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who achieve salvation.
028.068 Thy Lord does create and choose as He pleases: no choice have they (in the matter): Glory to God! and far
is He above the partners they ascribe (to Him)!
028.069 And thy Lord knows all that their hearts conceal and all that they reveal.
028.070 And He is God: There is no god but He. To Him be praise, at the first and at the last: for Him is the Command,
and to Him shall ye (all) be brought back.
028.071 Say: See ye? If God were to make the night perpetual over you to the Day of Judgment, what god is there other
than God, who can give you enlightenment? Will ye not then hearken?
028.072 Say: See ye? If God were to make the day perpetual over you to the Day of Judgment, what god is there other
than God, who can give you a night in which ye can rest? Will ye not then see?
028.073 It is out of His Mercy that He has made for you Night and Day,- that ye may rest therein, and that ye may seek
of his Grace;- and in order that ye may be grateful.
028.074 The Day that He will call on them, He will say: "Where are my 'partners'? whom ye imagined (to be such)?"
028.075 And from each people shall We draw a witness, and We shall say: "Produce your Proof": then shall they know
that the Truth is in God (alone), and the (lies) which they invented will leave them in lurch.
028.076 Qarun was doubtless, of the people of Moses; but he acted insolently towards them: such were the treasures
We had bestowed on him that their very keys would have been a burden to a body of strong men, behold, his people said
to him: "Exult not, for God loveth not those who exult (in riches).
028.077 "But seek, with the (wealth) which God has bestowed on thee, the Home of the Hereafter, nor forget thy
portion in this world: but do thou good, as God has been good to thee, and seek not (occasions for) mischief in the
land: for God loves not those who do mischief."
028.078 He said: "This has been given to me because of a certain knowledge which I have." Did he not know that God
had destroyed, before him, (whole) generations,- which were superior to him in strength and greater in the amount (of
riches) they had collected? but the wicked are not called (immediately) to account for their sins.
028.079 So he went forth among his people in the (pride of his wordly) glitter. Said those whose aim is the Life of
this World: "Oh! that we had the like of what Qarun has got! for he is truly a lord of mighty good fortune!"
028.080 But those who had been granted (true) knowledge said: "Alas for you! The reward of God (in the Hereafter)
is best for those who believe and work righteousness: but this none shall attain, save those who steadfastly persevere
(in good)."
028.081 Then We caused the earth to swallow up him and his house; and he had not (the least little) party to help him
against God, nor could he defend himself.
028.082 And those who had envied his position the day before began to say on the morrow: "Ah! it is indeed God Who
enlarges the provision or restricts it, to any of His servants He pleases! had it not been that God was gracious to us,
He could have caused the earth to swallow us up! Ah! those who reject God will assuredly never prosper."
028.083 That Home of the Hereafter We shall give to those who intend not high- handedness or mischief on earth:
and the end is (best) for the righteous.
028.084 If any does good, the reward to him is better than his deed; but if any does evil, the doers of evil are only
punished (to the extent) of their deeds.
028.085 Verily He Who ordained the Qur'an for thee, will bring thee back to the Place of Return. Say: "My Lord knows
best who it is that brings true guidance, and who is in manifest error."
028.086 And thou hadst not expected that the Book would be sent to thee except as a Mercy from thy Lord: Therefore
lend not thou support in any way to those who reject (God's Message).
028.087 And let nothing keep thee back from the Signs of God after they have been revealed to thee: and invite (men)
to thy Lord, and be not of the company of those who join gods with God.
028.088 And call not, besides God, on another god. There is no god but He. Everything (that exists) will perish except
His own Face. To Him belongs the Command, and to Him will ye (all) be brought back.
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