Sura 25: The Statute Book
(Al-Furqãn)
In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

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تبارك الذي نزل الفرقان على عبده ليكون للعالمين نذيرا

Most blessed is the One who revealed the Statute Book to His servant, so he can serve as a warner to the whole world.

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الذي له ملك السماوات والارض ولم يتخذ ولدا ولم يكن له شريك في الملك وخلق كل شيء فقدره تقديرا

The One to whom belongs all sovereignty of the heavens and the earth. He never had a son, nor does He have any partners in sovereignty. He created everything in exact measure; He precisely designed everything.*

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واتخذوا من دونه الهة لا يخلقون شيئا وهم يخلقون ولا يملكون لانفسهم ضرا ولا نفعا ولا يملكون موتا ولا حياة ولا نشورا

Yet, they set up beside Him gods who do not create anything—they themselves are created—and who possess no power to even harm or benefit themselves, nor do they possess any power to control life, or death, or resurrection.

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The Disbelievers Rebutted by the<br>Quran’s Mathematical Code

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وقال الذين كفروا ان هذا الا افك افتراه واعانه عليه قوم اخرون فقد جاءوا ظلما وزورا

Those who disbelieved said, “This is a fabrication that he produced, with the help of some other people.” They have uttered a blasphemy and a falsehood.

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وقالوا اساطير الاولين اكتتبها فهي تملى عليه بكرة واصيلا

They also said, “Tales from the past that he wrote down; they were dictated to him day and night.”*

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قل انزله الذي يعلم السر في السماوات والارض انه كان غفورا رحيما

Say, “This was revealed by the One who knows the Secret* in the heavens and the earth. He is Forgiving, Most Merciful.”

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Typical Utterances of Disbelievers

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وقالوا مال هذا الرسول ياكل الطعام ويمشي في الاسواق لولا انزل اليه ملك فيكون معه نذيرا

And they said, “How come this messenger eats the food and walks in the markets? If only an angel could come down with him, to serve with him as a preacher!”

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او يلقى اليه كنز او تكون له جنة ياكل منها وقال الظالمون ان تتبعون الا رجلا مسحورا

Or, “If only a treasure could be given to him!” Or, “If only he could possess an orchard from which he eats!” The transgressors also said, “You are following a bewitched man.”

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انظر كيف ضربوا لك الامثال فضلوا فلا يستطيعون سبيلا

Note how they called you all kinds of names, and how this led them astray, never to find their way back.

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تبارك الذي ان شاء جعل لك خيرا من ذلك جنات تجري من تحتها الانهار ويجعل لك قصورا

Most blessed is the One who can, if He wills, give you much better than their demands—gardens with flowing streams, and many mansions.

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The Real Reason

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بل كذبوا بالساعة واعتدنا لمن كذب بالساعة سعيرا

In fact, they have disbelieved in the Hour (Day of Resurrection), and we have prepared for those who disbelieve in the Hour a flaming Hell.

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Retribution for the Disbelievers

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اذا راتهم من مكان بعيد سمعوا لها تغيظا وزفيرا

When it sees them from afar, they will hear its rage and fuming.

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واذا القوا منها مكانا ضيقا مقرنين دعوا هنالك ثبورا

And when they are thrown into it, through a narrow place, all shackled, they will declare their remorse.

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لا تدعوا اليوم ثبورا واحدا وادعوا ثبورا كثيرا

You will not declare just a single remorse, on that day; you will suffer through a great number of remorses.

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Reward for the Righteous

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قل اذلك خير ام جنة الخلد التي وعد المتقون كانت لهم جزاء ومصيرا

Say, “Is this better or the eternal Paradise that is promised for the righteous? It is their well deserved reward; a well deserved destiny.”

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لهم فيها ما يشاءون خالدين كان على ربك وعدا مسئولا

They get anything they wish therein, forever. This is your Lord’s irrevocable promise.

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ويوم يحشرهم وما يعبدون من دون الله فيقول اانتم اضللتم عبادي هؤلاء ام هم ضلوا السبيل

On the day when He summons them, together with the idols they had set up beside GOD, He will say, “Have you misled these servants of Mine, or did they go astray on their own?”

