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to say, "This is due to my (merit): I think not that the Hour (of Judgment) will (ever) be established; but if I am brought
back to my Lord, I have (much) good (stored) in His sight!" But We will show the Unbelievers the truth of all that they
did, and We shall give them the taste of a severe Penalty.
041.051 When We bestow favours on man, he turns away, and gets himself remote on his side (instead of coming to
Us); and when evil seizes him, (he comes) full of prolonged prayer!
041.052 Say: "See ye if the (Revelation) is (really) from God, and yet do ye reject it? Who is more astray than one who
is in a schism far (from any purpose)?"
041.053 Soon will We show them our Signs in the (furthest) regions (of the earth), and in their own souls, until it
becomes manifest to them that this is the Truth. Is it not enough that thy Lord doth witness all things?
041.054 Ah indeed! Are they in doubt concerning the Meeting with their Lord? Ah indeed! It is He that doth encompass
all things!
COUNSEL, CONSULTATION, CHAPTER NO. 042
042.001 Ha-Mim
042.002 'Ain. Sin. Qaf.
042.003 Thus doth (He) send inspiration to thee as (He did) to those before thee,- God, Exalted in Power, Full of
Wisdom.
042.004 To Him belongs all that is in the heavens and on earth: and He is Most High, Most Great.
042.005 The heavens are almost rent asunder from above them (by Him Glory): and the angels celebrate the Praises
of their Lord, and pray for forgiveness for (all) beings on earth: Behold! Verily God is He, the Oft-Forgiving, Most
Merciful.
042.006 And those who take as protectors others besides Him,- God doth watch over them; and thou art not the
disposer of their affairs.
042.007 Thus have We sent by inspiration to thee an Arabic Qur'an: that thou mayest warn the Mother of Cities and
all around her,- and warn (them) of the Day of Assembly, of which there is no doubt: (when) some will be in the
Garden, and some in the Blazing Fire.
042.008 If God had so willed, He could have made them a single people; but He admits whom He will to His Mercy;
and the Wrong-doers will have no protector nor helper.
042.009 What! Have they taken (for worship) protectors besides Him? But it is God,- He is the Protector, and it is
He Who gives life to the dead: It is He Who has power over all things,
042.010 Whatever it be wherein ye differ, the decision thereof is with God: such is God my Lord: In Him I trust, and
to Him I turn.
042.011 (He is) the Creator of the heavens and the earth: He has made for you pairs from among yourselves, and pairs
among cattle: by this means does He multiply you: there is nothing whatever like unto Him, and He is the One that
hears and sees (all things).
042.012 To Him belong the keys of the heavens and the earth: He enlarges and restricts. The Sustenance to whom He
will: for He knows full well all things.
042.013 The same religion has He established for you as that which He enjoined on Noah - the which We have sent
by inspiration to thee - and that which We enjoined on Abraham, Moses, and Jesus: Namely, that ye should remain
steadfast in religion, and make no divisions therein: to those who worship other things than God, hard is the (way) to
which thou callest them. God chooses to Himself those whom He pleases, and guides to Himself those who turn (to
Him).
042.014 And they became divided only after Knowledge reached them,- through selfish envy as between themselves.
Had it not been for a Word that went forth before from thy Lord, (tending) to a Term appointed, the matter would have
been settled between them: But truly those who have inherited the Book after them are in suspicious (disquieting)
doubt concerning it.
042.015 Now then, for that (reason), call (them to the Faith), and stand steadfast as thou art commanded, nor follow
thou their vain desires; but say: "I believe in the Book which God has sent down; and I am commanded to judge justly
between you. God is our Lord and your Lord: for us (is the responsibility for) our deeds, and for you for your deeds.