I have placed this so people can compare

some on how the two are written.

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Some real verses from both the

KING JAMES BIBLE

& the quran used by muslims.

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King James -The Holy Word Of God

is on your left-quran is on the right side.

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http://www.thekjvonline.com

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We have a Loving God teaching us to love one

another as our God has loved us.

we are taught to love,that is why

muslims are even in this country!

It is because of our love to help other people

out hearts desire to help all people!

If it was not for the Love of true God

that we worship & stand for in this Nation.

Muslims would not be here.We have been a country to reach out

and welcome many people with love not hate.

But i believe we may have to stop!

when people come and disrespect

our Country! Our laws!

try to harm & cause fear!

when people like this lay themselves in our streets

& do not care that this is our homeland.

They have taken the welcome mat and wiped

their dirty feet all over our nation.Our kindness

will not be taken for stupidity!

you will have to leave our country.

when you do anythng against

our Nation & our people.

The red carpet is being rolled back up!

The welcome mat is being moved!

There will be a change for this country!

And it will be the change this country wants.

Not some other country.

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The Word Of God

John chapter 1

1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word

was with God, and the Word was God.
1:2 The same was in the beginning with God.
1:3 All things were made by him; and without him

was not any thing made that was made.
1:4 In him was life; and the life was

the light of men.
1:5 And the light shineth in darkness;

and the darkness comprehended it not.
1:6 There was a man sent from God,

whose name was John.
1:7 The same came for a witness, to

bear witness of the Light, that all men

through him might believe.
1:8 He was not that Light, but was

sent to bear witness of that Light.
1:9 That was the true Light, which

lighteth every man that cometh into the world.
1:10 He was in the world, and the world was

made by him, and the world knew him not.
1:11 He came unto his own,

and his own received him not.
1:12 But as many as received him,

to them gave he power to become the sons

of God, even to them that believe on his name:
1:13 Which were born, not of blood, nor of the

will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt

among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory

as of the only begotten of the Father,)

full of grace and truth.
1:15 John bare witness of him, and cried,

saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that

cometh after me is preferred

before me: for he was before me.
1:16 And of his fulness have all we

received, and grace for grace.
1:17 For the law was given by Moses,

but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
1:18 No man hath seen God at any time,

the only begotten Son, which is in the

bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
1:19 And this is the record of John, when

the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem

to ask him, Who art thou?
1:20 And he confessed, and denied not;

but confessed, I am not the Christ.
1:21 And they asked him, What then?

Art thou Elias? And he saith, I am not.

Art thou that prophet? And he answered, No.
1:22 Then said they unto him, Who art thou?

that we may give an answer to them that sent us.

What sayest thou of thyself?
1:23 He said, I am the voice of one crying

in the wilderness, Make straight the

way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias.
1:24 And they which were sent were of the Pharisees.
1:25 And they asked him, and said unto him,

Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that

Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet?
1:26 John answered them, saying, I baptize

with water: but there standeth one among

you, whom ye know not;
1:27 He it is, who coming after me is preferred

before me, whose shoe's latchet I am

not worthy to unloose.
1:28 These things were done in Bethabara

beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing.
1:29 The next day John seeth Jesus coming

unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God,

which taketh away the sin of the world.
1:30 This is he of whom I said, After me

cometh a man which is preferred before me:

for he was before me.
1:31 And I knew him not: but that he should

be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I

come baptizing with water.
1:32 And John bare record, saying, I saw

the Spirit descending from heaven

like a dove, and it abode upon him.
1:33 And I knew him not: but he that sent

me to baptize with water, the same said

unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the

Spirit descending, and remaining on him,

the same is he which baptizeth

with the Holy Ghost.
1:34 And I saw, and bare record that

this is the Son of God.
1:35 Again the next day after John stood,

and two of his disciples;
1:36 And looking upon Jesus as he walked,

he saith, Behold the Lamb of God!
1:37 And the two disciples heard

him speak, and they followed Jesus.
1:38 Then Jesus turned, and saw them following,

and saith unto them, What seek ye?

They said unto him, Rabbi, (which is to say,

being interpreted, Master,) where dwellest thou?
1:39 He saith unto them, Come and see.

They came and saw where he dwelt,

and abode with him that day:

for it was about the tenth hour.
1:40 One of the two which heard John speak,

and followed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother.
1:41 He first findeth his own brother Simon,

and saith unto him, We have found

the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ.
1:42 And he brought him to Jesus.

And when Jesus beheld him, he said, Thou art

Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called

Cephas, which is by interpretation, A stone.
1:43 The day following Jesus would go forth

into Galilee, and findeth Philip,

and saith unto him, Follow me.
1:44 Now Philip was of Bethsaida,

the city of Andrew and Peter.
1:45 Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith

unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses

in the law, and the prophets, did write,

Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.
1:46 And Nathanael said unto him, Can

there any good thing come out of Nazareth?

Philip saith unto him, Come and see.
1:47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him,

and saith of him, Behold an Israelite

indeed, in whom is no guile!
1:48 Nathanael saith unto him,

Whence knowest thou me?

Jesus answered and said unto him, Before

that Philip called thee, when thou wast

under the fig tree, I saw thee.
1:49 Nathanael answered and saith

unto him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God;

thou art the King of Israel.
1:50 Jesus answered and said unto

him, Because I said unto thee, I saw thee

under the fig tree, believest thou?

thou shalt see greater things than these.
1:51 And he saith unto him, Verily, verily,

I say unto you, Hereafter ye shall see

heaven open, and the angels of God

ascending and descending upon the Son of man.

John Chapter 3

3:1 There was a man of the Pharisees,

named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:
3:2 The same came to Jesus by night,

and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that

thou art a teacher come from God: for

no man can do these miracles that

thou doest, except God be with him.
3:3 Jesus answered and said unto him,

Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man

be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
3:4 Nicodemus saith unto him,

How can a man be born when he is old?

can he enter the second time into

his mother's womb, and be born?
3:5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily,

I say unto thee, Except a man be born of

water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter

into the kingdom of God.
3:6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh;

and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
3:7 Marvel not that I said unto thee,

Ye must be born again.
3:8 The wind bloweth where it listeth,

and thou hearest the sound thereof,

but canst not tell whence it cometh,

and whither it goeth: so is every

one that is born of the Spirit.
3:9 Nicodemus answered and said

unto him, How can these things be?
3:10 Jesus answered and said unto

him, Art thou a master of Israel,

and knowest not these things?
3:11 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We

speak that we do know, and testify

that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.
3:12 If I have told you earthly things,

and ye believe not, how shall ye

believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?
3:13 And no man hath ascended

up to heaven, but he that came down

from heaven, even the Son of

man which is in heaven.
3:14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent

in the wilderness, even so must the

Son of man be lifted up:
3:15 That whosoever believeth in him

should not perish, but have eternal life.
3:16 For God so loved the world,

that he gave his only begotten Son,

that whosoever believeth in him

should not perish, but have everlasting life.
3:17 For God sent not his Son into

the world to condemn the world; but

that the world through him might be saved.
3:18 He that believeth on him is not condemned:

but he that believeth not is condemned already,

because he hath not believed in the name

of the only begotten Son of God.
3:19 And this is the condemnation, that

light is come into the world, and men

loved darkness rather than light,

because their deeds were evil.
3:20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the

light, neither cometh to the light, lest his

deeds should be reproved.
3:21 But he that doeth truth cometh to

the light, that his deeds may be made

manifest, that they are wrought in God.
3:22 After these things came Jesus and his disciples

into the land of Judaea; and there he tarried

with them, and baptized.
3:23 And John also was baptizing in Aenon

near to Salim, because there was much water

there: and they came, and were baptized.
3:24 For John was not yet cast into prison.
3:25 Then there arose a question between

some of John's disciples and the Jews about purifying.
3:26 And they came unto John, and

said unto him, Rabbi, he that was with

thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou

barest witness, behold, the same

baptizeth, and all men come to him.
3:27 John answered and said, A man

can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven.
3:28 Ye yourselves bear me witness,

that I said, I am not the Christ,

but that I am sent before him.
3:29 He that hath the bride is the

bridegroom: but the friend of the

bridegroom, which standeth and

heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because

of the bridegroom's voice: this

my joy therefore is fulfilled.
3:30 He must increase, but

I must decrease.
3:31 He that cometh from above

is above all: he that is of the earth is

earthly, and speaketh of the earth:

he that cometh from heaven is above all.
3:32 And what he hath seen and

heard, that he testifieth;

and no man receiveth his testimony.
3:33 He that hath received his

testimony hath set to his seal that God is true.
3:34 For he whom God hath

sent speaketh the words of God:

for God giveth not the

Spirit by measure unto him.
3:35 The Father loveth the Son,

and hath given all things into his hand.
3:36 He that believeth on the

Son hath everlasting life:

and he that believeth not the

Son shall not see life;

but the wrath of God abideth on him.

