if any one of you does evil in ignorance, then repents (before his religious guide-Murshid) and does righteous acts (does the soul’s cleansing), then He (Allah) is Oft-Forgiving, (the One who replaces sins with good), Most Merciful (the One who sends down the light of mercy).

And thus do We expound the Verses separately that the way of guilty ones (sinners) may become manifest.

Say: “I have been forbidden to be a servant to those whom you call upon besides Allah”. Say: “I do not follow your vain desires (the desires of the vices of your souls), if I follow them indeed I should have been in Darkness and I should not be of those who have attained Return (submitted their spirit, physical body, soul, free will and mind to Allah)”.

Say: “I am on a clear proof (Koran) from my Lord and you call it a lie. I have not with me what you are asking for impatiently. The judgment is only Allah’s. He relates the truth. And He is the Best of Dividers (the right from the wrong) in parts”.

Say: “If that which you desire to hasten was with me, the matter would have certainly been decided between you and me”. And Allah best knows the tyrants.

And with Him are the keys of the Unseen (Gayb). None knows them but He. And He knows what is in the land and the sea. Not even a leaf falls but He knows it. There is not a grain in the darkness of the earth nor anything wet or dry in it but in the Kitab-ı Mübîn (Clear Book).

And He is who makes you die at night (who puts you into sleep), knows what you acquire in the day. And then resurrects (wakes up) you in it (in the daytime) again to finish an appointed term (time of your life). To Him is your comeback. Then He will inform you of what you have done.

And He is the Owner of Strength and Power above His servants. And He sends a protector (keeper) over you. When death comes to one of you, Our Messengers (angel of death and his assistants) cause him to die. They do not allow any flaw (while they are doing this).

Then they are returned to Allah. Their friend is Truth (Allah). His is the Judgment, is it not? And He is the fastest of all calculating!

Say: “Who rescues you from the darkness of the land and the sea”? And you secretly call to Him, imploring: “If You save us from this, we shall truly be of the grateful ones”.

Say: “Allah rescues you from this and from all distresses”. Then again you associate partners (idols with Him).

Say: “He is able to send on you a torment from above you and from beneath your feet, or divide you into groups (making you enemies) and make you taste the violence of one to another”. See how We explain Our Verses, so that they may understand.

And your people denied it though he (the messenger) to be the truth. Say: “I am not a surety for you”.

For every news there is a determined time. And soon you will know.

When you see those who engage in a conversation about our Verses (by mocking at them) withdraw from them until they enter into some other discourse. And if Satan causes you to forget, then do not sit after recollection with the tyrant people.

There is nothing (responsibility) for those who are the owners of takwa (spiritual armor) from their account. Yet they should remind them (that they need to praise the Name of Allah). So they may be the owners of takwa (spiritual armor).

And leave alone those who take their religion as play and amusement. And the life of this world has deceived them. And remind with it (with the help of religion) lest a soul should be given up to destruction for that which it (soul) has earned (the negative degrees). There is for him besides Allah any friend nor an intercessor. And even if he offers to give ransom, it shall not be accepted from him. These are they who shall be given up to destruction for what they earned. They shall have a drink of boiling water and a painful torment because of what they denied.

Say: “Shall we call on others besides Allah, that do not benefit nor harm us, and shall we be returned back on our heels after Allah has given us Return (delivered our spirit to Himself), like him whom the devils (Satans) have made his companions to fall down perplexed in the earth saying ‘Come to us, to Return’”. Say: “Surely, reaching Allah, it is the Return (reach of the spirits to Allah before death)" and we are commanded that we should submit to the Lord of the worlds“,

and (we are also commanded) to keep up prayers”. And be the owners of takwa (spiritual armor) towards Him. And He it is to whom you shall be gathered.

And He it is who has created the heavens and the earth with the truth. And on the Day He says: “Be, it is”. His Word is the truth. And His is the Sovereignty that Day the Trumpet shall be blown. It is He who knows the Known (Seen) and the Unknown. And He is the All-Wise (the Owner of the Judgment and Wisdom), the All-Aware.

