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«Allah has prepared for them severe chastisement, therefore be careful of (your duty to) Allah, O men of understanding who believe! Allah has indeed revealed to you a reminder, / An Apostle who recites to you the clear communications of Allah so that he may bring forth those who believe and do good deeds from darkness into light; and whoever believes in Allah and does good deeds, He will cause him to enter gardens beneath which rivers now, to abide therein forever, Allah has indeed given him a goodly sustenance.»

«Allah is He Who created seven heavens, and of the earth the like of them; the decree continues to descend among them, that you may know that Allah has power over all things and that Allah indeed encompasses all things in (His) knowledge.»

«O Prophet! why do you forbid (yourself) that which Allah has made lawful for you; you seek to please your wives; and Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.»

«Allah indeed has sanctioned for you the expiation of your oaths and Allah is your Protector, and He is the Knowing the Wise.»

«And when the prophet secretly communicated a piece of information to one of his wives-- but when she informed (others) of it, and Allah made him to know it, he made known part of it and avoided part; so when he informed her of it, she said: Who informed you of this? He said: The Knowing, the one Aware, informed me.»

«O you who believe! save yourselves and your families from a fire whose fuel is men and stones; over it are angels stern and strong, they do not disobey Allah in what He commands them, and do as they are commanded.»

«O you who disbelieve! do not urge excuses today; you shall be rewarded only according to what you did.»

«Blessed is He in Whose hand is the kingdom, and He has power over all things, / Who created death and life that He may try you-- which of you is best in deeds; and He is the Mighty, the Forgiving, / Who created the seven heavens one above another; you see no incongruity in the creation of the Beneficent God; then look again, can you see any disorder? / Then turn back the eye again and again; your look shall '~ come back to you confused while it is fatigued.»

«And for those who disbelieve in their Lord is the punishment of hell, and evil is the resort.»

«When they shall be cast therein, they shall hear a loud moaning of it as it heaves, / Almost bursting for fury. Whenever a group is cast into it, its keeper shall ask them: Did there not come to you a warner? / They shall say: Yea! indeed there came to us a warner, but we rejected (him) and said: Allah has not revealed anything, you are only in a great error.»