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this the case) that, when terror is removed from their hearts (at the Day of Judgment, then) will they say, 'what is it that
your Lord commanded?' they will say, 'That which is true and just; and He is the Most High Most Great'."
034.024 Say: "Who gives you sustenance, from the heavens and the earth?" Say: "It is God; and certain it is that either
we or ye are on right guidance or in manifest error!"
034.025 Say: "Ye shall not be questioned as to our sins, nor shall we be questioned as to what ye do."
034.026 Say: "Our Lord will gather us together and will in the end decide the matter between us (and you) in truth and
justice: and He is the one to decide, the One Who knows all."
034.027 Say: "Show me those whom ye have joined with Him as partners: by no means (can ye). Nay, He is God, the
Exalted in Power, the Wise."
034.028 We have not sent thee but as a universal (Messenger) to men, giving them glad tidings, and warning them
(against sin), but most men understand not.
034.029 They say: "When will this promise (come to pass) if ye are telling the truth?"
034.030 Say: "The appointment to you is for a Day, which ye cannot put back for an hour nor put forward."
034.031 The Unbelievers say: "We shall neither believe in this scripture nor in (any) that (came) before it." Couldst
thou but see when the wrong-doers will be made to stand before their Lord, throwing back the word (of blame) on one
another! Those who had been despised will say to the arrogant ones: "Had it not been for you, we should certainly have
been believers!"
034.032 The arrogant ones will say to those who had been despised: "Was it we who kept you back from Guidance after
it reached you? Nay, rather, it was ye who transgressed.
034.033 Those who had been despised will say to the arrogant ones: "Nay! it was a plot (of yours) by day and by night:
Behold! Ye (constantly) ordered us to be ungrateful to God and to attribute equals to Him!" They will declare (their)
repentance when they see the Penalty: We shall put yokes on the necks of the Unbelievers: It would only be a requital
for their (ill) Deeds.
034.034 Never did We send a warner to a population, but the wealthy ones among them said: "We believe not in the
(Message) with which ye have been sent."
034.035 They said: "We have more in wealth and in sons, and we cannot be punished."
034.036 Say: "Verily my Lord enlarges and restricts the Provision to whom He pleases, but most men understand not."
034.037 It is not your wealth nor your sons, that will bring you nearer to Us in degree: but only those who believe and
work righteousness - these are the ones for whom there is a multiplied Reward for their deeds, while secure they
(reside) in the dwellings on high!
034.038 Those who strive against Our Signs, to frustrate them, will be given over into Punishment.
034.039 Say: "Verily my Lord enlarges and restricts the Sustenance to such of his servants as He pleases: and nothing
do ye spend in the least (in His cause) but He replaces it: for He is the Best of those who grant Sustenance.
034.040 One Day He will gather them all together, and say to the angels, "Was it you that these men used to worship?"
034.041 They will say, "Glory to Thee! our (tie) is with Thee - as Protector - not with them. Nay, but they worshipped
the Jinns: most of them believed in them."
034.042 So on that Day no power shall they have over each other, for profit or harm: and We shall say to the
wrong-doers, "Taste ye the Penalty of the Fire,- the which ye were wont to deny!"
034.043 When Our Clear Signs are rehearsed to them, they say, "This is only a man who wishes to hinder you from
the (worship) which your fathers practised." And they say, "This is only a falsehood invented!" and the Unbelievers say
of the Truth when it comes to them, "This is nothing but evident magic!"
034.044 But We had not given them Books which they could study, nor sent apostles to them before thee as Warners.
034.045 And their predecessors rejected (the Truth); these have not received a tenth of what We had granted to those:
yet when they rejected My apostles, how (terrible) was My rejection (of them)!
034.046 Say: "I do admonish you on one point: that ye do stand up before God,- (It may be) in pairs, or (it may be)
singly,- and reflect (within yourselves): your Companion is not possessed: he is no less than a warner to you, in face
of a terrible Penalty."
034.047 Say: "No reward do I ask of you: it is (all) in your interest: my reward is only due from God: And He is
witness to all things."