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016.084 One Day We shall raise from all Peoples a Witness: then will no excuse be accepted from Unbelievers, nor
will they receive any favours.
016.085 When the wrong-doers (actually) see the Penalty, then will it in no way be mitigated, nor will they then
receive respite.
016.086 When those who gave partners to God will see their "partners", they will say: "Our Lord! these are our
'partners,' those whom we used to invoke besides Thee." But they will throw back their word at them (and say): "Indeed
ye are liars!"
016.087 That Day shall they (openly) show (their) submission to God; and all their inventions shall leave them in the
lurch.
016.088 Those who reject God and hinder (men) from the Path of God - for them will We add Penalty to Penalty; for
that they used to spread mischief.
016.089 One day We shall raise from all Peoples a witness against them, from amongst themselves: and We shall bring
thee as a witness against these (thy people): and We have sent down to thee the Book explaining all things, a Guide,
a Mercy, and Glad Tidings to Muslims.
016.090 God commands justice, the doing of good, and liberality to kith and kin, and He forbids all shameful deeds,
and injustice and rebellion: He instructs you, that ye may receive admonition.
016.091 Fulfil the Covenant of God when ye have entered into it, and break not your oaths after ye have confirmed
them; indeed ye have made God your surety; for God knoweth all that ye do.
016.092 And be not like a woman who breaks into untwisted strands the yarn which she has spun, after it has become
strong. Nor take your oaths to practise deception between yourselves, lest one party should be more numerous than
another: for God will test you by this; and on the Day of Judgment He will certainly make clear to you (the truth of)
that wherein ye disagree.
016.093 If God so willed, He could make you all one people: But He leaves straying whom He pleases, and He guides
whom He pleases: but ye shall certainly be called to account for all your actions.
016.094 And take not your oaths, to practise deception between yourselves, with the result that someone's foot may
slip after it was firmly planted, and ye may have to taste the evil (consequences) of having hindered (men) from the
Path of God, and a Mighty Wrath descend on you.
016.095 Nor sell the covenant of God for a miserable price: for with God is (a prize) far better for you, if ye only
knew.
016.096 What is with you must vanish: what is with God will endure. And We will certainly bestow, on those who
patiently persevere, their reward according to the best of their actions.
016.097 Whoever works righteousness, man or woman, and has Faith, verily, to him will We give a new Life, a life that
is good and pure and We will bestow on such their reward according to the best of their actions.
016.098 When thou dost read the Qur'an, seek God's protection from Satan the rejected one.
016.099 No authority has he over those who believe and put their trust in their Lord.
016.100 His authority is over those only, who take him as patron and who join partners with God.
016.101 When We substitute one revelation for another,- and God knows best what He reveals (in stages),- they say,
"Thou art but a forger": but most of them understand not.
016.102 Say, the Holy Spirit has brought the revelation from thy Lord in Truth, in order to strengthen those who
believe, and as a Guide and Glad Tidings to Muslims.
016.103 We know indeed that they say, "It is a man that teaches him." The tongue of him they wickedly point to is
notably foreign, while this is Arabic, pure and clear.
016.104 Those who believe not in the Signs of God,- God will not guide them, and theirs will be a grievous Penalty.
016.105 It is those who believe not in the Signs of God, that forge falsehood: it is they who lie!
016.106 Any one who, after accepting faith in God, utters Unbelief,- except under compulsion, his heart remaining
firm in Faith - but such as open their breast to Unbelief, on them is Wrath from God, and theirs will be a dreadful
Penalty.
016.107 This because they love the life of this world better than the Hereafter: and God will not guide those who reject
Faith.