And Abraham had said to his father Âzar: “Do you take idols for gods? Surely I see you and your people in obvious Darkness”.

And thus (did) We show Abraham the secrets of the heavens and the earth and that he might be Mûqinîn (at the level of Ainel Yakin, seeing through the eyes of the heart of the soul).

As night came, he saw a star. He said: “This is my Lord”. But when it disappeared, he said: “I do not love the disappearing ones”.

Then when he saw the moon rising up, he said: “This is my Lord”. But when it disappeared, he said: “If my Lord does not Return me (does not submit me), I should certainly have been one of the people who were in Darkness”.

Then when he saw the sun rising up, he said: “This is my Lord, this is greater”. But when it set, he said: “O my people! Surely I am far of what you associate (to Him)”.

Surely I have turned my face (and my body) towards Him (to the Spiritual Body of Allah) as being Hanîfâ, Who created the heavens and the earth. And I am not of the heathen.

And his people argued with him. He said: “Do you argue with me concerning Allah while (My Lord) delivered me to Return (my spirit returned to Himself)? I do not fear in any way those that you associate with Him, except my Lord wills something. My Lord surrounds in His Knowledge all things. Will you not then deliberate?

And how should I fear what you associate (idols) while you do not fear that you have associated with Allah that for which He has not sent down to you any proof (Sultan)? Which then of the two parties is surer of security if you know?”

Those who are true believers and do not mix up their faith with tyranny (because they subdued the will of Allah), those are they who shall have the security. And they are those who have attained Return (submitted their spirit, physical body, soul and free will to Allah).

And these are Our proofs which We Gave to Abraham against his people. We raise whom We will in degrees. Certainly, your Lord is All- Wise, All-Knowing.

And We bestowed upon him Isaac (Ishâq) and Jacob (Ya’qûb). We delivered all of them to Return (We submitted all of them to Us). And aforetime Noah did We deliver to Return; and of his descendants David and Solomon and Job and Joseph and Moses and Aaron (We submitted all of them to Us). And thus do We reward Al-Muhsinîn (submitted their spirit, physical body, soul and free will to Allah).

And Zachariah (Zakariyâ) and John (Yahyâ) and Jesus and Elias (Iliyâs), each one of them was of the Salihin (righteous).

And Ishmael and Elisha (Ilyesea) and Jonah (Yûnus) and Lot (Lût), We made each one of them above the worlds.

And We chose from among their fathers and their descendants and their brethren. And We returned (enter) them to Sıratı Mustakîm (the path of guidance that leads to Allah).

This is the Return of Allah. With which He turns (submits their spirit, physical body, soul and free will through Sıratı Mustakîm) whom He wills of His servants. And if they had associated (to Him) others, certainly what they did would have become vain.

These are they to whom We gave the Book and the Wisdom and the prophecy. If they begin to deny him (the prophet), then We will replace them with people who will not deny him (the prophet or messenger).

These are they whom Allah returned (submitted to Himself). Therefore, follow their Return (their submission of spirit, physical body, soul and free will)! Say: “I do not ask you for any reward for it”; it is (Quran) nothing but a praise for the worlds.

They could not estimate Allah with estimation due to Him when they said: “Allah has sent down nothing to any human being”. Say: “Who then sent down the Book which Moses brought as Return (as guide to the submission of spirit, physical body, soul and free will to Allah) and light for people? You have made (written) into paper sheets, disclosing and concealing much. You were taught what you did not nor your fathers know”. Say: “Allah”, then leave them to play with what they are immersed in.

And this (Qur'ân) is a Book We have sent down as Blessed, confirming that which is before it, so that you may warn the Mother of towns (Makkah) and those around it. They are constant in guarding their prayers (continue praying).

And who is more tyrant than he who slanders against Allah, or says: “It has been revealed to me while nothing has been revealed to him” and he who says: “I will send down the like of that which Allah has sent down”? And if you had seen when the tyrants shall be in the agonies of death and the angels shall spread forth their hands: ‘Give up your souls’; today shall you be recompensed with a torment of degradation because of what you used to utter against Allah other than the truth, and because you showed pride against His Verses.