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قالوا سبحانك ما كان ينبغي لنا ان نتخذ من دونك من اولياء ولكن متعتهم واباءهم حتى نسوا الذكر وكانوا قوما بورا

They will say, “Be You glorified, it was not right for us to set up any lords beside You. But You allowed them to enjoy, together with their parents. Consequently, they disregarded the message and thus became wicked people.”

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فقد كذبوكم بما تقولون فما تستطيعون صرفا ولا نصرا ومن يظلم منكم نذقه عذابا كبيرا

They have disbelieved in the message you have given them, and, consequently, you can neither protect them from the retribution they have incurred, nor can you help them in any way. Anyone among you who commits evil, we will commit him to severe retribution.

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Messengers Are Just Human Beings

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وما ارسلنا قبلك من المرسلين الا انهم لياكلون الطعام ويمشون في الاسواق وجعلنا بعضكم لبعض فتنة اتصبرون وكان ربك بصيرا

We did not send any messengers before you who did not eat food and walk in the markets. We thus test you by each other; will you steadfastly persevere? Your Lord is Seer.

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وقال الذين لا يرجون لقاءنا لولا انزل علينا الملائكة او نرى ربنا لقد استكبروا في انفسهم وعتوا عتوا كبيرا

Those who do not expect to meet us said, “If only the angels could come down to us, or we could see our Lord (we would then believe)!” Indeed, they have committed a gross arrogance, and have produced a gross blasphemy.

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يوم يرون الملائكة لا بشرى يومئذ للمجرمين ويقولون حجرا محجورا

The day they see the angels, it will not be good news for the guilty; they will say, “Now, we are irreversibly confined.”

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وقدمنا الى ما عملوا من عمل فجعلناه هباء منثورا

We will look at all the works they have done, and render them null and void.

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اصحاب الجنة يومئذ خير مستقرا واحسن مقيلا

The dwellers of Paradise are far better on that day; they will hear better news.

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ويوم تشقق السماء بالغمام ونزل الملائكة تنزيلا

The heaven will break apart, into masses of clouds, and the angels will descend in multitudes.

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الملك يومئذ الحق للرحمن وكان يوما على الكافرين عسيرا

All sovereignty on that day belongs to the Most Gracious. For the disbelievers, it will be a difficult day.

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God’s Messenger of the Covenant*

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ويوم يعض الظالم على يديه يقول يا ليتني اتخذت مع الرسول سبيلا

The day will come when the transgressor will bite his hands (in anguish) and say, “Alas, I wish I had followed the path with the messenger.

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يا ويلتى ليتني لم اتخذ فلانا خليلا

“Alas, woe to me, I wish I did not take that person as a friend.

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لقد اضلني عن الذكر بعد اذ جاءني وكان الشيطان للانسان خذولا

“He has led me away from the message after it came to me. Indeed, the devil lets down his human victims.”

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وقال الرسول يا رب ان قومي اتخذوا هذا القران مهجورا

The messenger* said, “My Lord, my people have deserted this Quran.”

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وكذلك جعلنا لكل نبي عدوا من المجرمين وكفى بربك هاديا ونصيرا

We also set up against every prophet enemies from among the guilty. Your Lord suffices as a guide, a master.

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وقال الذين كفروا لولا نزل عليه القران جملة واحدة كذلك لنثبت به فؤادك ورتلناه ترتيلا

Those who disbelieved said, “Why did not the Quran come through him all at once?” We have released it to you gradually, in order to fix it in your memory. We have recited it in a specific sequence.

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God’s Evidence is Overwhelming

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ولا ياتونك بمثل الا جئناك بالحق واحسن تفسيرا

Whatever argument they come up with, we provide you with the truth, and a better understanding.

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الذين يحشرون على وجوههم الى جهنم اولئك شر مكانا واضل سبيلا

Those who are forcibly summoned to Hell are in the worst position; they are the farthest from the right path.

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ولقد اتينا موسى الكتاب وجعلنا معه اخاه هارون وزيرا

We have given Moses the scripture, and appointed his brother Aaron to be his assistant.

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فقلنا اذهبا الى القوم الذين كذبوا باياتنا فدمرناهم تدميرا

We said, “Go, both of you, to the people who rejected our revelations,” and subsequently, we utterly annihilated the rejectors.

