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| 56. And WE have not sent thee but as a bearer of glad tidings and a Warner. 57. Say, `I ask of you no recompense for it, save that whoso chooses may take a way that leads to his Lord.' 58. And trust thou in the One, Who is Ever-Living and is the Source of all life, And Who dies not, and Glorify HIM with HIS praise. And sufficient is HE as the Knower of the sins of his servants, 59. HE Who created the Heavens and the earth and all that is between them in six periods, then HE settled Himself firmly on the Throne - the Gracious, God ! Ask thou then concerning HIM one who knows. 60. And when it is said to them, `Submit to the Gracious God,' they say, `And who is the Gracious, God ? Shall we submit to whatever thou biddest us ?' And it increases their aversion. 61. Blessed is HE Who has made in the heaven mansions of stars and has placed therein a Lamp producing light and a moon that reflects light. 62. And HE it is Who has made the night and the day, each following the other, for the benefit of him who desires to remember, or desires to be grateful. 63. And the true servants of the Gracious God are those who walk on the earth humbly and when the ignorant address them, they avoid them gracefully by saying, `Peace !' 64. And who spend the night in prostration and standing before their Lord, 65. And who say, `Our Lord, avert from us the punishment of Hell; for the punishment thereof is a most vehement torment, 66. `It is indeed evil as a place of rest and as an abode.' 67. And those who, when they spend, are neither extravagant nor niggardly but adopt a moderate position in the middle; |