And certainly you have come to Us alone as We created you at first, and you have left behind your backs all that We gave you. And We do not see with you your intercessors about whom you asserted that they were associates in respect to you. Certainly the ties between you are cut off, and what you asserted is gone from you.

Surely, It is Allah Who causes the seed-grain and the fruit-stone to split and sprout. He brings forth the living from the dead and He is the bringer forth of the dead from the living. That is Allah! How are you then turned away?

He is the One who brings out the daybreak. And He has made the night for resting (peace), and the sun and the moon for calculating time. This is the discretion of the Majestic, the All-Knowing.

And He it is Who has made the stars (the Prophets, the Messengers and the religious guide) for you, so that you (through the prophets, messengers, holy teachers) found a way (for your return to Allah) in the darkness of the land and the sea (in darkness the vices of the souls). Truly We have explained in detail the Verses for a people who know.

And He it is Who has brought you into being from a single soul (Adam) and determined (for your physical body) a place of stay (earth) and (for your soul) a temporary stay (the place where our souls wait temporarily before going into Paradise or Hell, the Berzah World). We have explained in detail Our Verses for a people who understand well.

And He it is Who sends down water from the sky. With it We bring forth vegetation of all kinds. Then We bring forth out of it green stalks, from which We bring forth thick clustered grain. And out of the date- palm and its sprout come forth clusters of dates hanging low and near and gardens of grapes and olives and pomegranates, each similar (in kind) yet different (in variety and taste). Look at their fruits when they begin to bear (fruit) and at its ripening. Most surely there are Signs in this for a people who believe.

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And they associated the jinn with Allah, while He created them. They falsely attributed to Him sons and daughters without knowledge. He is most pure (far from this) and Exalted above all that they attribute to Him.

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He is the One who created heaven and earth matchless! How could He have a son when there is for Him no consort? And He created all things and He is the All-Knowing of all things.

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That is Allah, your Lord. There is no god but He. The Creator of all things. Therefore, be servants to Him. And He is the Wakîl (Overlord, Surety) over all things!

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Sense of seeing can not comprehend Him. And He comprehends the sense of seeing. And He is Al-Latîf (the Most Subtle and Courteous), Well-Acquainted with all things.

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Surely, faculties of seeing through the eye of the heart (of your souls) have come to you from your Lord. Whoever will therefore see (with the heart’s eye), it is for his own benefit (soul). And whoever will be blind (the eye of the heart), it shall be against himself. And I am not a keeper over you.

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And thus We explain individually the Verses so that they may say: “You have studied (this knowledge from Allah),” and so that We explain it to people who know.

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Follow what is revealed to you from your Lord; there is no god but He; and withdraw from the heathen.

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And if Allah had willed, they would (heathen) not have set up partners and We have not made you a keeper over them nor are you a Wakîl (Surety) over them.

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And do not revile those whom they call upon besides Allah, lest exceeding the limits they should revile Allah out of ignorance. Thus have We embellished to every nation their deeds. Then to their Lord shall be their comeback. So He will inform them of what they used to do.

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And they swore by Allah with the strongest of their oaths, that if a Sign (a miracle) came to them, they would most certainly believe in it. Say: “Signs (miracles) are only with Allah and you do not perceive that even if it (sign, miracle) came, they will not believe”.

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And We will wrap their feelings of understanding in the heart (of the soul) and their eyes (of the soul) in that initial position when they did not believe in Him. And We will leave them stunned in their own lawlessness.

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And even if We had sent down to them the angels and the dead had spoken to them and We had brought together all things before them, they would not have believed, except what Allah willed (Allah chooses the one who has good in his heart). But most of them behave ignorantly.

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And thus We have made for every prophet devils from mankind and jinn an enemy, inspiring to one another beautiful words, deceiving one another. And if your Lord had willed, they would not have done it, therefore leave them and that which they slander.

