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038.076 (Iblis) said: "I am better than he: thou createdst me from fire, and him thou createdst from clay."
038.077 (God) said: "Then get thee out from here: for thou art rejected, accursed.
038.078 "And My curse shall be on thee till the Day of Judgment."
038.079 (Iblis) said: "O my Lord! Give me then respite till the Day the (dead) are raised."
038.080 (God) said: "Respite then is granted thee-
038.081 "Till the Day of the Time Appointed."
038.082 (Iblis) said: "Then, by Thy power, I will put them all in the wrong,-
038.083 "Except Thy Servants amongst them, sincere and purified (by Thy Grace)."
038.084 (God) said: "Then it is just and fitting- and I say what is just and fitting-
038.085 "That I will certainly fill Hell with thee and those that follow thee,- every one."
038.086 Say: "No reward do I ask of you for this (Qur'an), nor am I a pretender.
038.087 "This is no less than a Message to (all) the Worlds.
038.088 "And ye shall certainly know the truth of it (all) after a while."
THE TROOPS, THRONGS, CHAPTER NO. 039
039.001 The revelation of this Book is from God, the Exalted in Power, full of Wisdom.
039.002 Verily it is We Who have revealed the Book to thee in Truth: so serve God, offering Him sincere devotion.
039.003 Is it not to God that sincere devotion is due? But those who take for protectors other than God (say): "We only
serve them in order that they may bring us nearer to God." Truly God will judge between them in that wherein they
differ. But God guides not such as are false and ungrateful.
039.004 Had God wished to take to Himself a son, He could have chosen whom He pleased out of those whom He doth
create: but Glory be to Him! (He is above such things.) He is God, the One, the Irresistible.
039.005 He created the heavens and the earth in true (proportions): He makes the Night overlap the Day, and the Day
overlap the Night: He has subjected the sun and the moon (to His law): Each one follows a course for a time appointed.
Is not He the Exalted in Power - He Who forgives again and again?
039.006 He created you (all) from a single person: then created, of like nature, his mate; and he sent down for you
eight head of cattle in pairs: He makes you, in the wombs of your mothers, in stages, one after another, in three veils
of darkness. such is God, your Lord and Cherisher: to Him belongs (all) dominion. There is no god but He: then how
are ye turned away (from your true Centre)?
039.007 If ye reject (God), Truly God hath no need of you; but He liketh not ingratitude from His servants: if ye are
grateful, He is pleased with you. No bearer of burdens can bear the burden of another. In the end, to your Lord is your
Return, when He will tell you the truth of all that ye did (in this life). for He knoweth well all that is in (men's) hearts.
039.008 When some trouble toucheth man, he crieth unto his Lord, turning to Him in repentance: but when He
bestoweth a favour upon him as from Himself, (man) doth forget what he cried and prayed for before, and he doth set
up rivals unto God, thus misleading others from God's Path. Say, "Enjoy thy blasphemy for a little while: verily thou
art (one) of the Companions of the Fire!"
039.009 Is one who worships devoutly during the hour of the night prostrating himself or standing (in adoration), who
takes heed of the Hereafter, and who places his hope in the Mercy of his Lord - (like one who does not)? Say: "Are
those equal, those who know and those who do not know? It is those who are endued with understanding that receive
admonition.
039.010 Say: "O ye my servants who believe! Fear your Lord, good is (the reward) for those who do good in this world.
Spacious is God's earth! those who patiently persevere will truly receive a reward without measure!"
039.011 Say: "Verily, I am commanded to serve God with sincere devotion;
039.012 "And I am commanded to be the first of those who bow to God in Islam."
039.013 Say: "I would, if I disobeyed my Lord, indeed have fear of the Penalty of a Mighty Day."
039.014 Say: "It is God I serve, with my sincere (and exclusive) devotion:
039.015 "Serve ye what ye will besides him." Say: "Truly, those in loss are those who lose their own souls and their
People on the Day of Judgment: Ah! that is indeed the (real and) evident Loss!
039.016 They shall have Layers of Fire above them, and Layers (of Fire) below them: with this doth God warn off his