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down its burdens. Thus (are ye commanded): but if it had been God's Will, He could certainly have exacted retribution
from them (Himself); but (He lets you fight) in order to test you, some with others. But those who are slain in the Way
of God,- He will never let their deeds be lost.
047.005 Soon will He guide them and improve their condition,
047.006 And admit them to the Garden which He has announced for them.
047.007 O ye who believe! If ye will aid (the cause of) God, He will aid you, and plant your feet firmly.
047.008 But those who reject (God),- for them is destruction, and (God) will render their deeds astray (from their
mark).
047.009 That is because they hate the Revelation of God; so He has made their deeds fruitless.
047.010 Do they not travel through the earth, and see what was the End of those before them (who did evil)? God
brought utter destruction on them, and similar (fates await) those who reject God.
047.011 That is because God is the Protector of those who believe, but those who reject God have no protector.
047.012 Verily God will admit those who believe and do righteous deeds, to Gardens beneath which rivers flow; while
those who reject God will enjoy (this world) and eat as cattle eat; and the Fire will be their abode.
047.013 And how many cities, with more power than thy city which has driven thee out, have We destroyed (for their
sins)? and there was none to aid them.
047.014 Is then one who is on a clear (Path) from his Lord, no better than one to whom the evil of his conduct seems
pleasing, and such as follow their own lusts?
047.015 (Here is) a Parable of the Garden which the righteous are promised: in it are rivers of water incorruptible;
rivers of milk of which the taste never changes; rivers of wine, a joy to those who drink; and rivers of honey pure and
clear. In it there are for them all kinds of fruits; and Grace from their Lord. (Can those in such Bliss) be compared to
such as shall dwell for ever in the Fire, and be given, to drink, boiling water, so that it cuts up their bowels (to pieces)?
047.016 And among them are men who listen to thee, but in the end, when they go out from thee, they say to those who
have received Knowledge, "What is it he said just then?" Such are men whose hearts God has sealed, and who follow
their own lusts.
047.017 But to those who receive Guidance, He increases the (light of) Guidance, and bestows on them their Piety
and Restraint (from evil).
047.018 Do they then only wait for the Hour,- that it should come on them of a sudden? But already have come some
tokens thereof, and when it (actually) is on them, how can they benefit then by their admonition?
047.019 Know, therefore, that there is no god but God, and ask forgiveness for thy fault, and for the men and women
who believe: for God knows how ye move about and how ye dwell in your homes.
047.020 Those who believe say, "Why is not a sura sent down (for us)?" But when a sura of basic or categorical
meaning is revealed, and fighting is mentioned therein, thou wilt see those in whose hearts is a disease looking at thee
with a look of one in swoon at the approach of death. But more fitting for them-
047.021 Were it to obey and say what is just, and when a matter is resolved on, it were best for them if they were true
to God.
047.022 Then, is it to be expected of you, if ye were put in authority, that ye will do mischief in the land, and break
your ties of kith and kin?
047.023 Such are the men whom God has cursed for He has made them deaf and blinded their sight.
047.024 Do they not then earnestly seek to understand the Qur'an, or are their hearts locked up by them?
047.025 Those who turn back as apostates after Guidance was clearly shown to them,- the Evil One has instigated them
and busied them up with false hopes.
047.026 This, because they said to those who hate what God has revealed, "We will obey you in part of (this) matter";
but God knows their (inner) secrets.
047.027 But how (will it be) when the angels take their souls at death, and smite their faces and their backs?
047.028 This because they followed that which called forth the Wrath of God, and they hated God's good pleasure; so
He made their deeds of no effect.
047.029 Or do those in whose hearts is a disease, think that God will not bring to light all their rancour?
047.030 Had We so wiled, We could have shown them up to thee, and thou shouldst have known them by their marks: