صفحہ 24 صفحة ٢٤

Do not say that those who are killed in God’s cause are dead; they are alive, though you do not realize it.

We shall certainly test you with fear and hunger, and loss of property, lives, and crops. But [Prophet], give good news to those who are steadfast,

those who say, when afflicted with a calamity, ‘We belong to God and to Him we shall return.’

These will be given blessings and mercy from their Lord, and it is they who are rightly guided.

Safa and Marwa are among the rites of God, so for those who make major or minor pilgrimage to the House it is no offence to circulate between the two. Anyone who does good of his own accord will be rewarded, for God rewards good deeds, and knows everything.

As for those who hide the proofs and guidance We send down, after We have made them clear to people in the Scripture, God rejects them, and so do others,

unless they repent, make amends, and declare the truth. I will certainly accept their repentance: I am the Ever Relenting, the Most Merciful.

As for those who disbelieve and die as disbelievers, God rejects them, as do the angels and all people.

They will remain in this state of rejection: their punishment will not be lightened, nor will they be reprieved.

Your God is the one God: there is no god except Him, the Lord of Mercy, the Giver of Mercy.