The Qur'an (Oxford World's Classics)

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The Quran
given the Scripture, as well as those without one, ‘Do you too devote
yourselves to Him alone?’ If they do, they will be guided, but if they
turn away, your only duty is to convey the message. God is aware of
His servants.
21 Give news of agonizing torment to those who ignore God’s
revelations, who unjustifiably kill prophets, who kill those who
command that justice is done: 22 the deeds of such people will
come to nothing in this world and in the next and no one will help
them. 23 Have you considered those who were given a share of the
Scripture? When they are asked to accept judgement from God’s
Scripture, some of them turn their backs and walk away, all because
they declare, 24 ‘The Fire will only touch us for a limited number of
days.’ The lies they have invented have led them astray in their own
religion. 25 How will they fare when We gather them together for a
Day of which there is no doubt, when every soul will be paid in full
for what it has done, and they will not be wronged?
26 Say, ‘God, holder of all control, a You give control to whoever
You will and remove it from whoever You will; You elevate whoever
You will and humble whoever You will. All that is good lies in Your
hand: You have power over everything. 27 You merge night into day
and day into night; You bring the living out of the dead and the dead
out of the living; You provide limitlessly for whoever You will.’
28 The believers should not make the disbelievers their allies
rather than other believers – anyone who does such a thing will
isolate himself completely from God – except when you need to
protect yourselves from them. God warns you to beware of Him:
the Final Return is to God. 29 Say [Prophet], ‘God knows everything
that is in your hearts, whether you conceal or reveal it; He
knows everything in the heavens and earth; God has power over all
things.’ 30 On the Day when every soul finds all the good it has done
present before it, it will wish all the bad it has done to be far, far
away. God warns you to beware of Him, but God is compassionate
towards His servants. 31 Say, ‘If you love God, follow me, and God
will love you and forgive you your sins; God is most forgiving, most
merciful.’ 32 Say, ‘Obey God and the Messenger,’ but if they turn
away, [know that] God does not love those who ignore [His
commands].
a Or sovereignty.
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