MATTHEW Chapter 1

1:1  The book of the generation of

Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
1:2  Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac

begat Jacob; and Jacob begat

Judas and his brethren;
1:3  And Judas begat Phares and

Zara of Thamar; and Phares begat

Esrom; and Esrom begat Aram;
1:4  And Aram begat Aminadab; and

Aminadab begat Naasson; and

Naasson begat Salmon;
1:5  And Salmon begat Booz of Rachab;

and Booz begat Obed of Ruth;

and Obed begat Jesse;
1:6  And Jesse begat David the king;

and David the king begat Solomon

of her that had been the wife of Urias;
1:7  And Solomon begat Roboam;

and Roboam begat Abia; and Abia begat Asa;
1:8  And Asa begat Josaphat;

and Josaphat begat Joram; and Joram begat Ozias;
1:9  And Ozias begat Joatham;

and Joatham begat Achaz; and

Achaz begat Ezekias;
1:10  And Ezekias begat Manasses;

and Manasses begat Amon; and

Amon begat Josias;
1:11  And Josias begat Jechonias

and his brethren, about the time they

were carried away to Babylon:
1:12  And after they were brought to Babylon,

Jechonias begat Salathiel; and Salathiel begat Zorobabel;
1:13  And Zorobabel begat Abiud; and

Abiud begat Eliakim; and Eliakim begat Azor;
1:14  And Azor begat Sadoc; and Sadoc

begat Achim; and Achim begat Eliud;
1:15  And Eliud begat Eleazar; and Eleazar

begat Matthan; and Matthan begat Jacob;
1:16  And Jacob begat Joseph the

husband of Mary, of whom was

born Jesus, who is called Christ.
1:17  So all the generations from

Abraham to David are fourteen generations;

and from David until the carrying away into

Babylon are fourteen generations;

and from the carrying away into Babylon

unto Christ are fourteen generations.
1:18  Now the birth of Jesus Christ was

on this wise: When as his mother Mary

was espoused to Joseph, before they

came together, she was found with

child of the Holy Ghost.
1:19  Then Joseph her husband, being a

just man, and not willing to make

her a publick example, was minded

to put her away privily.
1:20  But while he thought on these things,

behold, the angel of the LORD appeared

unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou

son of David, fear not to take unto thee

Mary thy wife: for that which is

conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.
1:21  And she shall bring forth a son,

and thou shalt call his name JESUS:

for he shall save his people from their sins.
1:22  Now all this was done, that it might

be fulfilled which was spoken of the

Lord by the prophet, saying,
1:23  Behold, a virgin shall be with child,

and shall bring forth a son, and

they shall call his name Emmanuel,

which being interpreted is, God with us.
1:24  Then Joseph being raised from

sleep did as the angel of the

Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife:
1:25  And knew her not till she had brought

forth her firstborn son: and he called his name JESUS.

Matthew Chapter 2

2:1  Now when Jesus was born in

Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of

Herod the king, behold, there came

wise men from the east to Jerusalem,
2:2  Saying, Where is he that is born

King of the Jews? for we have seen his

star in the east, and are come to worship him.
2:3  When Herod the king had heard these things,

he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.
2:4  And when he had gathered all

the chief priests and scribes of the

people together, he demanded of

them where Christ should be born.
2:5  And they said unto him, In Bethlehem

of Judaea: for thus it is written by the prophet,
2:6  And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda,

art not the least among the princes of Juda:

for out of thee shall come a Governor,

that shall rule my people Israel.
2:7  Then Herod, when he had privily

called the wise men, enquired of

them diligently what time the star appeared.
2:8  And he sent them to Bethlehem,

and said, Go and search diligently for

the young child; and when ye have

found him, bring me word again, that

I may come and worship him also.
2:9  When they had heard the king, they

departed; and, lo, the star, which they

saw in the east, went before them, till it

came and stood over where the young child was.
2:10  When they saw the star,

they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.
2:11  And when they were come into

the house, they saw the young child with

Mary his mother, and fell down, and

worshipped him: and when they had opened

their treasures, they presented unto him gifts;

gold, and frankincense and myrrh.
2:12  And being warned of God in a

dream that they should not return to

Herod, they departed into their own

country another way.
2:13  And when they were departed,

behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth

to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise,

and take the young child and his mother,

and flee into Egypt, and be thou there

until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek

the young child to destroy him.
2:14  When he arose, he took the young

child and his mother by night, and

departed into Egypt:
2:15  And was there until the death of Herod:

that it might be fulfilled which was spoken

of the Lord by the prophet, saying,

Out of Egypt have I called my son.
2:16  Then Herod, when he saw that he was

mocked of the wise men, was exceeding

wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the

children that were in Bethlehem, and

in all the coasts thereof, from two years

old and under, according to the time

which he had diligently enquired of the wise men.
2:17  Then was fulfilled that which

was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying,
2:18  In Rama was there a voice

heard, lamentation, and weeping,

and great mourning, Rachel weeping

for her children, and would not be

comforted, because they are not.
2:19  But when Herod was dead,

behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth

in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,
2:20  Saying, Arise, and take the

young child and his mother, and go into

the land of Israel: for they are dead

which sought the young child's life.
2:21  And he arose, and took the young

child and his mother, and came

into the land of Israel.
2:22  But when he heard that Archelaus

did reign in Judaea in the room of his

father Herod, he was afraid to go thither:

notwithstanding, being warned of

God in a dream, he turned aside

into the parts of Galilee:
2:23  And he came and dwelt in a city

called Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled

which was spoken by the prophets,

He shall be called a Nazarene.

THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO
ST MARK

CHAPTER 15

Pilate decrees the death of Jesus—He is mocked and

crucified between two thieves—He dies and

is buried in the tomb of Joseph of Arimathaea.

1 And straightway in the morning the chief

priests held a consultation with the elders

and scribes and the whole council, and bound

Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered him to Pilate.

2 And ^aPilate asked him, Art thou the King of the Jews?

And he answering said unto him, ^bThou sayest it.

3 And the chief priests accused him

of many things: but he ^aanswered nothing.

4 And Pilate asked him again, saying,

Answerest thou nothing? behold how many

things they witness against thee.

5 But Jesus yet answered nothing; so that Pilate marvelled.

6 Now at that feast he ^areleased unto them

one prisoner, whomsoever they desired.

7 And there was one named Barabbas,

which lay bound with them that had made

insurrection with him, who had committed

murder in the insurrection.

8 And the multitude crying aloud began to

desire him to do as he had ever done unto them.

9 But Pilate answered them, saying,

Will ye that I release unto you the ^aKing of the Jews?

10 For he knew that the chief priests

had delivered him for ^aenvy.

11 But the chief priests moved the

people, that he should rather release Barabbas unto them.

12 And Pilate answered and said again

unto them, What will ye then that I shall

do unto him whom ye call the King of the Jews?

13 And they cried out again, Crucify him.

14 Then Pilate said unto them, Why,

what evil hath he done? And they cried

out the more exceedingly, Crucify him.

15 ¶ And so Pilate, willing to content the

people, released Barabbas unto them, and

delivered Jesus, when he had scourged him, to be crucified.

16 And the soldiers led him away into the

hall, called Praetorium; and they call together the whole band.

17 And they clothed him with purple,

and platted a crown of ^athorns, and put it about his head,

18 And began to salute him, Hail, King of the Jews!

19 And they ^asmote him on the head with a

reed, and did spit upon him, and bowing their knees worshipped him.

20 And when they had ^amocked him, they

took off the purple from him, and put his own

clothes on him, and led him out to crucify him.

21 And they compel one Simon a Cyrenian,

who passed by, coming out of the country,

the father of Alexander and Rufus, to bear his cross.

22 And they bring him unto the place Golgotha,

which is, being interpreted, The place of a skull.

23 And they gave him to drink wine mingled

with myrrh: but he received it not.

24 And when they had crucified him, they

parted his ^agarments, casting lots upon them,

what every man should take.

25 And it was the third hour, and they crucified him.

26 And the superscription of his accusation

was written over, THE KING OF THE JEWS.

27 And with him they crucify two ^athieves;

the one on his right hand, and the other on his left.

28 And the scripture was ^afulfilled, which saith,

And he was numbered with the transgressors.

29 And they that passed by railed on him,

wagging their heads, and saying, Ah, thou

that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days,

30 Save thyself, and come down from the cross.

31 Likewise also the chief priests mocking said

among themselves with the scribes, He

saved others; himself he cannot save.

32 Let Christ the King of Israel descend now

from the cross, that we may see and believe.

And they that were crucified with him ^areviled him.

33 And when the sixth hour was come, there

was ^adarkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.

34 And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice,

saying, ^aEloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being

interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou ^bforsaken me?

35 And some of them that stood by, when they

heard it, said, Behold, he calleth Elias.

36 And one ran and filled a spunge full of ^avinegar,

and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink, saying,

Let alone; let us see whether Elias will come to take him down.

37 And Jesus cried with a loud voice, and gave up the ^aghost.

38 And the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom.

39 ¶ And when the centurion, which stood

over against him, saw that he so cried out, and

gave up the ghost, he said, Truly this man was the Son of God.

40 There were also women looking on afar off:

among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the

mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome;

41 (Who also, when he was in Galilee, followed him,

and ministered unto him;) and many other women

which came up with him unto Jerusalem.

42 ¶ And now when the even was come,

because it was the ^apreparation, that is, the day before the sabbath,

43 Joseph of Arimathaea, an honourable

^acounsellor, which also waited for the

kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly

unto Pilate, and ^bcraved the body of Jesus.

