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| 23. Hast thou considered the case of him who has taken his own low desire for his god, and whom ALLAH has adjudged as having gone astray on the basis of HIS perfect knowledge, and whose ears and whose heart HE has sealed up, and on whose eyes HE has put a covering. Who, then, will guide him after ALLAH has so decreed concerning him ? Will you not then take heed ? 24. And they say, `There is nothing for us but this our present life; we die and we live; and nothing but time destroys us.' But they have no real knowledge of it; they do nothing but conjecture. 25. And when Our clear Signs are recited unto them, their only contention is that they say, `Bring back our fathers, if you are truthful.' 26. Say, `It is ALLAH Who gives you life, then causes you to die; then HE will gather you together unto the Day of Resurrection about which there is no doubt. But most men do not know. 27. To ALLAH belongs the Kingdom of the heavens and the earth; and on the day when the Hour shall come, on that day those who follow falsehood shall be the losers. 28. And thou wilt see every people on their knees. Every people will be summoned to its Book, and it shall be said to them, `This day shall you be requited for that which you did. 29. This is Our Book; it speaks against you with truth. WE caused all that you did to be fully recorded.' 30. Now as for those who believed and did righteous deeds, their Lord will admit them into HIS mercy. That is the manifest achievement. 31. But as to those who disbelieved, it will be said to them, `Were not MY Signs recited unto you ? You were arrogant and were a guilty people. 32. `And when it was said to you, `The promise of ALLAH is certainly true, and as to the Hour, there is no doubt about its coming,' you said, `We know not what the Hour is; we think it to be nothing but a conjecture, and we have no certainty concerning it.' |