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And that the hearts of those who do not believe in the Hereafter (in the last day, in the return of the spirit of a man to Allah until death) incline to them (to human and jinn satans) and that they be pleased with them. And that they may continue to earn what they have been earning.

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Shall I then seek a judge other than Allah? And He it is who has sent down to you the Book an elucidated form (in detail). Those to whom We have given the Book know that it is sent down from your Lord with truth, therefore you should not be of the doubters.

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And the Word of your Lord has been accomplished with loyalty and justice. There is none who can change His Words. He is the All- Hearing, the All-Knowing.

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And if you obey most of those in the earth, they will lead you in Darkness from Allah’s Way. They follow but conjecture and they only lie.

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It is your Lord Who knows who goes astray from His Way, and He also best knows those who have attained Return (submitted their spirit, physical body, soul and free will to Allah).

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Therefore eat of that on which Allah’s Name has been mentioned if you are believers in His Verses.

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And what happens with you that you do not eat of that on which Allah’s Name has been mentioned while He has explained to you in detail what is forbidden to you, except under compulsion of necessity? And most surely many leave (others) in Darkness by their vain desires out of ignorance. Certainly your Lord knows best those who exceed the limits.

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And abandon open and secret sin. Surely they who commit (acquire) sin shall be recompensed with what they acquired.

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And do not eat of that on which Allah’s Name has not been mentioned, and that is most surely ungodliness. And most surely the satans reveal to their friends that they should struggle with you; and if you obey (follow) them, you shall most surely be heathen.

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Is he who was dead (because of not wishing to reach Allah) then We raised him to life (by giving him twelve blessings) and give him a light by which he walks among the people, like one who, being in darkness, cannot come out of it? Thus, it has been shown adorned to the disbelievers that which they were doing.

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And thus We have placed within every town (city) the greatest of its sinners as leaders to fraud therein. But they do not fraud except their own souls, and they do not perceive.

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And when a Verse comes to them they say: “We will not believe until we are given the like of what Allah’s Messengers are given”. Allah best knows with whom to place His Message. Humiliation from Allah and a severe torment will befall the sinners because of what they used to plot.

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And whomsoever Allah wills to return to Himself He slits and opens his breast for submission (Islam). And whomsoever He wills to leave in Darkness, He makes his breast strait and narrow as if he were ascending to the sky. Thus does Allah lay punishment (torment, difficulty, narrowness) on those who do not believe.

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And this is the Path directed to your Lord. We have explained Our Verses one by one for a people who deliberate.

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The abode of peace (Submission) of their Lord is prepared for them. And He is their Friend because of what they used to do.

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And on a Day when He shall gather them all together (shall say): “O assembly of jinn! You increased your number with the mankind (you annexed the mankind amongst the devils)”. And their friends from among the mankind said: “Our Lord! Some of us profited by others and we have reached our appointed term which You did appoint for us”. (Allah) said: “The Fire is your abode, to abide in it forever, except what Allah wills (the time for Hell to vanish to arrive)”. Surely your Lord is All-Wise (the Owner of the Judgment and Wisdom), All- Knowing.

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And thus We do turn the tyrants against one another because of what they used to acquire (their sins).

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O assembly of the jinn and men! Did there not come to you Messengers from among you, relating to you My Verses and warning you of the meeting of this Day of yours? They said: "We bear witness against our own souls". The life of this world deceived them; and they bore witness against their own souls that they were disbelievers.

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This is because your Lord is not tormentful and would not destroy the countries while their people were unaware (unwarned).

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For everyone there are degrees (positive and negative) to what they do; and your Lord is not Heedless of what they do.

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And your Lord is the Self-Sufficient (Rich, Free of all needs), the Owner of Mercy. If He wills, He can remove (destroy) you and in your place make whom He wills as successors after you, even as He raised you up from offspring of other people (from the offspring of your own ancestors).

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Surely what you are promised will verily come and you cannot prevent it.