44 And Pilate marvelled if he were already

dead: and calling unto him the centurion, he

asked him whether he had been any while dead.

45 And when he knew it of the centurion,

he gave the body to Joseph.

46 And he bought fine linen, and took him down,

and wrapped him in the linen, and laid him in a

^asepulchre which was hewn out of a rock,

and rolled a stone unto the door of the sepulchre.

47 And Mary Magdalene and

Mary the mother of Joses beheld where he was laid.

THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO
ST MARK

CHAPTER 16

Christ is risen—He appears to Mary Magdalene, then to others—He sends the apostles to preach, promises that signs shall follow faith—He ascends into heaven.

1 And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him.

2 And very early in the morning the ^afirst day of the week, they came unto the sepulchre at the ^brising of the sun.

3 And they said among themselves, Who shall roll us away the stone from the door of the sepulchre?

4 ^aAnd when they looked, they saw that the stone was rolled away: for it was very great.

5 And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, ^aclothed in a long white garment; and they were ^baffrighted.

6 And he saith unto them, Be not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified: he is ^arisen; he is not here: behold the place where they laid him.

7 But go your way, tell his disciples and Peter that he goeth before you into Galilee: there shall ye see him, as he said unto you.

8 And they went out quickly, and fled from the sepulchre; for they trembled and were amazed: neither said they any thing to any man; for they were afraid.

9 ¶ Now when Jesus was ^arisen early the first day of the week, he ^bappeared first to ^cMary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils.

10 And she went and told them that had been with him, as they mourned and wept.

11 And they, when they had heard that he was alive, and had been seen of her, believed not.

12 ¶ After that he appeared in another form unto two of them, as they walked, and went into the country.

13 And they went and told it unto the residue: neither believed they them.

14 ¶ Afterward he appeared unto the ^aeleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their ^bunbelief and ^chardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen.

15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and ^apreach the ^bgospel to every ^ccreature.

16 He that ^abelieveth and is ^bbaptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be ^cdamned.

17 And these ^asigns shall ^bfollow them that believe; In my ^cname shall they ^dcast out ^edevils; they shall speak with new ^ftongues;

18 They shall take up ^aserpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not ^bhurt them: they shall lay ^chands on the ^dsick, and they shall recover.

19 ¶ So then after the ^aLord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.

20 And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen.

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The Revelation

of St. John the Divine

The New Heaven and the New Earth
1	And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: Is. 65.17 ; 66.22 · 2 Pet. 3.13 for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.
2	And I John saw the holy city, Is. 52.1 new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, Rev. 3.12 prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. Is. 61.10
3	And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, Ezek. 37.27 and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.
4	And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, Is. 25.8 neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: Is. 65.19 for the former things are passed away.
5	¶ And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.
6	And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Ome'ga, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely. Is. 55.1
7	He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son. 2 Sam. 7.14 · 1 Chr. 17.13
8	But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
The New Jerusalem
9	¶ And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will show thee the bride, the Lamb's wife.
10	And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, Ezek. 40.2 descending out of heaven from God,
11	having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal;
12	and had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel:
13	on the east three gates; on the north three gates; on the south three gates; and on the west three gates. Ezek. 48.30-34
14	And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
15	¶ And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof. Ezek. 40.3
16	And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.
17	And he measured the wall thereof, a hundred and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel.
18	And the building of the wall of it was of jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto clear glass.
19	And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald;
20	the fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst.
21	And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; Is. 54.11, 12 every several gate was of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass.
22	¶ And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it.
23	And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, Is. 60.19 and the Lamb is the light thereof.
24	And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honor into it.
25	And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there.
26	And they shall bring the glory and honor of the nations into it. Is. 60.11
27	And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, Is. 52.1 neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life.

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PSALMS 121 & VERSES

121:1 I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.

121:2 My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth.

121:3 He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.

121:4 Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.

121:5 The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand.

121:6 The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.

121:7 The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.

121:8 The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in

from this time forth, and even for evermore.

122:1 I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD.

122:2 Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem.

122:3 Jerusalem is builded as a city that is compact together:

122:4 Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, unto

the testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the LORD.

122:5 For there are set thrones of judgment, the thrones of the house of David.

122:6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.

122:7 Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces.

122:8 For my brethren and companions' sakes, I will now say, Peace be within thee.

122:9 Because of the house of the LORD our God I will seek thy good.

123:1 Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.

1st Corinthians
Chapter 13

13:1  If I speak with the languages of men and of angels, but don't have love, I have become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal.

13:2  If I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and

all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains,

but don't have love, I am nothing.

13:3  If I dole out all my goods to feed the poor, and if I give

my body to be burned, but don't have love, it profits me nothing.

13:4  Love is patient and is kind; love doesn't envy. Love doesn't brag, is not proud,

13:5  doesn't behave itself inappropriately, doesn't seek

its own way, is not provoked, takes no account of evil;

13:6  doesn't rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth;

13:7  bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

13:8  Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will

be done away with. Where there are various languages,

they will cease. Where there is knowledge, it will be done away with.

13:9  For we know in part, and we prophesy in part;

13:10  but when that which is complete has come, then that which is partial will be done away with.

13:11  When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I felt as a child, I thought as a child. Now that I have become a man, I have put away childish things.

13:12  For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know fully, even as I was also fully known.

13:13  But now faith, hope, and love remain--these three. The greatest of these is love.

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Philippians

1:27 Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel; 1:28 And in nothing terrified by your adversaries: which is to them an evident token of perdition, but to you of salvation, and that of God.

1:29 For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake; 1:30 Having the same conflict which ye saw in me, and now hear to be in me.

2:1 If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies, 2:2 Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.

2:3 Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.

2:4 Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.

2:5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: 2:6 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: 2:7 But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: 2:8 And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.

2:9 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: 2:10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; 2:11 And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

2:12 Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.

2:13 For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.

2:14 Do all things without murmurings and disputings: 2:15 That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world; 2:16 Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain.

2:17 Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all.

2:18 For the same cause also do ye joy, and rejoice with me.

2:19 But I trust in the Lord Jesus to send Timotheus shortly unto you, that I also may be of good comfort, when I know your state.

2:20 For I have no man likeminded, who will naturally care for your state.

2:21 For all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ's.

Salvation Prayer - The Simple Steps:
1. Acknowledge in your heart that Jesus is Lord.

2. Confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord.

3. Believe that Jesus died for your sins and was raised three days later.

4. Repent of your sins and get baptized in the name of Jesus.

Salvation Prayer - Merely a Tool to Communicate Our Faith
The Salvation Prayer is not a ritual based on specific words. This is not the power of a prayer, but the power of truly committing our lives to Christ as Savior and Lord. The following is merely a guideline for our sincere step of faith:

"God, I recognize that I have not lived my life for You up until now. I have been living for myself and that is wrong. I need You in my life; I want You in my life. I acknowledge the completed work of Your Son Jesus Christ in giving His life for me on the cross at Calvary, and I long to receive the forgiveness you have made freely available to me through this sacrifice. Come into my life now, Lord. Take up residence in my heart and be my king, my Lord, and my Savior. From this day forward, I will no longer be controlled by sin, or the desire to please myself, but I will follow You all the days of my life. Those days are in Your hands. I ask this in Jesus' precious and holy name. Amen."

If you decided to repent of your sins and receive

Christ today, welcome to God's family.

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also included in this video-The power Of God Heals a Muslim!

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Muslims seek a real God

that will hear their prayers

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The Quran

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Teaches to do evil & cause

harm to other people.

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This is commanded

of them to do

in the quran.

It does not teach to do this

in defense,it teaches

to kill any one who does not

worship their idol moon god.

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you will see just from reading

this small part.

How they are taught

to hate people.not love.

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To have a violent behavior -nothing

that they are taught

has to do with

compassion,love,mercy,

But they are told that their allah

is merciful ect..what?

it is all about submission -murder-and

a religion that makes them believe they

really have a right kill

human life.

It is very important that people

realize that what they read is not

like our Holy Bible

the Word of the living God!

Open your heart & mind

to understanding,these are acts

that will not allow you

into the kingdom of God!

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http://quran.com/

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Surah 47. Muhammad

1. Those who reject Allah and hinder (men) from the Path of Allah,- their deeds will Allah render astray (from their mark).

2. But those who believe and work deeds of righteousness, and believe in the (Revelation) sent down to Muhammad - for it is the Truth from their Lord,- He will remove from them their ills and improve their condition.

3. This because those who reject Allah follow vanities, while those who believe follow the Truth from their Lord: Thus does Allah set forth for men their lessons by similitudes.

4. Therefore, when ye meet the Unbelievers (in fight), smite at their necks; At length, when ye have thoroughly subdued them, bind a bond firmly (on them): thereafter (is the time for) either generosity or ransom: Until the war lays down its burdens. Thus (are ye commanded): but if it had been Allah.s Will, He could certainly have exacted retribution from them (Himself); but (He lets you fight) in order to test you, some with others. But those who are slain in the Way of Allah,- He will never let their deeds be lost.

5. Soon will He guide them and improve their condition,

6. And admit them to the Garden which He has announced for them.

7. O ye who believe! If ye will aid (the cause of) Allah, He will aid you, and plant your feet firmly.

8. But those who reject ((Allah)),- for them is destruction, and ((Allah)) will render their deeds astray (from their mark).

