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| 43. No people can go ahead of their appointed time, nor can they remain behind it. 44. Then WE sent Our Messengers one after the other. Every time there came to a people their Messenger, they treated him as a liar. So WE made them follow one another to destruction and WE made them mere tales of the past. Cursed, then, be the people who believe not ! 45. Then WE sent Moses and his brother Aaron with Our Signs and a clear authority, 46. To Pharaoh and his chiefs; but they behaved arrogantly and they were a haughty people. 47. And they said, `Shall we believe in two mortals like ourselves while their people are our slaves ?' 48. So they called them liars, and became a ruined people. 49. And WE gave Moses the Book, that they might be guided. 50. And WE made the son of Mary and his mother a Sign, and gave them shelter on an elevated land of green valleys and springs of running water. 51. O ye Messengers, eat of the pure things and do good works. Verily, I am Well-Aware of what you do. 52. And know that this community of yours is one community, and I am your Lord. So take ME as your Protector. 53. But the people have cut up their affair among themselves, forming themselves into parties, each group rejoicing in what is with them. 54. So leave them in their confusion for a time. 55. Do they image that because WE bestow upon them wealth and children, 56. WE hasten to do them good ? Nay, but they understand not. 57. Verily, those who tremble with fear of their Lord, 58. And those who believe in the Signs of their Lord, 59. And those who ascribe not partners to their Lord, |
