Az-Zukhruf

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For you there are fruits in abundance from which you will eat.”
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The sinners (on the other hand) will be in the punishment of Jahannam (Hell), living there forever.
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It will not be lightened for them, and they will be there, devoid of all hopes.
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We did not do injustice to them, rather, they themselves were the unjust.
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And they will call (Mālik, the keeper of the Hell,) “O Mālik, let your Lord do away with us.” He will say, “You have to stay on.”
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(O disbelievers,) indeed We have brought to you the truth, but it is the truth that most of you detest.
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Is it that they have firmly resolved to do something (harmful to Our messenger)? Then, We have firmly resolved (to frustrate their plan.)
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Do they think that We do not hear their secrets and their whispers? Yes of course, Our messengers (angels) are with them who record (whatever they plan).
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Say, “Had there been a son for the RaHmān, I would have been the first to worship.”
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Pure is the Lord of the heavens and the earth, the Lord of the Throne, from what they attribute (to Him).
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So, let them indulge (in their fallacy) and play, until they face their Day that they are promised.
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He is the One who is God to be worshipped in the sky, and God to be worshipped on the earth. And He is the Wise, the All-Knowing.
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Glorious is the One to whom belongs the kingdom of the heavens and the earth and whatever lies between them. With Him is the knowledge of the Hour; and towards Him you are to be returned.
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And those whom they invoke besides Him have no power to intercede; but those who bear witness to the truth, while they have knowledge (may intercede for the believers with Allah’s permission).
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And if you ask them as to who has created them, they will certainly say, “Allah”. Then, to where are they driven back (by their false desires)?
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And (Allah has the knowledge) of his (prophet’s) saying, “O my Lord, these are a people who do not believe.”
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So, turn away from them, and say, “Salām !” (good-bye!). Then, soon they will come to know (the end of their attitude).
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