9. That is because they hate the Revelation of Allah. so He has made their deeds fruitless.

10. Do they not travel through the earth, and see what was the End of those before them (who did evil)? Allah brought utter destruction on them, and similar (fates await) those who reject Allah.

11. That is because Allah is the Protector of those who believe, but those who reject Allah have no protector.

12. Verily Allah will admit those who believe and do righteous deeds, to Gardens beneath which rivers flow; while those who reject Allah will enjoy (this world) and eat as cattle eat; and the Fire will be their abode.

13. And how many cities, with more power than thy city which has driven thee out, have We destroyed (for their sins)? and there was none to aid them.

14. Is then one who is on a clear (Path) from his Lord, no better than one to whom the evil of his conduct seems pleasing, and such as follow their own lusts?

15. (Here is) a Parable of the Garden which the righteous are promised: in it are rivers of water incorruptible; rivers of milk of which the taste never changes; rivers of wine, a joy to those who drink; and rivers of honey pure and clear. In it there are for them all kinds of fruits; and Grace from their Lord. (Can those in such Bliss) be compared to such as shall dwell for ever in the Fire, and be given, to drink, boiling water, so that it cuts up their bowels (to pieces)?

16. And among them are men who listen to thee, but in the end, when they go out from thee, they say to those who have received Knowledge, "What is it he said just then?" Such are men whose hearts Allah has sealed, and who follow their own lusts.

17. But to those who receive Guidance, He increases the (light of) Guidance, and bestows on them their Piety and Restraint (from evil).

18. Do they then only wait for the Hour,- that it should come on them of a sudden? But already have come some tokens thereof, and when it (actually) is on them, how can they benefit then by their admonition?

19. Know, therefore, that there is no god but Allah, and ask forgiveness for thy fault, and for the men and women who believe: for Allah knows how ye move about and how ye dwell in your homes.

20. Those who believe say, "Why is not a sura sent down (for us)?" But when a sura of basic or categorical meaning is revealed, and fighting is mentioned therein, thou wilt see those in whose hearts is a disease looking at thee with a look of one in swoon at the approach of death. But more fitting for them-

21. Were it to obey and say what is just, and when a matter is resolved on, it were best for them if they were true to Allah.

22. Then, is it to be expected of you, if ye were put in authority, that ye will do mischief in the land, and break your ties of kith and kin?

23. Such are the men whom Allah has cursed for He has made them deaf and blinded their sight.

24. Do they not then earnestly seek to understand the Qur'an, or are their hearts locked up by them?

25. Those who turn back as apostates after Guidance was clearly shown to them,- the Evil One has instigated them and busied them up with false hopes.

26. This, because they said to those who hate what Allah has revealed, "We will obey you in part of (this) matter"; but Allah knows their (inner) secrets.

27. But how (will it be) when the angels take their souls at death, and smite their faces and their backs?

28. This because they followed that which called forth the Wrath of Allah, and they hated Allah.s good pleasure; so He made their deeds of no effect.

29. Or do those in whose hearts is a disease, think that Allah will not bring to light all their rancour?

30. Had We so willed, We could have shown them up to thee, and thou shouldst have known them by their marks: but surely thou wilt know them by the tone of their speech! And Allah knows all that ye do.

31. And We shall try you until We test those among you who strive their utmost and persevere in patience; and We shall try your reported (mettle).

32. Those who reject Allah, hinder (men) from the Path of Allah, and resist the Messenger, after Guidance has been clearly shown to them, will not injure Allah in the least, but He will make their deeds of no effect.

33. O ye who believe! Obey Allah, and obey the apostle, and make not vain your deeds!

34. Those who reject Allah, and hinder (men) from the Path of Allah, then die rejecting Allah,- Allah will not forgive them.

35. Be not weary and faint-hearted, crying for peace, when ye should be uppermost: for Allah is with you, and will never put you in loss for your (good) deeds.

36. The life of this world is but play and amusement: and if ye believe and guard against Evil, He will grant you your recompense, and will not ask you (to give up) your possessions.

37. If He were to ask you for all of them, and press you, ye would covetously withhold, and He would bring out all your ill-feeling.

38. Behold, ye are those invited to spend (of your substance) in the Way of Allah. But among you are some that are niggardly. But any who are niggardly are so at the expense of their own souls. But Allah is free of all wants, and it is ye that are needy. If ye turn back (from the Path), He will substitute in your stead another people; then they would not be like you!

Surah 7. The Heights

1. Alif, Lam, Mim, Sad.

2. A Book revealed unto thee,- So let thy heart be oppressed no more by any difficulty on that account,- that with it thou mightest warn (the erring) and teach the Believers).

3. Follow (O men!) the revelation given unto you from your Lord, and follow not, as friends or protectors, other than Him. Little it is ye remember of admonition.

4. How many towns have We destroyed (for their sins)? Our punishment took them on a sudden by night or while they slept for their afternoon rest.

5. When (thus) Our punishment took them, no cry did they utter but this: "Indeed we did wrong."

6. Then shall we question those to whom Our message was sent and those by whom We sent it.

7. And verily, We shall recount their whole story with knowledge, for We were never absent (at any time or place).

8. The balance that day will be true (to nicety): those whose scale (of good) will be heavy, will prosper:

9. Those whose scale will be light, will be their souls in perdition, for that they wrongfully treated Our signs.

10. It is We Who have placed you with authority on earth, and provided you therein with means for the fulfilment of your life: small are the thanks that ye give!

11. It is We Who created you and gave you shape; then We bade the angels bow down to Adam, and they bowed down; not so Iblis; He refused to be of those who bow down.

12. ((Allah)) said: "What prevented thee from bowing down when I commanded thee?" He said: "I am better than he: Thou didst create me from fire, and him from clay."

13. ((Allah)) said: "Get thee down from this: it is not for thee to be arrogant here: get out, for thou art of the meanest (of creatures)."

14. He said: "Give me respite till the day they are raised up."

15. ((Allah)) said: "Be thou among those who have respite."

16. He said: "Because thou hast thrown me out of the way, lo! I will lie in wait for them on thy straight way:

17. "Then will I assault them from before them and behind them, from their right and their left: Nor wilt thou find, in most of them, gratitude (for thy mercies)."

18. ((Allah)) said: "Get out from this, disgraced and expelled. If any of them follow thee,- Hell will I fill with you all.

19. "O Adam! dwell thou and thy wife in the Garden, and enjoy (its good things) as ye wish: but approach not this tree, or ye run into harm and transgression."

20. Then began Satan to whisper suggestions to them, bringing openly before their minds all their shame that was hidden from them (before): he said: "Your Lord only forbade you this tree, lest ye should become angels or such beings as live for ever."

21. And he swore to them both, that he was their sincere adviser.

22. So by deceit he brought about their fall: when they tasted of the tree, their shame became manifest to them, and they began to sew together the leaves of the garden over their bodies. And their Lord called unto them: "Did I not forbid you that tree, and tell you that Satan was an avowed enemy unto you?"

23. They said: "Our Lord! We have wronged our own souls: If thou forgive us not and bestow not upon us Thy Mercy, we shall certainly be lost."

24. ((Allah)) said: "Get ye down. With enmity between yourselves. On earth will be your dwelling-place and your means of livelihood,- for a time."

25. He said: "Therein shall ye live, and therein shall ye die; but from it shall ye be taken out (at last)."

26. O ye Children of Adam! We have bestowed raiment upon you to cover your shame, as well as to be an adornment to you. But the raiment of righteousness,- that is the best. Such are among the Signs of Allah, that they may receive admonition!

27. O ye Children of Adam! Let not Satan seduce you, in the same manner as He got your parents out of the Garden, stripping them of their raiment, to expose their shame: for he and his tribe watch you from a position where ye cannot see them: We made the evil ones friends (only) to those without faith.

28. When they do aught that is shameful, they say: "We found our fathers doing so"; and "(Allah) commanded us thus": Say: "Nay, Allah never commands what is shameful: do ye say of Allah what ye know not?"

29. Say: "My Lord hath commanded justice; and that ye set your whole selves (to Him) at every time and place of prayer, and call upon Him, making your devotion sincere as in His sight: such as He created you in the beginning, so shall ye return."

30. Some He hath guided: Others have (by their choice) deserved the loss of their way; in that they took the evil ones, in preference to Allah, for their friends and protectors, and think that they receive guidance.

31. O Children of Adam! wear your beautiful apparel at every time and place of prayer: eat and drink: But waste not by excess, for Allah loveth not the wasters.

32. Say: Who hath forbidden the beautiful (gifts) of Allah, which He hath produced for His servants, and the things, clean and pure, (which He hath provided) for sustenance? Say: They are, in the life of this world, for those who believe, (and) purely for them on the Day of Judgment. Thus do We explain the signs in detail for those who understand.

33. Say: the things that my Lord hath indeed forbidden are: shameful deeds, whether open or secret; sins and trespasses against truth or reason; assigning of partners to Allah, for which He hath given no authority; and saying things about Allah of which ye have no knowledge.

34. To every people is a term appointed: when their term is reached, not an hour can they cause delay, nor (an hour) can they advance (it in anticipation).