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Say: “O my people! Do what you want to do! I too am doing; so you will soon come to know, for whom will be the end this country”. Certainly the tyrants can not attain to the Salvation.

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And they set apart a portion for Allah out of what He has created of crop and cattle, and said with their assumptions: “This is for Allah and this for our associate”. What is for their associates does not reach Allah, and whatever is for Allah, it reaches their associates. Evil is that which they judge.

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And thus, their associates (devils) have made fair-seeming to most of the heathen the killing of their children, so that they perish and confuse their religion. If Allah had willed, they cannot have done so, therefore, leave them and that which they forge.

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And according to their assumptions they say: “These are cattle and crops prohibited; none shall eat them, except such as we please”. (Some) cattle whose backs are forbidden (to ride them), and cattle on which they would not mention Allah’s Name slandering against them not slaughtering them in the name of Allah. (Allah) shall requite them for what they slander.

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And they said: “What is in the wombs of these cattle is specially for our men and forbidden to our wives”. But if it is born dead then they are all partners in (eating) it. (Allah) will punish them for their attribution. Surely, He is All-Wise (the Owner of the Judgment and Wisdom), All-Knowing.

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They are lost indeed who kill their children foolishly without knowledge, and forbid what Allah has provided for them as sustenance, slandering Allah. They have indeed remained in Darkness and have not attained to Return (returned their spirit to Allah).

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And He is Who produces gardens with vines and without vines, and date-palms, and seed-produce of which the fruits are of various sorts, and olives and pomegranates, similar and different. Eat of its fruit when it bears fruit and pay the due of it on the day of its reaping and do not waste by extravagance. Surely He does not love the squanderers (prodigals).

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And amongst the animals there are beasts of burden and those which are fit for slaughter. Eat of what Allah has provided for you as sustenance (of those who are fit for slaughter) and do not follow the footsteps of the Shaitan (Satan). Surely he is to you an open enemy.

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Eight pairs (created male and female beasts of burden and those which are fit for slaughter as indicated in verse 142); of the sheep two and of the goat two. Say: “Has He forbidden the two males or the two females or that which the wombs of the two females enclose”? Inform me with knowledge if you are truthful.

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And of the camel two, and cows two. Say: “Has He forbidden the two males or the two females or which the wombs of the two females enclose”? Or were you witnesses when Allah enjoined you this? Who, then, is more tyrant than he who forges a lie (slanders) against Allah, to lead mankind astray without knowledge. Surely, Allah does not deliver the tyrants to Return (does not return their spirit to Himself).

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Say: “I do not find in that which has been revealed to me anything forbidden for an eater to eat of except carrion, or blood poured forth, or flesh of swine-for that surely is unclean-or that which is slaughtered as a sacrifice for others than Allah with a ungodliness”; but whoever is driven to necessity without willful disobedience, nor exceeding the limit, then surely your Lord is Oft-Forgiving (the One who replaces sins with good), Most Merciful (the One who sends down the light of mercy).

146

And to those who were Jews We made unlawful every animal with undivided hoof and of oxen and sheep We made unlawful to them the internal fat of both, except such as was on their backs or the entrails or what was mixed with bones. Thus We punished them for their rebellion, and We are surely Faithful.

147

But if they belie you, then say: “Your Lord is the Owner of Vast Mercy”; and never will His severe torment turned back from the people who are criminal (guilty).

148

Heathen will say: “If Allah had willed, we would not have ascribed partners, nor would our fathers nor would we have forbidden anything”. Likewise belied those who were before them till they tasted Our punishment. Say: “Have you any knowledge with you? If so, you should bring it forth to us. You only follow a conjecture and you only tell lies”.

149

Say: “Then Allah’s is the strongest proof. Had He so willed, then surely, He would Return (He would return all of your spirits to Himself).

150

Say: “Bring your witnesses who should bear witness that Allah has forbidden this”. Then if they bear witness, do not bear witness with them. Do not follow the vain desires of those who deny Our Verses and of those who do not believe in the Hereafter. And they make (others) equal to their Lord (associating partners).

