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«And they who do not call upon another god with Allah and do not slay the soul, which Allah has forbidden except in the requirements of justice, and (who) do not commit fornication and he who does this shall find a requital of sin; / The punishment shall be doubled to him on the day of resurrection, and he shall abide therein in abasement; / Except him who repents and believes and does a good deed; so these are they of whom Allah changes the evil deeds to good ones; and Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.»

«So the magicians were gathered together at the appointed time on the fixed day, / And it was said to the people: Will you gather together? / Haply we may follow the magicians, if they are the vanquishers.»

«They shall say while they contend therein: / By Allah! we were certainly in manifest error, / When we made you equal to the Lord of the worlds; / And none but the guilty led us astray; / So we have no intercessors, / Nor a true friend; / But if we could but once return, we would be of the believers.»

«And his hosts of the jinn and the men and the birds were gathered to him, and they were formed into groups.»

«And he reviewed the birds, then said: How is it I see not the hoopoe or is it that he is of the absentees? / 1 will most certainly punish him with a severe punishment, or kill him, or he shall bring to me a clear plea.»

«He said: O chiefs! which of you can bring to me her throne before they come to me in submission? / One audacious among the jinn said: I will bring it to you before you rise up from your place; and most surely I am strong (and) trusty for it.»

«Then one of the two women came to him walking bashfully. She said: My father invites you that he may give you the reward of your having watered for us. So when he came to him and gave to him the account, he said: Fear not, you are secure from the unjust people.»

«And when it is recited to them they say: We believe in it surely it is the truth from our Lord; surely we were submitters before this.»

«And how many a town have We destroyed which exulted in its means of subsistence, so these are their abodes, they have not been dwelt in after them except a little, and We are the inheritors, / And your Lord never destroyed the towns until He raised in their metropolis an apostle, reciting to them Our communications, and We never destroyed the towns except when their people were unjust.»

«And it will be said: Call your associate-gods. So they will call upon them, but they will not answer them, and they shall see the punishment; would that they had followed the right way! / And on the day when He shall call them and say: What was the answer you gave to the apostles? / Then the pleas shall become obscure to them on that day, so they shall not ask each other.»