35. O ye Children of Adam! whenever there come to you apostles from amongst you, rehearsing My signs unto you,- those who are righteous and mend (their lives),- on them shall be no fear nor shall they grieve.

36. But those who reject Our signs and treat them with arrogance,- they are companions of the Fire, to dwell therein (for ever).

37. Who is more unjust than one who invents a lie against Allah or rejects His Signs? For such, their portion appointed must reach them from the Book (of decrees): until, when our messengers (of death) arrive and take their souls, they say: "Where are the things that ye used to invoke besides Allah." They will reply, "They have left us in the lurch," And they will bear witness against themselves, that they had rejected Allah.

38. He will say: "Enter ye in the company of the peoples who passed away before you - men and jinns, - into the Fire." Every time a new people enters, it curses its sister-people (that went before), until they follow each other, all into the Fire. Saith the last about the first: "Our Lord! it is these that misled us: so give them a double penalty in the Fire." He will say: "Doubled for all" : but this ye do not understand.

39. Then the first will say to the last: "See then! No advantage have ye over us; so taste ye of the penalty for all that ye did !"

40. To those who reject Our signs and treat them with arrogance, no opening will there be of the gates of heaven, nor will they enter the garden, until the camel can pass through the eye of the needle: Such is Our reward for those in sin.

41. For them there is Hell, as a couch (below) and folds and folds of covering above: such is Our requital of those who do wrong.

42. But those who believe and work righteousness,- no burden do We place on any soul, but that which it can bear,- they will be Companions of the Garden, therein to dwell (for ever).

43. And We shall remove from their hearts any lurking sense of injury;- beneath them will be rivers flowing;- and they shall say: "Praise be to Allah, who hath guided us to this (felicity): never could we have found guidance, had it not been for the guidance of Allah. indeed it was the truth, that the apostles of our Lord brought unto us." And they shall hear the cry: "Behold! the garden before you! Ye have been made its inheritors, for your deeds (of righteousness)."

44. The Companions of the Garden will call out to the Companions of the Fire: "We have indeed found the promises of our Lord to us true: Have you also found Your Lord's promises true?" They shall say, "Yes"; but a crier shall proclaim between them: "The curse of Allah is on the wrong-doers;-

45. "Those who would hinder (men) from the path of Allah and would seek in it something crooked: they were those who denied the Hereafter."

46. Between them shall be a veil, and on the heights will be men who would know every one by his marks: they will call out to the Companions of the Garden, "peace on you": they will not have entered, but they will have an assurance (thereof).

47. When their eyes shall be turned towards the Companions of the Fire, they will say: "Our Lord! send us not to the company of the wrong-doers."

48. The men on the heights will call to certain men whom they will know from their marks, saying: "Of what profit to you were your hoards and your arrogant ways?

49. "Behold! are these not the men whom you swore that Allah with His Mercy would never bless? Enter ye the Garden: no fear shall be on you, nor shall ye grieve."

50. The Companions of the Fire will call to the Companions of the Garden: "Pour down to us water or anything that Allah doth provide for your sustenance." They will say: "Both these things hath Allah forbidden to those who rejected Him."

51. "Such as took their religion to be mere amusement and play, and were deceived by the life of the world." That day shall We forget them as they forgot the meeting of this day of theirs, and as they were wont to reject Our signs.

52. For We had certainly sent unto them a Book, based on knowledge, which We explained in detail,- a guide and a mercy to all who believe.

53. Do they just wait for the final fulfilment of the event? On the day the event is finally fulfilled, those who disregarded it before will say: "The apostles of our Lord did indeed bring true (tidings). Have we no intercessors now to intercede on our behalf? Or could we be sent back? then should we behave differently from our behaviour in the past." In fact they will have lost their souls, and the things they invented will leave them in the lurch.

54. Your Guardian-Lord is Allah, Who created the heavens and the earth in six days, and is firmly established on the throne (of authority): He draweth the night as a veil o'er the day, each seeking the other in rapid succession: He created the sun, the moon, and the stars, (all) governed by laws under His command. Is it not His to create and to govern? Blessed be Allah, the Cherisher and Sustainer of the worlds!

55. Call on your Lord with humility and in private: for Allah loveth not those who trespass beyond bounds.

56. Do no mischief on the earth, after it hath been set in order, but call on Him with fear and longing (in your hearts): for the Mercy of Allah is (always) near to those who do good.

57. It is He Who sendeth the winds like heralds of glad tidings, going before His mercy: when they have carried the heavy-laden clouds, We drive them to a land that is dead, make rain to descend thereon, and produce every kind of harvest therewith: thus shall We raise up the dead: perchance ye may remember.

58. From the land that is clean and good, by the will of its Cherisher, springs up produce, (rich) after its kind: but from the land that is bad, springs up nothing but that which is niggardly: thus do we explain the signs by various (symbols) to those who are grateful.

59. We sent Noah to his people. He said: "O my people! worship Allah. ye have no other god but Him. I fear for you the punishment of a dreadful day!

60. The leaders of his people said: "Ah! we see thee evidently wandering (in mind)."

61. He said: "O my people! No wandering is there in my (mind): on the contrary I am an apostle from the Lord and Cherisher of the worlds!

62. "I but fulfil towards you the duties of my Lord's mission: Sincere is my advice to you, and I know from Allah something that ye know not.

63. "Do ye wonder that there hath come to you a message from your Lord, through a man of your own people, to warn you,- so that ye may fear Allah and haply receive His Mercy?"

64. But they rejected him, and We delivered him, and those with him, in the Ark: but We overwhelmed in the flood those who rejected Our signs. They were indeed a blind people!

65. To the 'Ad people, (We sent) Hud, one of their (own) brethren: He said: O my people! worship Allah. ye have no other god but Him will ye not fear ((Allah))?"

66. The leaders of the Unbelievers among his people said: "Ah! we see thou art an imbecile!" and "We think thou art a liar!"

67. He said: "O my people! I am no imbecile, but (I am) an apostle from the Lord and Cherisher of the worlds!

68. "I but fulfil towards you the duties of my Lord's mission: I am to you a sincere and trustworthy adviser.

69. "Do ye wonder that there hath come to you a message from your Lord through a man of your own people, to warn you? call in remembrance that He made you inheritors after the people of Noah, and gave you a stature tall among the nations. Call in remembrance the benefits (ye have received) from Allah. that so ye may prosper."

70. They said: "Comest thou to us, that we may worship Allah alone, and give up the cult of our fathers? bring us what thou threatenest us with, if so be that thou tellest the truth!"

71. He said: "Punishment and wrath have already come upon you from your Lord: dispute ye with me over names which ye have devised - ye and your fathers,- without authority from Allah. then wait: I am amongst you, also waiting."

72. We saved him and those who adhered to him. By Our mercy, and We cut off the roots of those who rejected Our signs and did not believe.

73. To the Thamud people (We sent) Salih, one of their own brethren: He said: "O my people! worship Allah. ye have no other god but Him. Now hath come unto you a clear (Sign) from your Lord! This she-camel of Allah is a Sign unto you: So leave her to graze in Allah.s earth, and let her come to no harm, or ye shall be seized with a grievous punishment.

74. "And remember how He made you inheritors after the 'Ad people and gave you habitations in the land: ye build for yourselves palaces and castles in (open) plains, and care out homes in the mountains; so bring to remembrance the benefits (ye have received) from Allah, and refrain from evil and mischief on the earth."

75. The leaders of the arrogant party among his people said to those who were reckoned powerless - those among them who believed: "know ye indeed that Salih is an apostle from his Lord?" They said: "We do indeed believe in the revelation which hath been sent through him."

76. The Arrogant party said: "For our part, we reject what ye believe in."

77. Then they ham-strung the she-camel, and insolently defied the order of their Lord, saying: "O Salih! bring about thy threats, if thou art an apostle (of Allah.!"

78. So the earthquake took them unawares, and they lay prostrate in their homes in the morning!

79. So Salih left them, saying: "O my people! I did indeed convey to you the message for which I was sent by my Lord: I gave you good counsel, but ye love not good counsellors!"

80. We also (sent) Lut: He said to his people: "Do ye commit lewdness such as no people in creation (ever) committed before you?

81. "For ye practise your lusts on men in preference to women : ye are indeed a people transgressing beyond bounds."

82. And his people gave no answer but this: they said, "Drive them out of your city: these are indeed men who want to be clean and pure!"

83. But we saved him and his family, except his wife: she was of those who legged behind.

84. And we rained down on them a shower (of brimstone): Then see what was the end of those who indulged in sin and crime!

85. To the Madyan people We sent Shu'aib, one of their own brethren: he said: "O my people! worship Allah. Ye have no other god but Him. Now hath come unto you a clear (Sign) from your Lord! Give just measure and weight, nor withhold from the people the things that are their due; and do no mischief on the earth after it has been set in order: that will be best for you, if ye have Faith.

86. "And squat not on every road, breathing threats, hindering from the path of Allah those who believe in Him, and seeking in it something crooked; But remember how ye were little, and He gave you increase. And hold in your mind's eye what was the end of those who did mischief.

87. "And if there is a party among you who believes in the message with which I have been sent, and a party which does not believe, hold yourselves in patience until Allah doth decide between us: for He is the best to decide.

