21. Surah Al-Anbya – Verses 81–112
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And to Solomon [We subjected] the wind, blowing forcefully, proceeding by his command toward the land which We had blessed. And We are ever, of all things, Knowing.
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And of the devils [i.e., jinn] were those who dived for him and did work other than that. And We were of them a guardian.1
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And [mention] Job, when he called to his Lord, "Indeed, adversity has touched me, and You are the most merciful of the merciful."
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So We responded to him and removed what afflicted him of adversity. And We gave him [back] his family and the like thereof with them as mercy from Us and a reminder for the worshippers [of Allāh].
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And [mention] Ishmael and Idrees and Dhul-Kifl; all were of the patient.
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And We admitted them into Our mercy. Indeed, they were of the righteous.
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And [mention] the man of the fish [i.e., Jonah], when he went off in anger1 and thought that We would not decree [anything] upon him.2 And he called out within the darknesses,3 "There is no deity except You; exalted are You. Indeed, I have been of the wrongdoers."
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So We responded to him and saved him from the distress. And thus do We save the believers.
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And [mention] Zechariah, when he called to his Lord, "My Lord, do not leave me alone [with no heir], while You are the best of inheritors."
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So We responded to him, and We gave to him John, and amended for him his wife. Indeed, they used to hasten to good deeds and supplicate1 Us in hope and fear, and they were to Us humbly submissive.
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And [mention] the one who guarded her chastity [i.e., Mary], so We blew into her [garment] through Our angel [i.e., Gabriel], and We made her and her son a sign for the worlds.
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Indeed this, your religion, is one religion,1 and I am your Lord, so worship Me.
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And [yet] they divided their affair [i.e., that of their religion] among themselves,1 [but] all to Us will return.
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So whoever does righteous deeds while he is a believer - no denial will there be for his effort,1 and indeed We [i.e., Our angels], of it, are recorders.
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And it is prohibited to [the people of] a city which We have destroyed that they will [ever] return1
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Until when [the dam of] Gog and Magog has been opened and they, from every elevation, descend
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And [when] the true promise [i.e., the resurrection] has approached; then suddenly the eyes of those who disbelieved will be staring [in horror, while they say], "O woe to us; we had been unmindful of this; rather, we were wrongdoers."
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Indeed, you [disbelievers] and what you worship other than Allāh are the firewood of Hell. You will be coming to [enter] it.
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Had these [false deities] been [actual] gods, they would not have come to it, but all are eternal therein.
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For them therein is heavy sighing, and they therein will not hear.
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Indeed, those for whom the best [reward] has preceded from Us - they are from it far removed.
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They will not hear its sound, while they are, in that which their souls desire, abiding eternally.
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They will not be grieved by the greatest terror,1 and the angels will meet them, [saying], "This is your Day which you have been promised" -
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The Day when We will fold the heaven like the folding of a [written] sheet for the records. As We began the first creation, We will repeat it. [That is] a promise binding upon Us. Indeed, We will do it.1
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And We have already written in the book [of Psalms]1 after the [previous] mention2 that the land [of Paradise] is inherited by My righteous servants.
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Indeed, in this [Qur’ān] is notification for a worshipping people.
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And We have not sent you, [O Muḥammad], except as a mercy to the worlds.
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Say, "It is only revealed to me that your god is but one God; so will you be Muslims [in submission to Him]?"
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But if they turn away, then say, "I have announced to [all of] you equally.1 And I know not whether near or far is that which you are promised.
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Indeed, He knows what is declared of speech, and He knows what you conceal.
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And I know not; perhaps it1 is a trial for you and enjoyment for a time."
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[The Prophet (ﷺ)] has said, "My Lord, judge [between us] in truth. And our Lord is the Most Merciful, the one whose help is sought against that which you describe."1
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