151

Say: “Come, I will recite what your Lord has forbidden to you; that you do not associate anything with Him. Treat your parents favorably. Do not kill your children of poverty”. We provide sustenance for you and for them. Do not approach wickedness that is apparent or concealed. Do not kill which Allah has forbidden except for a just cause. This He has enjoined you with that you may be mindful.

152

And do not approach the property of the orphan except in the best manner until he reaches maturity. Give full measure and full weight with justice. We do not burden any soul beyond its scope. When you speak, then say with justice though it be a relative. Fulfill the Covenant of Allah. This He has enjoined you with that you may deliberate.

153

And that this is My Path, directed (towards Me). Therefore follow it, and do not follow (others) ways, for they will lead you away from His Way. This He has enjoined you with that you may be the owners of takwa (spiritual armor).

154

Then We gave Musa (A.S.) the Book (Torah), which explains everything, and which is a Return (a guide to Submission) and a Mercy (light), as the finisher for those who to those who are the best of the best, thus they might believe in the meeting with their Lord (they will also get submitted to Allah).

155

And this is a Book We have sent down is blessed. Therefore follow it and be the owners of takwa (spiritual armor) that you may attain to mercy (you may receive mercy, light).

156

May be you would say (so as not to say):“The Book was sent down only to two peoples before us and we were truly unaware of what they read”.

157

Or lest you should say (so as to say): “If the Book had been sent down to us, we would certainly turn more (we would have carried out all the submissions), than they”. So indeed, there has come to you a clear proof from your Lord, and Return (guide to submission) and a mercy (light). Who then is more tyrant than he who denies the Verses of Allah and turns away from them? We will punish those who turn away from Our Verses with a punishment torment because they turned away.

158

Do they wait for the angels should come to them or that your Lord should come, or that some of the Signs of your Lord should come. On the Day when some of the Signs of your Lord shall come, its faith shall not profit a soul which did not believe before, or earn good through its faith. Say: “Wait; we too are waiting”.

159

Surely, they divided their religion into parts and divided into groups. You have no concern with them. Their affair is only with Allah, then He will inform them of what they used to do.

160

Whoever comes (before Allah) with a good deed, for him there are tenfold the like of it and whoever comes with an evil deed, he shall be recompensed only with the like of it and they shall not be wronged.

161

Say: “Surely my Lord has returned (input) me as Hanîf (as Submitted) to Sıratı Mustakîm (the path of guidance that leads to Allah)”, the religion of Abraham’s people that will last until the Doomsday”. And he was not of the heathen.

162

Say: “Verily, my prayer (namaz), my sacrifice (all my prayers), my living and my dying are for Allah, Lord of the worlds.

163

He has no partners. And of this I have been commanded. And I am the first of those who is submitted (Muslim)”.

164

Say: “Shall I seek another than Allah for Lord, and He is the Lord of all things”? And no soul earns but against itself, and no bearer of burden shall bear the burden of another; then to your Lord is your comeback, so He will inform you of that in which you differed.

165

And He it is Who has made you successors in the earth and raised some of you above others by degrees, that He might try you by what He has given you. Surely your Lord is quick in punishment and He is most surely the Oft-Forgiving (replaces sins with good), Most Merciful (the One Who sends down the light of Mercy).

6:165

Al-Ma'idah

Al-A'raf

وَهُوَ الَّذِي جَعَلَكُمْ خَلَائِفَ الْأَرْضِ وَرَفَعَ بَعْضَكُمْ فَوْقَ بَعْضٍ دَرَجَاتٍ لِيَبْلُوَكُمْ فِي مَا آتَاكُمْ ۗ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ سَرِيعُ الْعِقَابِ وَإِنَّهُ لَغَفُورٌ رَحِيمٌ

Va huvallazee caaalakum haaleaifal aardı va raafaaa baa’daakum favkaa baa’dın daraaceatin li yabluvakum fee mea eateakum, inna raabbaka sareeul ikeabi va innahu la gaafoorun raaheem(raaheemun).

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