88. The leaders, the arrogant party among his people, said: "O Shu'aib! we shall certainly drive thee out of our city - (thee) and those who believe with thee; or else ye (thou and they) shall have to return to our ways and religion." He said: "What! even though we do detest (them)?

89. "We should indeed invent a lie against Allah, if we returned to your ways after Allah hath rescued us therefrom; nor could we by any manner of means return thereto unless it be as in the will and plan of Allah, Our Lord. Our Lord can reach out to the utmost recesses of things by His knowledge. In the Allah is our trust. our Lord! decide Thou between us and our people in truth, for Thou art the best to decide."

90. The leaders, the unbelievers among his people, said: "If ye follow Shu'aib, be sure then ye are ruined!"

91. But the earthquake took them unawares, and they lay prostrate in their homes before the morning!

92. The men who reject Shu'aib became as if they had never been in the homes where they had flourished: the men who rejected Shu'aib - it was they who were ruined!

93. So Shu'aib left them, saying: "O my people! I did indeed convey to you the messages for which I was sent by my Lord: I gave you good counsel, but how shall I lament over a people who refuse to believe!"

94. Whenever We sent a prophet to a town, We took up its people in suffering and adversity, in order that they might learn humility.

95. Then We changed their suffering into prosperity, until they grew and multiplied, and began to say: "Our fathers (too) were touched by suffering and affluence" ... Behold! We called them to account of a sudden, while they realised not (their peril).

96. If the people of the towns had but believed and feared Allah, We should indeed have opened out to them (All kinds of) blessings from heaven and earth; but they rejected (the truth), and We brought them to book for their misdeeds.

97. Did the people of the towns feel secure against the coming of Our wrath by night while they were asleep?

98. Or else did they feel secure against its coming in broad daylight while they played about (care-free)?

99. Did they then feel secure against the plan of Allah.- but no one can feel secure from the Plan of Allah, except those (doomed) to ruin!

100. To those who inherit the earth in succession to its (previous) possessors, is it not a guiding, (lesson) that, if We so willed, We could punish them (too) for their sins, and seal up their hearts so that they could not hear?

101. Such were the towns whose story We (thus) relate unto thee: There came indeed to them their apostles with clear (signs): But they would not believe what they had rejected before. Thus doth Allah seal up the hearts of those who reject faith.

102. Most of them We found not men (true) to their covenant: but most of them We found rebellious and disobedient.

103. Then after them We sent Moses with Our signs to Pharaoh and his chiefs, but they wrongfully rejected them: So see what was the end of those who made mischief.

104. Moses said: "O Pharaoh! I am an apostle from the Lord of the worlds,-

105. One for whom it is right to say nothing but truth about Allah. Now have I come unto you (people), from your Lord, with a clear (Sign): So let the Children of Israel depart along with me."

106. (Pharaoh) said: "If indeed thou hast come with a Sign, show it forth,- if thou tellest the truth."

107. Then (Moses) threw his rod, and behold! it was a serpent, plain (for all to see)!

108. And he drew out his hand, and behold! it was white to all beholders!

109. Said the Chiefs of the people of Pharaoh: "This is indeed a sorcerer well- versed.

110. "His plan is to get you out of your land: then what is it ye counsel?"

111. They said: "Keep him and his brother in suspense (for a while); and send to the cities men to collect-

112. And bring up to thee all (our) sorcerers well-versed."

113. So there came the sorcerers to Pharaoh: They said, "of course we shall have a (suitable) reward if we win!"

114. He said: "Yea, (and more),- for ye shall in that case be (raised to posts) nearest (to my person)."

115. They said: "O Moses! wilt thou throw (first), or shall we have the (first) throw?"

116. Said Moses: "Throw ye (first)." So when they threw, they bewitched the eyes of the people, and struck terror into them: for they showed a great (feat of) magic.

117. We put it into Moses's mind by inspiration: "Throw (now) thy rod":and behold! it swallows up straight away all the falsehoods which they fake!

118. Thus truth was confirmed, and all that they did was made of no effect.

119. So the (great ones) were vanquished there and then, and were made to look small.

120. But the sorcerers fell down prostrate in adoration.

121. Saying: "We believe in the Lord of the Worlds,-

122. "The Lord of Moses and Aaron."

123. Said Pharaoh: "Believe ye in Him before I give you permission? Surely this is a trick which ye have planned in the city to drive out its people: but soon shall ye know (the consequences).

124. "Be sure I will cut off your hands and your feet on apposite sides, and I will cause you all to die on the cross."

125. They said: "For us, We are but sent back unto our Lord:

126. "But thou dost wreak thy vengeance on us simply because we believed in the Signs of our Lord when they reached us! Our Lord! pour out on us patience and constancy, and take our souls unto thee as Muslims (who bow to thy will)!

127. Said the chiefs of Pharaoh's people: "Wilt thou leave Moses and his people, to spread mischief in the land, and to abandon thee and thy gods?" He said: "Their male children will we slay; (only) their females will we save alive; and we have over them (power) irresistible."

128. Said Moses to his people: "Pray for help from Allah, and (wait) in patience and constancy: for the earth is Allah.s, to give as a heritage to such of His servants as He pleaseth; and the end is (best) for the righteous.

129. They said: "We have had (nothing but) trouble, both before and after thou camest to us." He said: "It may be that your Lord will destroy your enemy and make you inheritors in the earth; that so He may try you by your deeds."

130. We punished the people of Pharaoh with years (of droughts) and shortness of crops; that they might receive admonition.

131. But when good (times) came, they said, "This is due to us;" When gripped by calamity, they ascribed it to evil omens connected with Moses and those with him! Behold! in truth the omens of evil are theirs in Allah.s sight, but most of them do not understand!

132. They said (to Moses): "Whatever be the Signs thou bringest, to work therewith thy sorcery on us, we shall never believe in thee.

133. So We sent (plagues) on them: Wholesale death, Locusts, Lice, Frogs, And Blood: Signs openly self-explained: but they were steeped in arrogance,- a people given to sin.

134. Every time the penalty fell on them, they said: "O Moses! on your behalf call on thy Lord in virtue of his promise to thee: If thou wilt remove the penalty from us, we shall truly believe in thee, and we shall send away the Children of Israel with thee."

135. But every time We removed the penalty from them according to a fixed term which they had to fulfil,- Behold! they broke their word!

136. So We exacted retribution from them: We drowned them in the sea, because they rejected Our Signs and failed to take warning from them.

137. And We made a people, considered weak (and of no account), inheritors of lands in both east and west, - lands whereon We sent down Our blessings. The fair promise of thy Lord was fulfilled for the Children of Israel, because they had patience and constancy, and We levelled to the ground the great works and fine buildings which Pharaoh and his people erected (with such pride).

138. We took the Children of Israel (with safety) across the sea. They came upon a people devoted entirely to some idols they had. They said: "O Moses! fashion for us a god like unto the gods they have." He said: "Surely ye are a people without knowledge.

139. "As to these folk,- the cult they are in is (but) a fragment of a ruin, and vain is the (worship) which they practise."

140. He said: "Shall I seek for you a god other than the (true) Allah, when it is Allah Who hath endowed you with gifts above the nations?"

141. And remember We rescued you from Pharaoh's people, who afflicted you with the worst of penalties, who slew your male children and saved alive your females: in that was a momentous trial from your Lord.

142. We appointed for Moses thirty nights, and completed (the period) with ten (more): thus was completed the term (of communion) with his Lord, forty nights. And Moses had charged his brother Aaron (before he went up): "Act for me amongst my people: Do right, and follow not the way of those who do mischief."

143. When Moses came to the place appointed by Us, and his Lord addressed him, He said: "O my Lord! show (Thyself) to me, that I may look upon thee." Allah said: "By no means canst thou see Me (direct); But look upon the mount; if it abide in its place, then shalt thou see Me." When his Lord manifested His glory on the Mount, He made it as dust. And Moses fell down in a swoon. When he recovered his senses he said: "Glory be to Thee! to Thee I turn in repentance, and I am the first to believe."

144. ((Allah)) said: "O Moses! I have chosen thee above (other) men, by the mission I (have given thee) and the words I (have spoken to thee): take then the (revelation) which I give thee, and be of those who give thanks."

145. And We ordained laws for him in the tablets in all matters, both commanding and explaining all things, (and said): "Take and hold these with firmness, and enjoin thy people to hold fast by the best in the precepts: soon shall I show you the homes of the wicked,- (How they lie desolate)."

146. Those who behave arrogantly on the earth in defiance of right - them will I turn away from My signs: Even if they see all the signs, they will not believe in them; and if they see the way of right conduct, they will not adopt it as the way; but if they see the way of error, that is the way they will adopt. For they have rejected our signs, and failed to take warning from them.

147. Those who reject Our signs and the meeting in the Hereafter,- vain are their deeds: Can they expect to be rewarded except as they have wrought?

148. The people of Moses made, in his absence, out of their ornaments, the image of calf, (for worship): it seemed to low: did they not see that it could neither speak to them, nor show them the way? They took it for worship and they did wrong.

149. When they repented, and saw that they had erred, they said: "If our Lord have not mercy upon us and forgive us, we shall indeed be of those who perish."

