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Translation:He draws out a comparison for you from your own selves: Are there among the slaves that you possess any such slaves also who may be sharing with you equally the wealth that We have given you, and you fear them as you fear one another among yourselves? Thus do We present the Revelations clearly for those who use their common sense. |
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Translation:But the wrongdoers are following their own desires, without any knowledge. Now, who can guide the one whom Allah has led astray? Such people can have no helper. |
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Translation:So, (O Prophet and the followers of the Prophet,) set your face sincerely and truly towards this Faith and be steadfast on the Nature whereupon Allah has created mankind. There can be no alteration in the Nature made by Allah. This is the right and true Faith, but most people do not know. |
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Translation:(Be steadfast on this) turning wholly towards Allah, and fear Him, and establish the Salat, and do not be of the mushriks |
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Translation:who have set up their separate creeds and divided themselves into sects, each sect rejoicing in what it has. |
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Translation:When an affliction befalls the people, they invoke their Lord, turning penitently towards Him then when He makes them taste of His Mercy, some of them start committing shirk |
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Translation:so that they may show ingratitude for Our favors. Well, enjoy yourselves, for soon you shall know. |
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Translation:Have We sent down to them an authority, which may testify to the truth of the shirk they are committing? |
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Translation:When We make the people taste mercy, they exult at it; and when an affliction befalls them on account of their own misdeeds, they grow despondent. |
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Translation:Do they not see that it is Allah Who gives abundantly to whom He wills and sparingly (to whom He wills)? Surely in this there are many Signs for those who believe. |
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Translation:Therefore, (O believers,) give to your relative his due, and to the needy and the wayfarer (his due). This is the best way for those who seek Allah's goodwill: such alone will attain true success. |
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Translation:The interest that you give in order to increase the wealth of the people, does not increase in the sight of Allah; and the Zakat that you pay in order to win Allah's approval, its payers do indeed increase their wealth. |
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Translation:Allah it is Who created you, then provided for you, then He causes your death, and then He will bring you back to life. Is there among the associates you have set up (with Allah) anyone who can do any of these things? Glorified is He and far exalted above the shirk these people commit. |