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Blessed is He who sent down the criterion to His servant, that it may be an admonition to all creatures;- |
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He to whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth: no son has He begotten, nor has He a partner in His dominion: it is He who created all things, and ordered them in due proportions. |
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Yet have they taken, besides him, gods that can create nothing but are themselves created; that have no control of hurt or good to themselves; nor can they control death nor life nor resurrection. |
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But the misbelievers say: "Naught is this but a lie which he has forged, and others have helped him at it." In truth it is they who have put forward an iniquity and a falsehood. |
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And they say: "Tales of the ancients, which he has caused to be written: and they are dictated before him morning and evening." |