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departed from me:" Behold! he falls into exultation and pride.
011.011 Not so do those who show patience and constancy, and work righteousness; for them is forgiveness (of sins)
and a great reward.
011.012 Perchance thou mayest (feel the inclination) to give up a part of what is revealed unto thee, and thy heart
feeleth straitened lest they say, "Why is not a treasure sent down unto him, or why does not an angel come down with
him?" But thou art there only to warn! It is God that arrangeth all affairs!
011.013 Or they may say, "He forged it," Say, "Bring ye then ten suras forged, like unto it, and call (to your aid)
whomsoever ye can, other than God!- If ye speak the truth!
011.014 "If then they (your false gods) answer not your (call), know ye that this revelation is sent down (replete) with
the knowledge of God, and that there is no god but He! will ye even then submit (to Islam)?"
011.015 Those who desire the life of the present and its glitter,- to them we shall pay (the price of) their deeds
therein,- without diminution.
011.016 They are those for whom there is nothing in the Hereafter but the Fire: vain are the designs they frame therein,
and of no effect and the deeds that they do!
011.017 Can they be (like) those who accept a Clear (Sign) from their Lord, and whom a witness from Himself doth
teach, as did the Book of Moses before it,- a guide and a mercy? They believe therein; but those of the Sects that reject
it,- the Fire will be their promised meeting-place. Be not then in doubt thereon: for it is the truth from thy Lord: yet
many among men do not believe!
011.018 Who doth more wrong than those who invent a life against God? They will be turned back to the presence of
their Lord, and the witnesses will say, "These are the ones who lied against their Lord! Behold! the Curse of God is on
those who do wrong!-
011.019 "Those who would hinder (men) from the path of God and would seek in it something crooked: these were
they who denied the Hereafter!"
011.020 They will in no wise frustrate (His design) on earth, nor have they protectors besides God! Their penalty will
be doubled! They lost the power to hear, and they did not see!
011.021 They are the ones who have lost their own souls: and the (fancies) they invented have left them in the lurch!
011.022 Without a doubt, these are the very ones who will lose most in the Hereafter!
011.023 But those who believe and work righteousness, and humble themselves before their Lord,- They will be
companions of the gardens, to dwell therein for aye!
011.024 These two kinds (of men) may be compared to the blind and deaf, and those who can see and hear well. Are
they equal when compared? Will ye not then take heed?
011.025 We sent Noah to his people (with a mission): "I have come to you with a Clear Warning:
011.026 "That ye serve none but God: Verily I do fear for you the penalty of a grievous day."
011.027 But the chiefs of the Unbelievers among his people said: "We see (in) thee nothing but a man like ourselves:
Nor do we see that any follow thee but the meanest among us, in judgment immature: Nor do we see in you (all) any
merit above us: in fact we thing ye are liars!"
011.028 He said: "O my people! See ye if (it be that) I have a Clear Sign from my Lord, and that He hath sent Mercy
unto me from His own presence, but that the Mercy hath been obscured from your sight? shall we compel you to accept
it when ye are averse to it?
011.029 "And O my people! I ask you for no wealth in return: my reward is from none but God: But I will not drive
away (in contempt) those who believe: for verily they are to meet their Lord, and ye I see are the ignorant ones!
011.030 "And O my people! who would help me against God if I drove them away? Will ye not then take heed?
011.031 "I tell you not that with me are the treasures of God, nor do I know what is hidden, nor claim I to be an angel.
Nor yet do I say, of those whom your eyes do despise that God will not grant them (all) that is good: God knoweth best
what is in their souls: I should, if I did, indeed be a wrong-doer."
011.032 They said: "O Noah! thou hast disputed with us, and (much) hast thou prolonged the dispute with us: now bring
upon us what thou threatenest us with, if thou speakest the truth!?"
011.033 He said: "Truly, God will bring it on you if He wills,- and then, ye will not be able to frustrate it!
011.034 "Of no profit will be my counsel to you, much as I desire to give you (good) counsel, if it be that God willeth