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035.016 If He so pleased, He could blot you out and bring in a New Creation.
035.017 Nor is that (at all) difficult for God.
035.018 Nor can a bearer of burdens bear another's burdens if one heavily laden should call another to (bear) his load.
Not the least portion of it can be carried (by the other). Even though he be nearly related. Thou canst but admonish such
as fear their Lord unseen and establish regular Prayer. And whoever purifies himself does so for the benefit of his own
soul; and the destination (of all) is to God.
035.019 The blind and the seeing are not alike;
035.020 Nor are the depths of Darkness and the Light;
035.021 Nor are the (chilly) shade and the (genial) heat of the sun:
035.022 Nor are alike those that are living and those that are dead. God can make any that He wills to hear; but thou
canst not make those to hear who are (buried) in graves.
035.023 Thou art no other than a warner.
035.024 Verily We have sent thee in truth, as a bearer of glad tidings, and as a warner: and there never was a people,
without a warner having lived among them (in the past).
035.025 And if they reject thee, so did their predecessors, to whom came their apostles with Clear Signs, Books of
dark prophecies, and the Book of Enlightenment.
035.026 In the end did I punish those who rejected Faith: and how (terrible) was My rejection (of them)!
035.027 Seest thou not that God sends down rain from the sky? With it We then bring out produce of various colours.
And in the mountains are tracts white and red, of various shades of colour, and black intense in hue.
035.028 And so amongst men and crawling creatures and cattle, are they of various colours. Those truly fear God,
among His Servants, who have knowledge: for God is Exalted in Might, Oft-Forgiving.
035.029 Those who rehearse the Book of God, establish regular Prayer, and spend (in Charity) out of what We have
provided for them, secretly and openly, hope for a commerce that will never fail:
035.030 For He will pay them their meed, nay, He will give them (even) more out of His Bounty: for He is
Oft-Forgiving, Most Ready to appreciate (service).
035.031 That which We have revealed to thee of the Book is the Truth,- confirming what was (revealed) before it: for
God is assuredly- with respect to His Servants - well acquainted and Fully Observant.
035.032 Then We have given the Book for inheritance to such of Our Servants as We have chosen: but there are among
them some who wrong their own souls; some who follow a middle course; and some who are, by God's leave, foremost
in good deeds; that is the highest Grace.
035.033 Gardens of Eternity will they enter: therein will they be adorned with bracelets of gold and pearls; and their
garments there will be of silk.
035.034 And they will say: "Praise be to God, Who has removed from us (all) sorrow: for our Lord is indeed
Oft-Forgiving Ready to appreciate (service):
035.035 "Who has, out of His Bounty, settled us in a Home that will last: no toil nor sense of weariness shall touch
us therein."
035.036 But those who reject (God) - for them will be the Fire of Hell: No term shall be determined for them, so they
should die, nor shall its Penalty be lightened for them. Thus do We reward every ungrateful one!
035.037 Therein will they cry aloud (for assistance): "Our Lord! Bring us out: we shall work righteousness, not the
(deeds) we used to do!" - "Did We not give you long enough life so that he that would should receive admonition? and
(moreover) the warner came to you. So taste ye (the fruits of your deeds): for the wrong-doers there is no helper."
035.038 Verily God knows (all) the hidden things of the heavens and the earth: verily He has full knowledge of all that
is in (men's) hearts.
035.039 He it is That has made you inheritors in the earth: if, then, any do reject (God), their rejection (works) against
themselves: their rejection but adds to the odium for the Unbelievers in the sight of their Lord: their rejection but adds
to (their own) undoing.
035.040 Say: "Have ye seen (these) 'Partners' of yours whom ye call upon besides God? Show Me what it is they have
created in the (wide) earth. Or have they a share in the heavens? Or have We given them a Book from which they (can
derive) clear (evidence)?- Nay, the wrong-doers promise each other nothing but delusions.