150. When Moses came back to his people, angry and grieved, he said: "Evil it is that ye have done in my place in my absence: did ye make haste to bring on the judgment of your Lord?" He put down the tablets, seized his brother by (the hair of) his head, and dragged him to him. Aaron said: "Son of my mother! the people did indeed reckon me as naught, and went near to slaying me! Make not the enemies rejoice over my misfortune, nor count thou me amongst the people of sin."

151. Moses prayed: "O my Lord! forgive me and my brother! admit us to Thy mercy! for Thou art the Most Merciful of those who show mercy!"

152. Those who took the calf (for worship) will indeed be overwhelmed with wrath from their Lord, and with shame in this life: thus do We recompense those who invent (falsehoods).

153. But those who do wrong but repent thereafter and (truly) believe,- verily thy Lord is thereafter Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

154. When the anger of Moses was appeased, he took up the tablets: in the writing thereon was guidance and Mercy for such as fear their Lord.

155. And Moses chose seventy of his people for Our place of meeting: when they were seized with violent quaking, he prayed: "O my Lord! if it had been Thy will Thou couldst have destroyed, long before, both them and me: wouldst Thou destroy us for the deeds of the foolish ones among us? this is no more than Thy trial: by it Thou causest whom Thou wilt to stray, and Thou leadest whom Thou wilt into the right path. Thou art our Protector: so forgive us and give us Thy mercy; for Thou art the best of those who forgive.

156. "And ordain for us that which is good, in this life and in the Hereafter: for we have turned unto Thee." He said: "With My punishment I visit whom I will; but My mercy extendeth to all things. That (mercy) I shall ordain for those who do right, and practise regular charity, and those who believe in Our signs;-

157. "Those who follow the apostle, the unlettered Prophet, whom they find mentioned in their own (scriptures),- in the law and the Gospel;- for he commands them what is just and forbids them what is evil; he allows them as lawful what is good (and pure) and prohibits them from what is bad (and impure); He releases them from their heavy burdens and from the yokes that are upon them. So it is those who believe in him, honour him, help him, and follow the light which is sent down with him,- it is they who will prosper."

158. day: "O men! I am sent unto you all, as the Messenger of Allah, to Whom belongeth the dominion of the heavens and the earth: there is no god but He: it is He That giveth both life and death. So believe in Allah and His Messenger, the Unlettered Prophet, who believeth in Allah and His words: follow him that (so) ye may be guided."

159. Of the people of Moses there is a section who guide and do justice in the light of truth.

160. We divided them into twelve tribes or nations. We directed Moses by inspiration, when his (thirsty) people asked him for water: "Strike the rock with thy staff": out of it there gushed forth twelve springs: Each group knew its own place for water. We gave them the shade of clouds, and sent down to them manna and quails, (saying): "Eat of the good things We have provided for you": (but they rebelled); to Us they did no harm, but they harmed their own souls.

161. And remember it was said to them: "Dwell in this town and eat therein as ye wish, but say the word of humility and enter the gate in a posture of humility: We shall forgive you your faults; We shall increase (the portion of) those who do good."

162. But the transgressors among them changed the word from that which had been given them so we sent on them a plague from heaven. For that they repeatedly transgressed.

163. Ask them concerning the town standing close by the sea. Behold! they transgressed in the matter of the Sabbath. For on the day of their Sabbath their fish did come to them, openly holding up their heads, but on the day they had no Sabbath, they came not: thus did We make a trial of them, for they were given to transgression.

164. When some of them said: "Why do ye preach to a people whom Allah will destroy or visit with a terrible punishment?"- said the preachers:" To discharge our duty to your Lord, and perchance they may fear Him."

165. When they disregarded the warnings that had been given them, We rescued those who forbade Evil; but We visited the wrong-doers with a grievous punishment because they were given to transgression.

166. When in their insolence they transgressed (all) prohibitions, We said to them: "Be ye apes, despised and rejected."

167. Behold! thy Lord did declare that He would send against them, to the Day of Judgment, those who would afflict them with grievous penalty. Thy Lord is quick in retribution, but He is also Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful.

168. We broke them up into sections on this earth. There are among them some that are the righteous, and some that are the opposite. We have tried them with both prosperity and adversity: In order that they might turn (to us).

169. After them succeeded an (evil) generation: They inherited the Book, but they chose (for themselves) the vanities of this world, saying (for excuse): "(Everything) will be forgiven us." (Even so), if similar vanities came their way, they would (again) seize them. Was not the covenant of the Book taken from them, that they would not ascribe to Allah anything but the truth? and they study what is in the Book. But best for the righteous is the home in the Hereafter. Will ye not understand?

170. As to those who hold fast by the Book and establish regular prayer,- never shall We suffer the reward of the righteous to perish.

171. When We shook the Mount over them, as if it had been a canopy, and they thought it was going to fall on them (We said): "Hold firmly to what We have given you, and bring (ever) to remembrance what is therein; perchance ye may fear Allah."

172. When thy Lord drew forth from the Children of Adam - from their loins - their descendants, and made them testify concerning themselves, (saying): "Am I not your Lord (who cherishes and sustains you)?"- They said: "Yea! We do testify!" (This), lest ye should say on the Day of Judgment: "Of this we were never mindful":

173. Or lest ye should say: "Our fathers before us may have taken false gods, but we are (their) descendants after them: wilt Thou then destroy us because of the deeds of men who were futile?"

174. Thus do We explain the signs in detail; and perchance they may turn (unto Us).

175. Relate to them the story of the man to whom We sent Our signs, but he passed them by: so Satan followed him up, and he went astray.

176. If it had been Our will, We should have elevated him with Our signs; but he inclined to the earth, and followed his own vain desires. His similitude is that of a dog: if you attack him, he lolls out his tongue, or if you leave him alone, he (still) lolls out his tongue. That is the similitude of those who reject Our signs; So relate the story; perchance they may reflect.

177. Evil as an example are people who reject Our signs and wrong their own souls.

178. Whom Allah doth guide,- he is on the right path: whom He rejects from His guidance,- such are the persons who perish.

179. Many are the Jinns and men we have made for Hell: They have hearts wherewith they understand not, eyes wherewith they see not, and ears wherewith they hear not. They are like cattle,- nay more misguided: for they are heedless (of warning).

180. The most beautiful names belong to Allah. so call on him by them; but shun such men as use profanity in his names: for what they do, they will soon be requited.

181. Of those We have created are people who direct (others) with truth. And dispense justice therewith.

182. Those who reject Our signs, We shall gradually visit with punishment, in ways they perceive not;

183. Respite will I grant unto them: for My scheme is strong (and unfailing).

184. Do they not reflect? Their companion is not seized with madness: he is but a perspicuous warner.

185. Do they see nothing in the government of the heavens and the earth and all that Allah hath created? (Do they not see) that it may well be that their terms is nigh drawing to an end? In what message after this will they then believe?

186. To such as Allah rejects from His guidance, there can be no guide: He will leave them in their trespasses, wandering in distraction.

187. They ask thee about the (final) Hour - when will be its appointed time? Say: "The knowledge thereof is with my Lord (alone): None but He can reveal as to when it will occur. Heavy were its burden through the heavens and the earth. Only, all of a sudden will it come to you." They ask thee as if thou Wert eager in search thereof: Say: "The knowledge thereof is with Allah (alone), but most men know not."

188. Say: "I have no power over any good or harm to myself except as Allah willeth. If I had knowledge of the unseen, I should have multiplied all good, and no evil should have touched me: I am but a warner, and a bringer of glad tidings to those who have faith."

189. It is He Who created you from a single person, and made his mate of like nature, in order that he might dwell with her (in love). When they are united, she bears a light burden and carries it about (unnoticed). When she grows heavy, they both pray to Allah their Lord, (saying): "If Thou givest us a goodly child, we vow we shall (ever) be grateful."

190. But when He giveth them a goodly child, they ascribe to others a share in the gift they have received: but Allah is exalted high above the partners they ascribe to Him.

191. Do they indeed ascribe to Him as partners things that can create nothing, but are themselves created?

192. No aid can they give them, nor can they aid themselves!

193. If ye call them to guidance, they will not obey: For you it is the same whether ye call them or ye hold your peace!

194. Verily those whom ye call upon besides Allah are servants like unto you: Call upon them, and let them listen to your prayer, if ye are (indeed) truthful!

195. Have they feet to walk with? Or hands to lay hold with? Or eyes to see with? Or ears to hear with? Say: "Call your 'god-partners', scheme (your worst) against me, and give me no respite!

196. "For my Protector is Allah, Who revealed the Book (from time to time), and He will choose and befriend the righteous.

197. "But those ye call upon besides Him, are unable to help you, and indeed to help themselves."

198. If thou callest them to guidance, they hear not. Thou wilt see them looking at thee, but they see not.

199. Hold to forgiveness; command what is right; But turn away from the ignorant.

200. If a suggestion from Satan assail thy (mind), seek refuge with Allah. for He heareth and knoweth (all things).

201. Those who fear Allah, when a thought of evil from Satan assaults them, bring Allah to remembrance, when lo! they see (aright)!

