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057.014 (Those without) will call out, "Were we not with you?" (The others) will reply, "True! but ye led yourselves
into temptation; ye looked forward (to our ruin); ye doubted (God's Promise); and (your false) desires deceived you;
until there issued the Command of God. And the Deceiver deceived you in respect of God.
057.015 "This Day shall no ransom be accepted of you, nor of those who rejected God." Your abode is the Fire: that
is the proper place to claim you: and an evil refuge it is!"
057.016 Has not the Time arrived for the Believers that their hearts in all humility should engage in the remembrance
of God and of the Truth which has been revealed (to them), and that they should not become like those to whom was
given Revelation aforetime, but long ages passed over them and their hearts grew hard? For many among them are
rebellious transgressors.
057.017 Know ye (all) that God giveth life to the earth after its death! already have We shown the Signs plainly to you,
that ye may learn wisdom.
057.018 For those who give in Charity, men and women, and loan to God a Beautiful Loan, it shall be increased
manifold (to their credit), and they shall have (besides) a liberal reward.
057.019 And those who believe in God and His apostles- they are the Sincere (lovers of Truth), and the witnesses (who
testify), in the eyes of their Lord: They shall have their Reward and their Light. But those who reject God and deny Our
Signs,- they are the Companions of Hell-Fire.
057.020 Know ye (all), that the life of this world is but play and amusement, pomp and mutual boasting and multiplying,
(in rivalry) among yourselves, riches and children. Here is a similitude: How rain and the growth which it brings forth,
delight (the hearts of) the tillers; soon it withers; thou wilt see it grow yellow; then it becomes dry and crumbles away.
But in the Hereafter is a Penalty severe (for the devotees of wrong). And Forgiveness from God and (His) Good
Pleasure (for the devotees of God). And what is the life of this world, but goods and chattels of deception?
057.021 Be ye foremost (in seeking) Forgiveness from your Lord, and a Garden (of Bliss), the width whereof is as
the width of heaven and earth, prepared for those who believe in God and His apostles: that is the Grace of God, which
He bestows on whom he pleases: and God is the Lord of Grace abounding.
057.022 No misfortune can happen on earth or in your souls but is recorded in a decree before We bring it into
existence: That is truly easy for God:
057.023 In order that ye may not despair over matters that pass you by, nor exult over favours bestowed upon you. For
God loveth not any vainglorious boaster,-
057.024 Such persons as are covetous and commend covetousness to men. And if any turn back (from God's Way),
verily God is Free of all Needs, Worthy of all Praise.
057.025 We sent aforetime our apostles with Clear Signs and sent down with them the Book and the Balance (of Right
and Wrong), that men may stand forth in justice; and We sent down Iron, in which is (material for) mighty war, as well
as many benefits for mankind, that God may test who it is that will help, Unseen, Him and His apostles: For God is Full
of Strength, Exalted in Might (and able to enforce His Will).
057.026 And We sent Noah and Abraham, and established in their line Prophethood and Revelation: and some of them
were on right guidance. But many of them became rebellious transgressors.
057.027 Then, in their wake, We followed them up with (others of) Our apostles: We sent after them Jesus the son
of Mary, and bestowed on him the Gospel; and We ordained in the hearts of those who followed him Compassion and
Mercy. But the Monasticism which they invented for themselves, We did not prescribe for them: (We commanded)
only the seeking for the Good Pleasure of God; but that they did not foster as they should have done. Yet We bestowed,
on those among them who believed, their (due) reward, but many of them are rebellious transgressors.
057.028 O ye that believe! Fear God, and believe in His Apostle, and He will bestow on you a double portion of His
Mercy: He will provide for you a Light by which ye shall walk (straight in your path), and He will forgive you (your
past): for God is Oft- Forgiving, Most Merciful.
057.029 That the People of the Book may know that they have no power whatever over the Grace of God, that (His)
Grace is (entirely) in His Hand, to bestow it on whomsoever He wills. For God is the Lord of Grace abounding.
SHE THAT DISPUTETH, THE PLEADING WOMAN, CHAPTER NO. 058
058.001 God has indeed heard (and accepted) the statement of the woman who pleads with thee concerning her husband