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it is those who believe in vanities and reject God, that will perish (in the end).
029.053 They ask thee to hasten on the Punishment (for them): had it not been for a term (of respite) appointed, the
Punishment would certainly have come to them: and it will certainly reach them,- of a sudden, while they perceive not!
029.054 They ask thee to hasten on the Punishment: but, of a surety, Hell will encompass the Rejecters of Faith!-
029.055 On the Day that the Punishment shall cover them from above them and from below them, and (a Voice) shall
say: "Taste ye (the fruits) of your deeds!"
029.056 O My servants who believe! truly, spacious is My Earth: therefore serve ye Me - (and Me alone)!
029.057 Every soul shall have a taste of death in the end to Us shall ye be brought back.
029.058 But those who believe and work deeds of righteousness - to them shall We give a Home in Heaven,- lofty
mansions beneath which flow rivers,- to dwell therein for aye;- an excellent reward for those who do (good)!-
029.059 Those who persevere in patience, and put their trust, in their Lord and Cherisher.
029.060 How many are the creatures that carry not their own sustenance? It is God who feeds (both) them and you:
for He hears and knows (all things).
029.061 If indeed thou ask them who has created the heavens and the earth and subjected the sun and the moon (to his
Law), they will certainly reply, "God". How are they then deluded away (from the truth)?
029.062 God enlarges the sustenance (which He gives) to whichever of His servants He pleases; and He (similarly)
grants by (strict) measure, (as He pleases): for God has full knowledge of all things.
029.063 And if indeed thou ask them who it is that sends down rain from the sky, and gives life therewith to the earth
after its death, they will certainly reply, "God!" Say, "Praise be to God!" But most of them understand not.
029.064 What is the life of this world but amusement and play? but verily the Home in the Hereafter,- that is life
indeed, if they but knew.
029.065 Now, if they embark on a boat, they call on God, making their devotion sincerely (and exclusively) to Him;
but when He has delivered them safely to (dry) land, behold, they give a share (of their worship to others)!-
029.066 Disdaining ungratefully Our gifts, and giving themselves up to (worldly) enjoyment! But soon will they know.
029.067 Do they not then see that We have made a sanctuary secure, and that men are being snatched away from all
around them? Then, do they believe in that which is vain, and reject the Grace of God?
029.068 And who does more wrong than he who invents a lie against God or rejects the Truth when it reaches him?
Is there not a home in Hell for those who reject Faith?
029.069 And those who strive in Our (cause),- We will certainly guide them to our Paths: For verily God is with those
who do right.
THE ROMANS, THE BYZANTINES, CHAPTER NO. 030
030.001 A. L. M. 030.002 The Roman Empire has been defeated-
030.003 In a land close by; but they, (even) after (this) defeat of theirs, will soon be victorious-
030.004 Within a few years. With God is the Decision, in the past and in the Future: on that Day shall the Believers
rejoice-
030.005 With the help of God. He helps whom He will, and He is exalted in might, most merciful.
030.006 (It is) the promise of God. Never does God depart from His promise: but most men understand not.
030.007 They know but the outer (things) in the life of this world: but of the End of things they are heedless.
030.008 Do they not reflect in their own minds? Not but for just ends and for a term appointed, did God create the
heavens and the earth, and all between them: yet are there truly many among men who deny the meeting with their Lord
(at the Resurrection)!
030.009 Do they not travel through the earth, and see what was the end of those before them? They were superior to
them in strength: they tilled the soil and populated it in greater numbers than these have done: there came to them their
apostles with Clear (Signs). (Which they rejected, to their own destruction): It was not God Who wronged them, but
they wronged their own souls.
030.010 In the long run evil in the extreme will be the End of those who do evil; for that they rejected the Signs of
God, and held them up to ridicule.
030.011 It is God Who begins (the process of) creation; then repeats it; then shall ye be brought back to Him.