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Surah 11.  Hud

In the name of ALLAH, the Benevolent, the Merciful

1.  Alif.  Lam.  Ra.  A Scripture the Revelations whereof are perfected and then expounded.  From One Wise, Informed,

2.  Serve none but ALLAH.  Surely I am To you from Him a warner and a bringer of good tidings.

3.  And:  Ask pardon of your Lord and turn to Him repentant.  He will cause you to enjoy a fair estate until a time appointed.  He gives His bounty to every bountiful one.  But if you turn away, Surely I fear for you the retribution of an awful Day.

4.  To ALLAH is your return, and He is able to do all things.

5.  Surely now they fold up their breasts that they may hide from Him.  At the very moment when they cover themselves with their clothing, ALLAH knows that which they keep hidden and that which they proclaim.  Surely He is Aware of what is in the breasts.

6.  And there is not a beast in the earth but the sustenance thereof depends on ALLAH.  He knows its habitation and its repository.  All is in a clear record.

7.  And He it is Who created the heavens and the earth in six Days and His Throne was upon the water that He might try you, which of you is best in conduct.  Yet if you say:  Surely you will be raised again after death, those who deny will surely say:  This is nothing but mere magic.

8.  And if We delay for them the doom until a reckoned time, they will surely say:  What withholds it?  Surely on the day when it comes to them, it cannot be averted from them, and that which they derided will surround them.

 


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