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servants of Ours, of great might,who ravaged your homes. So thewarning was fulfilled,
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and after a time We allowed you to prevailover them once again and aidedyou with wealth and offspringand made you greater in number.
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[We said], ‘If you perseverein doing good, you will be doinggood to yourselves; but if you doevil, it will go against you.’When the time of the secondwarning came, [We rousedagainst you others] to disgraceyou utterly and to enter the placeof worship as they had entered it before, utterly destroying all thatthey laid their hands on.
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Wesaid, ‘Your Lord may yet havemercy on you, but if you do thesame again, so shall We: Wehave made Hell a prison for those who deny the truth.’
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Surely, this Quran guides tothe most upright way and givesgood news to the believers whodo good deeds, so that they willhave a great reward
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and warnsthose who deny the life to comewith grievous punishment.
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Yet man asks for evil aseagerly as he should ask for good. Truly, man is indeed hasty.
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We have made the night andthe day as two signs. We blottedout the sign of night and madethe sign of the day illuminating,so that you may seek the bountyof your Lord and learn to computethe seasons and the years. Wehave set everything forth indetail.
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We have tied the fate of every man about his neck; andWe shall produce a book for himon Resurrection Day that he willfind spread open.
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It will say,‘Read your record, today therewill be none but yourself to callyou to account!’
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God wants man to be patient aboutacquiring the immediate luxuries of the world, so that he should keep tothe right path on his journey towardsthe Hereafter. But man, due to hishasty nature, rushes to acquire ephem-eral worldly luxuries, which prove to be impediments to his continuing hisonward journey. Man’s desire for in-stant gratification is the greatest rea-son for his being deprived of the bounties of the Hereafter.
 
chooses to follow the right path,follows it for his own good; andwhoever goes astray, goes astrayat his own peril; no bearer of  burdens shall bear the burdensof another. Nor do We punishuntil We have sent forth amessenger to forewarn them.
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When We decide to destroya town, We command the affluentsection of its people, but theytransgress therein; thus the word[sentence of punishment] is justified, then We destroy thetown utterly.
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How manygenerations have We destroyedsince Noah’s time. Your Lord iswell aware of the sins of Hisservants and observes them all.
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We give whatever We willto whoever desires immediategains; but then We have preparedHell for him which he will enter,disgraced and rejected.
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Anyone who desires theHereafter and makes a proper effort to achieve it, being a true believer, shall find favour withGod for his endeavours.
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Upon all, both these [whodesire the world] and those [whodesire the Hereafter] We bestowthe bounty of your Lord: noneshall be denied the bounty of your Lord— 
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see how We haveexalted some above others [inthe present life]. Yet the Hereafter shall be greater in degrees of rank and greater in excellence.
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Do not set up any other deity beside God, lest you incur disgrace, and be forsaken.
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Your Lord has commanded that youshould worship none but Him,and show kindness to your  parents. If either or both of themattain old age with you, say noword of contempt to them anddo not rebuke them, but alwaysspeak gently to them
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and treatthem with humility andtenderness and say, ‘Lord, bemerciful to them both, as theyraised me up when I was little.’
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Your Lord knows best what isin your hearts; if you arerighteous, He is most forgivingto those who constantly turn toHim.
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Give to your relatives their due, and also to the needy andthe wayfarer. Yet do not spend
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extravagantly;
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spendthrifts arethe brothers of Satan, and Satanis ever ungrateful to his Lord— 
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 but if, while waiting for your Lord’s bounty which you areexpecting, you turn them down,then at least speak to them kindly.
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Be neither miserly, nor soopen-handed that you suffer reproach and become destitute.
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Your Lord gives abundantly towhom He will and sparingly towhom He pleases. He is informedand observant about His servants.
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You shall not kill your offspring for fear of want. It isWe who provide for them, andfor you. Indeed, killing them is agreat sin.
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Do not commitadultery,
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for it is an indecentthing and an evil course.
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Do not take life which Godhas made inviolate—except byright. If anyone is killedwrongfully, We have givenauthority to his heirs to demandretribution, but let them nottransgress the prescribed limitsin exacting retribution; for thenhe will be assisted [by the law].
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Do not go near the orphans’ property, except with the best of intentions, until they reachmaturity. Keep your promises;you will be called to account for every promise which you havemade!
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Give full measure, whenyou measure, and weigh withaccurate scales. That is fair, and better in the end.
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Do not follow what you donot know; for the ear and the eyeand the heart shall all be calledto account.
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Do not walk  proudly on the earth. You cannotcleave the earth, nor can yourival the mountains in height.
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All that is evil in the sight of your Lord, and is detestable.
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This is part of the wisdomthat your Lord has revealed to you.Do not set up any other deitywith God, lest you be cast intoHell, condemned and rejected.
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One of the evils, which God wantsto root out completely, is adultery, or 
 zina
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