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وقوم نوح لما كذبوا الرسل اغرقناهم وجعلناهم للناس اية واعتدنا للظالمين عذابا اليما

Similarly, when the people of Noah disbelieved the messengers, we drowned them, and we set them up as a sign for the people. We have prepared for the transgressors a painful retribution.

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وعادا وثمود واصحاب الرس وقرونا بين ذلك كثيرا

Also ‘Ãd, Thamoud, the inhabitants of Al-Russ, and many generations between them.

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وكلا ضربنا له الامثال وكلا تبرنا تتبيرا

To each of these groups, we delivered sufficient examples, before we annihilated them.

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ولقد اتوا على القرية التي امطرت مطر السوء افلم يكونوا يرونها بل كانوا لا يرجون نشورا

They have passed by the community that was showered with a miserable shower (Sodom). Did they not see it? The fact is, they never believed in resurrection.

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Messengers Ridiculed

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واذا راوك ان يتخذونك الا هزوا اهذا الذي بعث الله رسولا

When they saw you, they always ridiculed you: “Is this the one chosen by GOD to be a messenger?

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ان كاد ليضلنا عن الهتنا لولا ان صبرنا عليها وسوف يعلمون حين يرون العذاب من اضل سبيلا

“He almost diverted us from our gods, if it were not that we steadfastly persevered with them.” They will certainly find out, when they see the retribution, who are the real strayers from the path.

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The Ego as a god

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ارايت من اتخذ الهه هواه افانت تكون عليه وكيلا

Have you seen the one whose god is his own ego? Will you be his advocate?

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ام تحسب ان اكثرهم يسمعون او يعقلون ان هم الا كالانعام بل هم اضل سبيلا

Do you think that most of them hear, or understand? They are just like animals; no, they are far worse.

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Infinite Blessings From God

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الم تر الى ربك كيف مد الظل ولو شاء لجعله ساكنا ثم جعلنا الشمس عليه دليلا

Have you not seen how your Lord designed the shadow? If He willed, He could have made it fixed, then we would have designed the sun accordingly.

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ثم قبضناه الينا قبضا يسيرا

But we designed it to move slowly.

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وهو الذي جعل لكم الليل لباسا والنوم سباتا وجعل النهار نشورا

He is the One who designed the night to be a cover, and for you to sleep and rest. And He made the day a resurrection.

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وهو الذي ارسل الرياح بشرا بين يدي رحمته وانزلنا من السماء ماء طهورا

He is the One who sends the winds with good omens of His mercy, and we send down from the sky pure water.

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لنحيي به بلدة ميتا ونسقيه مما خلقنا انعاما واناسي كثيرا

With it, we revive dead lands and provide drink for our creations— multitudes of animals and humans.

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ولقد صرفناه بينهم ليذكروا فابى اكثر الناس الا كفورا

We have distributed it among them in exact measure, that they may take heed. But most people insist upon disbelieving.

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ولو شئنا لبعثنا في كل قرية نذيرا

If we willed, we could have sent to every community a warner.

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فلا تطع الكافرين وجاهدهم به جهادا كبيرا

Therefore, do not obey the disbelievers, and strive against them with this, a great striving.

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وهو الذي مرج البحرين هذا عذب فرات وهذا ملح اجاج وجعل بينهما برزخا وحجرا محجورا

He is the One who merges the two seas; one is fresh and palatable, while the other is salty and undrinkable. And He separated them with a formidable, inviolable barrier (evaporation).

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وهو الذي خلق من الماء بشرا فجعله نسبا وصهرا وكان ربك قديرا

He is the One who created from water a human being, then made him reproduce through marriage and mating. Your Lord is Omnipotent.

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ويعبدون من دون الله ما لا ينفعهم ولا يضرهم وكان الكافر على ربه ظهيرا

Yet, they still set up beside GOD idols that cannot benefit them, nor harm them. Indeed, the disbeliever is an enemy of his Lord.

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وما ارسلناك الا مبشرا ونذيرا

We have sent you (Rashad) as a deliverer of good news, as well as a warner.*

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قل ما اسالكم عليه من اجر الا من شاء ان يتخذ الى ربه سبيلا

Say, “I do not ask you for any money. All I seek is to help you find the right path to your Lord, if this is what you choose.”

