24 verses Starts at Al-Ahqaf 21 Ends at Muhammad 9

Rub’ al-Hizb 202 of 240

Rub’ al-Hizb 202 ربع ٢٠٢

A quarter of a hizb: 240 short portions.

From: Al-Ahqaf 21
To: Muhammad 9
Verses: 24

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

Mention [Hud] of the tribe of Ad: he warned his people among the sand dunes- other warners have come and gone both before and after him- ‘ Worship no one but God: I fear for you, that you will be punished on a terrible Day,’

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but they said, ‘Have you come to turn us away from our gods? If what you say is true, bring down that punishment you threaten us with!’

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He said, ‘Only God knows when it will come: I simply convey to you the message I am sent with but I can see you are an insolent people.’

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When they saw a cloud approaching their valley, they said, ‘This cloud will give us rain!’ ‘No indeed! It is what you wanted to hasten: a storm-wind bearing a painful punishment

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which will destroy everything by its Lord’s command.’ In the morning there was nothing to see except their [ruined] dwellings: this is how We repay the guilty.

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We had established them in a way we have not established you [people of Mecca]; We gave them hearing, sight, and hearts, yet their hearing, sight, and hearts were of no use to them, since they denied God’s revelations. They were overwhelmed by the punishment they had mocked.

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We have also destroyed other communities that once flourished around you- We had given them various signs so that they might return to the right way-

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so why did their gods not help them, those they set up as gods besides God to bring them nearer to Him? No indeed! They failed them utterly: it was all a lie of their own making.

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We sent a group of jinn to you [Prophet] to listen to the Quran. When they heard it, they said to one another, ‘Be quiet!’ Then when it was finished they turned to their community and gave them warning.

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They said, ‘Our people, we have been listening to a Scripture that came after Moses, confirming previous scriptures, giving guidance to the truth and the straight path.

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Our people, respond to the one who calls you to God. Believe in Him: He will forgive you your sins and protect you from a painful torment.’

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Those who fail to respond to God’s call cannot escape God’s power anywhere on earth, nor will they have any protector against Him: such people have clearly gone far astray.

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Do the disbelievers not understand that God, who created the heavens and earth and did not tire in doing so, has the power to bring the dead back to life? Yes indeed! He has power over everything.

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On the Day the disbelievers are brought before Hell [it will be said to them], ‘Is this not real?’ ‘Yes, by our Lord,’ they will reply and He will say, ‘Then taste the punishment for having denied the truth.’

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Be steadfast [Muhammad], like those messengers of firm resolve. Do not seek to hasten the punishment for the disbelievers: on the Day they see what they had been warned about, it will seem to them that they lingered no more than a single hour of a single day [in this life]. This is a warning. Shall any be destroyed except the defiant?

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God will bring to nothing the deeds of those who disbelieve and bar others from the way of God,

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but He will overlook the bad deeds of those who have faith, do good deeds, and believe in what has been sent down to Muhammad––the truth from their Lord––and He will put them into a good state.

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This is because the disbelievers follow falsehood, while the believers follow the truth from their Lord. In this way God shows people their true type.

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When you meet the disbelievers in battle, strike them in the neck, and once they are defeated, bind any captives firmly––later you can release them by grace or by ransom––until the toils of war have ended. That [is the way]. God could have defeated them Himself if He had willed, but His purpose is to test some of you by means of others. He will not let the deeds of those who are killed for His cause come to nothing;

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He will guide them and put them into a good state;

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He will admit them into the Garden He has already made known to them.

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You who believe! If you help God, He will help you and make you stand firm.

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As for the disbelievers, how wretched will be their state! God has brought their deeds to nothing.

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It is because they hate what God has sent down that He has caused their deeds to go to waste.

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End of Al-Ahqaf

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