202. But their brethren (the evil ones) plunge them deeper into error, and never relax (their efforts).

203. If thou bring them not a revelation, they say: "Why hast thou not got it together?" Say: "I but follow what is revealed to me from my Lord: this is (nothing but) lights from your Lord, and Guidance, and mercy, for any who have faith."

204. When the Qur'an is read, listen to it with attention, and hold your peace: that ye may receive Mercy.

205. And do thou (O reader!) Bring thy Lord to remembrance in thy (very) soul, with humility and in reverence, without loudness in words, in the mornings and evenings; and be not thou of those who are unheedful.

206. Those who are near to thy Lord, disdain not to do Him worship: They celebrate His praises, and bow down before Him.

Surah 13. The Thunder

1. A.L.M.R. These are the signs (or verses) of the Book: that which hath been revealed unto thee from thy Lord is the Truth; but most men believe not.

2. Allah is He Who raised the heavens without any pillars that ye can see; is firmly established on the throne (of authority); He has subjected the sun and the moon (to his Law)! Each one runs (its course) for a term appointed. He doth regulate all affairs, explaining the signs in detail, that ye may believe with certainty in the meeting with your Lord.

3. And it is He who spread out the earth, and set thereon mountains standing firm and (flowing) rivers: and fruit of every kind He made in pairs, two and two: He draweth the night as a veil o'er the Day. Behold, verily in these things there are signs for those who consider!

4. And in the earth are tracts (diverse though) neighbouring, and gardens of vines and fields sown with corn, and palm trees - growing out of single roots or otherwise: watered with the same water, yet some of them We make more excellent than others to eat. Behold, verily in these things there are signs for those who understand!

5. If thou dost marvel (at their want of faith), strange is their saying: "When we are (actually) dust, shall we indeed then be in a creation renewed?" They are those who deny their Lord! They are those round whose necks will be yokes (of servitude): they will be Companions of the Fire, to dwell therein (for aye)!

6. They ask thee to hasten on the evil in preference to the good: Yet have come to pass, before them, (many) exemplary punishments! But verily thy Lord is full of forgiveness for mankind for their wrong-doing, and verily thy Lord is (also) strict in punishment.

7. And the Unbelievers say: "Why is not a sign sent down to him from his Lord?" But thou art truly a warner, and to every people a guide.

8. Allah doth know what every female (womb) doth bear, by how much the wombs fall short (of their time or number) or do exceed. Every single thing is before His sight, in (due) proportion.

9. He knoweth the unseen and that which is open: He is the Great, the Most High.

10. It is the same (to Him) whether any of you conceal his speech or declare it openly; whether he lie hid by night or walk forth freely by day.

11. For each (such person) there are (angels) in succession, before and behind him: They guard him by command of Allah. Verily never will Allah change the condition of a people until they change it themselves (with their own souls). But when (once) Allah willeth a people's punishment, there can be no turning it back, nor will they find, besides Him, any to protect.

12. It is He Who doth show you the lightning, by way both of fear and of hope: It is He Who doth raise up the clouds, heavy with (fertilising) rain!

13. Nay, thunder repeateth His praises, and so do the angels, with awe: He flingeth the loud-voiced thunder-bolts, and therewith He striketh whomsoever He will..yet these (are the men) who (dare to) dispute about Allah, with the strength of His power (supreme)!

14. For Him (alone) is prayer in Truth: any others that they call upon besides Him hear them no more than if they were to stretch forth their hands for water to reach their mouths but it reaches them not: for the prayer of those without Faith is nothing but (futile) wandering (in the mind).

15. Whatever beings there are in the heavens and the earth do prostrate themselves to Allah (Acknowledging subjection),- with good-will or in spite of themselves: so do their shadows in the morning and evenings.

16. Say: "Who is the Lord and Sustainer of the heavens and the earth?" Say: "(It is) Allah." Say: "Do ye then take (for worship) protectors other than Him, such as have no power either for good or for harm to themselves?" Say: "Are the blind equal with those who see? Or the depths of darkness equal with light?" Or do they assign to Allah partners who have created (anything) as He has created, so that the creation seemed to them similar? Say: "(Allah) is the Creator of all things: He is the One, the Supreme and Irresistible."

17. He sends down water from the skies, and the channels flow, each according to its measure: But the torrent bears away to foam that mounts up to the surface. Even so, from that (ore) which they heat in the fire, to make ornaments or utensils therewith, there is a scum likewise. Thus doth Allah (by parables) show forth Truth and Vanity. For the scum disappears like froth cast out; while that which is for the good of mankind remains on the earth. Thus doth Allah set forth parables.

18. For those who respond to their Lord, are (all) good things. But those who respond not to Him,- Even if they had all that is in the heavens and on earth, and as much more, (in vain) would they offer it for ransom. For them will the reckoning be terrible: their abode will be Hell,- what a bed of misery!

19. Is then one who doth know that that which hath been revealed unto thee from thy Lord is the Truth, like one who is blind? It is those who are endued with understanding that receive admonition;-

20. Those who fulfil the covenant of Allah and fail not in their plighted word;

21. Those who join together those things which Allah hath commanded to be joined, hold their Lord in awe, and fear the terrible reckoning;

22. Those who patiently persevere, seeking the countenance of their Lord; Establish regular prayers; spend, out of (the gifts) We have bestowed for their sustenance, secretly and openly; and turn off Evil with good: for such there is the final attainment of the (eternal) home,-

23. Gardens of perpetual bliss: they shall enter there, as well as the righteous among their fathers, their spouses, and their offspring: and angels shall enter unto them from every gate (with the salutation):

24. "Peace unto you for that ye persevered in patience! Now how excellent is the final home!"

25. But those who break the Covenant of Allah, after having plighted their word thereto, and cut asunder those things which Allah has commanded to be joined, and work mischief in the land;- on them is the curse; for them is the terrible home!

26. Allah doth enlarge, or grant by (strict) measure, the sustenance (which He giveth) to whomso He pleaseth. (The wordly) rejoice in the life of this world: But the life of this world is but little comfort in the Hereafter.

27. The Unbelievers say: "Why is not a sign sent down to him from his Lord?" Say: "Truly Allah leaveth, to stray, whom He will; But He guideth to Himself those who turn to Him in penitence,-

28. "Those who believe, and whose hearts find satisfaction in the remembrance of Allah. for without doubt in the remembrance of Allah do hearts find satisfaction.

29. "For those who believe and work righteousness, is (every) blessedness, and a beautiful place of (final) return."

30. Thus have we sent thee amongst a People before whom (long since) have (other) Peoples (gone and) passed away; in order that thou mightest rehearse unto them what We send down unto thee by inspiration; yet do they reject (Him), the Most Gracious! Say: "He is my Lord! There is no god but He! On Him is my trust, and to Him do I turn!"

31. If there were a Qur'an with which mountains were moved, or the earth were cloven asunder, or the dead were made to speak, (this would be the one!) But, truly, the command is with Allah in all things! Do not the Believers know, that, had Allah (so) willed, He could have guided all mankind (to the right)? But the Unbelievers,- never will disaster cease to seize them for their (ill) deeds, or to settle close to their homes, until the promise of Allah come to pass, for, verily, Allah will not fail in His promise.

32. Mocked were (many) apostles before thee: but I granted respite to the unbelievers, and finally I punished them: Then how (terrible) was my requital!

33. Is then He who standeth over every soul (and knoweth) all that it doth, (like any others)? And yet they ascribe partners to Allah. Say: "But name them! is it that ye will inform Him of something he knoweth not on earth, or is it (just) a show of words?" Nay! to those who believe not, their pretence seems pleasing, but they are kept back (thereby) from the path. And those whom Allah leaves to stray, no one can guide.

34. For them is a penalty in the life of this world, but harder, truly, is the penalty of the Hereafter: and defender have they none against Allah.

35. The parable of the Garden which the righteous are promised!- beneath it flow rivers: perpetual is the enjoyment thereof and the shade therein: such is the end of the Righteous; and the end of Unbelievers in the Fire.

36. Those to whom We have given the Book rejoice at what hath been revealed unto thee: but there are among the clans those who reject a part thereof. Say: "I am commanded to worship Allah, and not to join partners with Him. Unto Him do I call, and unto Him is my return."

37. Thus have We revealed it to be a judgment of authority in Arabic. Wert thou to follow their (vain) desires after the knowledge which hath reached thee, then wouldst thou find neither protector nor defender against Allah.

38. We did send apostles before thee, and appointed for them wives and children: and it was never the part of an apostle to bring a sign except as Allah permitted (or commanded). For each period is a Book (revealed).

39. Allah doth blot out or confirm what He pleaseth: with Him is the Mother of the Book.

40. Whether We shall show thee (within thy life-time) part of what we promised them or take to ourselves thy soul (before it is all accomplished),- thy duty is to make (the Message) reach them: it is our part to call them to account.

41. See they not that We gradually reduce the land (in their control) from its outlying borders? (Where) Allah commands, there is none to put back His Command: and He is swift in calling to account.

42. Those before them did (also) devise plots; but in all things the master- planning is Allah.s He knoweth the doings of every soul: and soon will the Unbelievers know who gets home in the end.

43. The Unbelievers say: "No apostle art thou." Say: "Enough for a witness between me and you is Allah, and such as have knowledge of the Book."

Holy Word / Quran / what they say

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