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034.048 Say: "Verily my Lord doth cast the (mantle of) Truth (over His servants),- He that has full knowledge of (all)
that is hidden."
034.049 Say: "The Truth has arrived, and Falsehood neither creates anything new, nor restores anything."
034.050 Say: "If I am astray, I only stray to the loss of my own soul: but if I receive guidance, it is because of the
inspiration of my Lord to me: it is He Who hears all things, and is (ever) near."
034.051 If thou couldst but see when they will quake with terror; but then there will be no escape (for them), and they
will be seized from a position (quite) near.
034.052 And they will say, "We do believe (now) in the (Truth)"; but how could they receive (Faith) from a position
(so far off,-
034.053 Seeing that they did reject Faith (entirely) before, and that they (continually) cast (slanders) on the unseen
from a position far off?
034.054 And between them and their desires, is placed a barrier, as was done in the past with their partisans: for they
were indeed in suspicious (disquieting) doubt.
THE ANGELS, ORIGNATOR, CHAPTER NO. 035
035.001 Praise be to God, Who created (out of nothing) the heavens and the earth, Who made the angels, messengers
with wings,- two, or three, or four (pairs): He adds to Creation as He pleases: for God has power over all things.
035.002 What God out of his Mercy doth bestow on mankind there is none can withhold: what He doth withhold, there
is none can grant, apart from Him: and He is the Exalted in Power, full of Wisdom.
035.003 O men! Call to mind the grace of God unto you! is there a creator, other than God, to give you sustenance
from heaven or earth? There is no god but He: how then are ye deluded away from the Truth?
035.004 And if they reject thee, so were apostles rejected before thee: to God back for decision all affairs.
035.005 O men! Certainly the promise of God is true. Let not then this present life deceive you, nor let the Chief
Deceiver deceive you about God.
035.006 Verily Satan is an enemy to you: so treat him as an enemy. He only invites his adherents, that they may
become Companions of the Blazing Fire.
035.007 For those who reject God, is a terrible Penalty: but for those who believe and work righteous deeds, is
Forgiveness, and a magnificent Reward.
035.008 Is he, then, to whom the evil of his conduct is made alluring, so that he looks upon it as good, (equal to one
who is rightly guided)? For God leaves to stray whom He wills, and guides whom He wills. So let not thy soul go out
in (vainly) sighing after them: for God knows well all that they do!
035.009 It is God Who sends forth the Winds, so that they raise up the Clouds, and We drive them to a land that is
dead, and revive the earth therewith after its death: even so (will be) the Resurrection!
035.010 If any do seek for glory and power,- to God belong all glory and power. To Him mount up (all) Words of
Purity: It is He Who exalts each Deed of Righteousness. Those that lay Plots of Evil,- for them is a Penalty terrible;
and the plotting of such will be void (of result).
035.011 And God did create you from dust; then from a sperm-drop; then He made you in pairs. And no female
conceives, or lays down (her load), but with His knowledge. Nor is a man long-lived granted length of days, nor is a
part cut off from his life, but is in a Decree (ordained). All this is easy to God.
035.012 Nor are the two bodies of flowing water alike,- the one palatable, sweet, and pleasant to drink, and the other,
salt and bitter. Yet from each (kind of water) do ye eat flesh fresh and tender, and ye extract ornaments to wear; and
thou seest the ships therein that plough the waves, that ye may seek (thus) of the Bounty of God that ye may be grateful.
035.013 He merges Night into Day, and he merges Day into Night, and he has subjected the sun and the moon (to his
Law): each one runs its course for a term appointed. Such is God your Lord: to Him belongs all Dominion. And those
whom ye invoke besides Him have not the least power.
035.014 If ye invoke them, they will not listen to your call, and if they were to listen, they cannot answer your (prayer).
On the Day of Judgment they will reject your "Partnership". and none, (O man!) can tell thee (the Truth) like the One
Who is acquainted with all things.
035.015 O ye men! It is ye that have need of God: but God is the One Free of all wants, worthy of all praise.