44 verses Starts at Al-Mu'minun 75 Ends at Al-Mu'minun 118

Rub’ al-Hizb 139 of 240

Rub’ al-Hizb 139 ربع ١٣٩

A quarter of a hizb: 240 short portions.

From: Al-Mu'minun 75
To: Al-Mu'minun 118
Verses: 44

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

23:75

Even if We were to show them mercy and relieve them of distress, they would blindly persist in their transgression.

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23:76

We have already afflicted them, yet they did not submit to their Lord: they will not humble themselves

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23:77

until We open a gate to severe torment for them- then they will be plunged into utter despair.

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23:78

It is God who endowed you with hearing, sight, and hearts- how seldom you are grateful!

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23:79

It is He who made you multiply on earth. It is to Him that you will be gathered:

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23:80

it is He who gives life and death; the alternation of night and day depends on Him; will you not use your minds?

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23:81

But, like others before them,

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23:82

they say, ‘What? When we die and turn to dust and bones, shall we really be resurrected?

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23:83

We have heard such promises before, and so did our forefathers. These are just ancient fables.’

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23:84

Say [Prophet], ‘Who owns the earth and all who live in it, if you know [so much]?’

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23:85

and they will reply, ‘God.’ Say, ‘Will you not take heed?’

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23:86

Say, ‘Who is the Lord of the seven heavens? Who is the Lord of the Mighty Throne?’

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23:87

and they will reply, ‘God.’ Say, ‘Will you not be mindful?’

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23:88

Say, ‘Who holds control of everything in His hand? Who protects, while there is no protection against Him, if you know [so much]?’

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23:89

and they will reply, ‘God.’ Say, ‘Then how can you be so deluded?’

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23:90

The fact is, We brought them the truth and they are lying.

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23:91

God has never had a child. Nor is there any god beside Him- if there were, each god would have taken his creation aside and tried to overcome the others. May God be exalted above what they describe!

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23:92

He knows what is not seen as well as what is seen; He is far above any partner they claim for Him.

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23:93

Say, ‘Lord, if You are going to show me the punishment You have promised them,

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23:94

then Lord, do not include me among the evildoers!’

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23:95

We certainly are able to show you the punishment We have promised them.

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23:96

Repel evil with good- We are well aware of what they attribute to Us-

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23:97

and say, ‘Lord, I take refuge with You from the goadings of the evil ones;

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23:98

I seek refuge with you, Lord, so that they may not come near me.’

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23:99

When death comes to one of them, he cries, ‘My Lord, let me return

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23:100

so as to make amends for the things I neglected.’ Never! This will not go beyond his words: a barrier stands behind such people until the very Day they are resurrected.

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23:101

On that Day when the Trumpet is blown, the ties between them will be as nothing and they will not ask about each other:

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23:102

those whose good deeds weigh heavy will be successful,

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23:103

but those whose balance is light will have lost their souls for ever and will stay in Hell-

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23:104

the Fire will scorch their faces and their lips will be twisted in pain.

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23:105

‘Were My messages not recited over and over to you and still you rejected them?’

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23:106

They will say, ‘Lord, our waywardness overcame us and we went astray.

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23:107

Lord, take us away from this and if we go back to our old ways, then we shall really be evildoers.’

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23:108

He will say, ‘Away with you! In you go! Do not speak to Me!

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23:109

Among My servants there were those who said, “Lord, We believe. Forgive us and have mercy on us: You are the most merciful of all.”

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23:110

But you kept on laughing at them: so intent were you on laughing at them that it made you forget My warning.

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23:111

Today I have rewarded them for their patience: it is they who will succeed.’

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23:112

He will say, ‘How many years were you on earth?’

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23:113

and they will reply, ‘We stayed a day or a part of a day, but ask those who keep count.’

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23:114

He will say, ‘You stayed but a little, if you had only known.

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23:115

Did you think We had created you in vain, and that you would not be brought back to Us?’

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23:116

Exalted be God, the true King, there is no god but Him, the Lord of the Glorious Throne!

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23:117

Whoever prays to another god alongside Him- a god for whose existence he has no evidence- will face his reckoning with his Lord. Those who reject the truth will not prosper.

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23:118

Say [Prophet], ‘Lord, forgive and have mercy: You are the most merciful of all.’

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