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The Prophets and the Saints<br>Are Dead

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وتوكل على الحي الذي لا يموت وسبح بحمده وكفى به بذنوب عباده خبيرا

You shall put your trust in the One who is Alive—the One who never dies—and praise Him and glorify Him. He is fully Cognizant of His creatures’ sins.

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الذي خلق السماوات والارض وما بينهما في ستة ايام ثم استوى على العرش الرحمن فاسال به خبيرا

He is the One who created the heavens and the earth, and everything between them, in six days, then assumed all authority. The Most Gracious; ask about Him those who are well founded in knowledge.

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The Unappreciative Human

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واذا قيل لهم اسجدوا للرحمن قالوا وما الرحمن انسجد لما تامرنا وزادهم نفورا

When they are told, “Fall prostrate before the Most Gracious,” they say, “What is the Most Gracious? Shall we prostrate before what you advocate?” Thus, it only augments their aversion.

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تبارك الذي جعل في السماء بروجا وجعل فيها سراجا وقمرا منيرا

Most blessed is the One who placed constellations in the sky, and placed in it a lamp, and a shining moon.

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وهو الذي جعل الليل والنهار خلفة لمن اراد ان يذكر او اراد شكورا

He is the One who designed the night and the day to alternate: a sufficient proof for those who wish to take heed, or to be appreciative.

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Traits of the Righteous

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وعباد الرحمن الذين يمشون على الارض هونا واذا خاطبهم الجاهلون قالوا سلاما

The worshipers of the Most Gracious are those who tread the earth gently, and when the ignorant speak to them, they only utter peace.

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والذين يبيتون لربهم سجدا وقياما

In the privacy of the night, they meditate on their Lord, and fall prostrate.

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والذين يقولون ربنا اصرف عنا عذاب جهنم ان عذابها كان غراما

And they say, “Our Lord, spare us the agony of Hell; its retribution is horrendous.

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انها ساءت مستقرا ومقاما

“It is the worst abode; the worst destiny.”

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والذين اذا انفقوا لم يسرفوا ولم يقتروا وكان بين ذلك قواما

When they give they are neither extravagant nor stingy; they give in moderation.

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والذين لا يدعون مع الله الها اخر ولا يقتلون النفس التي حرم الله الا بالحق ولا يزنون ومن يفعل ذلك يلق اثاما

They never implore beside GOD any other god, nor do they kill anyone—for GOD has made life sacred—except in the course of justice. Nor do they commit adultery. Those who commit these offenses will have to pay.

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يضاعف له العذاب يوم القيامة ويخلد فيه مهانا

Retribution is doubled for them on the Day of Resurrection, and they abide therein humiliated.

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الا من تاب وامن وعمل عملا صالحا فاولئك يبدل الله سيئاتهم حسنات وكان الله غفورا رحيما

Exempted are those who repent, believe, and lead a righteous life. GOD transforms their sins into credits. GOD is Forgiver, Most Merciful.

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ومن تاب وعمل صالحا فانه يتوب الى الله متابا

Those who repent and lead a righteous life, GOD redeems them; a complete redemption.

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Additional Traits of the Righteous

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والذين لا يشهدون الزور واذا مروا باللغو مروا كراما

They do not bear false witness. When they encounter vain talk, they ignore it.

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والذين اذا ذكروا بايات ربهم لم يخروا عليها صما وعميانا

When reminded of their Lord’s revelations, they never react to them as if they were deaf and blind.

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والذين يقولون ربنا هب لنا من ازواجنا وذرياتنا قرة اعين واجعلنا للمتقين اماما

And they say, “Our Lord, let our spouses and children be a source of joy for us, and keep us in the fore front of the righteous.”

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اولئك يجزون الغرفة بما صبروا ويلقون فيها تحية وسلاما

These are the ones who attain Paradise in return for their steadfastness; they are received therein with joyous greetings and peace.

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خالدين فيها حسنت مستقرا ومقاما

Eternally they abide therein; what a beautiful destiny; what a beautiful abode.

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قل ما يعبا بكم ربي لولا دعاؤكم فقد كذبتم فسوف يكون لزاما

Say, “You attain value at my Lord only through your worship. But if you disbelieve, you incur the inevitable consequences.”

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