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Surah 21.  Al-Anbiyaa

In the name of ALLAH, the Benevolent, the Merciful

1.  Their reckoning draws near for mankind, while they turn away in heedlessness.

2.  Never comes there to them a new reminder from their Lord but they listen to it while they play.

3.  With hearts preoccupied.  And they confer in secret The wrong doers say:  Is this other than a mortal like you?  Will you then succumb to magic when you see?

4.  He says:  My Lord knows what is spoken in the heaven and the earth.  He is the Hearer, the Knower.

5.  Nay, say they, muddled dreams; nay, he has but invented it; nay, he is but a poet.  Let him bring us a portent even as those of old were sent.

6.  Not a township believed of those which We destroyed before them:  would they then keep faith?

7.  And We sent not before you other than men whom We inspired.  Ask the followers of the Reminder if you know not?

8.  We gave them not bodies that would not eat food, nor were they immortals.

9.  Then We fulfilled the promise to them.  So We delivered them and whom We would, and We destroyed the prodigals.

10.  Now We have sent down to you a Scripture wherein is your Reminder.  Have you then no sense?

 


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