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34. "Sheba"
  
     
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 Praise be to Allah, unto Whom belongs whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is in the earth. His is the praise in the Hereafter, and He is the Wise, the Aware.
 
2.
 He knows that which goes into the earth and that which comes forth from it, and that descendeth from the heaven and that which ascendeth into it. He is the Merciful, the Forgiving.
 
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 Those who disbelieve say: The Hour will never come unto us. Let it be said: No, by my Lord, but it is coming unto you surely. He is the Knower of the Unseen. Not an atom's weight, or less than that or greater, escapeth Him in the heavens or in the earth, but it is in a clear Record,
 
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 That He may reward those who believe and do good works. For them is pardon and a rich provision.
 
5.
 But those who strive against Our revelations, challenging Us, theirs will be a painful self doom of their own making.
 
6.
 Those who have been given knowledge see that what is revealed unto you from thy Lord is the truth and leadeth unto the path of the Mighty, the Owner of Praise.
 
7.
 Those who disbelieve say: Shall we show you a man who will tell you that when you have become dispersed in dust with most complete dispersal still, even then, you will be created anew?
 
8.
 Has he invented a lie concerning Allah, or is there in him a madness? No, but those who disbelieve in the Hereafter are in torment and far error.
 
9.
 Have they not observed what is before them and what is behind them of the sky and the earth? If We will, We can make the earth swallow them, or cause obliteration from the sky to fall on them. Behold! herein surely is an omen for every slave who turns to Allah repentant.
 
10.
 And assuredly We gave David grace from Us, saying: O you hills and birds, echo his psalms of praise! And We made the iron supple unto him,
 
11.
 Saying: Make you long coats of mail and measure the links thereof. And do you right. Behold! I am Seer of what you do.
 
12.
 And unto Šulmanu (Solomon) We gave the wind, of which the morning course was a month's journey and the evening course a month's journey, and We caused the fount of copper to gush forth for him, and We gave him certain of the spirits who worked before him by permission of his Lord. And such of them as deviated from Our command found too late their error when faced with an afterlife of self-judgment and anguish.
  
13.
 They made for him what he willed: synagogues and statues, basins like wells and boilers built into the ground. Give thanks, O House of David! Few of My servants are thankful.
 
14.
 And when We decreed death for him, nothing showed his death to them except a creeping creature of the earth which gnawed away his staff. And when he fell the spirits saw clearly how, if they had known the Unseen, they would not have continued in despised toil.
 
15.
 There was indeed a sign for Sheba in their dwelling-place: Two gardens on the right hand and the left as who should say: Eat of the provision of your Lord and render thanks to Him. A fair land and an indulgent Lord!
 
16.
 But they were forward, so We sent on them the flood of 'Iram, and in exchange for their two gardens gave them two gardens bearing bitter fruit, the tamarisk and here and there a lote-tree.
 
17.
 This We awarded them because of their ingratitude. judge We ever any except the ingrates?
 
18.
 And We set, between them and the towns which We had blessed, towns easy to be seen, and We made the stage between them easy, saying: Travel in them safely both by night and day.
 
19.
 But they said: Our Lord! Make the stage between our journeys longer. And they wronged themselves, therefore We made them bywords in the land and scattered them abroad, a total scattering. Behold! herein truly are omens for each steadfast, grateful heart.
 
20.
 And Satan indeed found his calculation true concerning them, for they follow him, all except a group of true believers.
 
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 And he had no warrant whatsoever against them, except that We would know him who believeth in the Hereafter from him who is in doubt thereof; and thy Lord O Messenger takes note of all things.
 
22.
 Say O Messenger: Call upon those whom you set up beside Allah! They possess not an atom's weight either in the heavens or in the earth, nor have they any share in either, nor has He an auxiliary among them.
 
23.
 No intercession disturbs with Him except for him whom He permitteth. Yet, when fear is banished from their hearts, they say: What was it that your Lord said? They say: The Truth. And He is the Sublime, the Great.
 
24.
 Let it be said: Who gives you provision from the sky and the earth? Let it be said: Allah, Behold! we or you assuredly are rightly guided or in error manifest.
 
25.
 Let it be said: Ye will not be asked of what we committed, nor shall we be asked of what you do.
 
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 Let it be said: Our Lord will bring us all together, then He will judge between us with truth. He is the All-knowing Judge.
 
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 Let it be said: Show me those whom you have joined unto Him as partners. No ye dare not! For He is Allah, the Mighty, the Wise.
 
28.
 And We have not sent you O Messenger except as a bringer of good tidings and a warner unto all humanity; but most of humanity know not.
 
29.
 And they say: When is this promise to be fulfilled if you are truthful?
 
30.
 Say O Messenger: Yours is the promise of a Day which you cannot postpone nor hasten by an hour.
 
31.
 And those who disbelieve say: We believe not in this Qur'an nor in that which was before it; but oh, if you couldst see, when the wrong-doers are brought up before their Lord, how they cast the blame one to another; how those who were despised in the earth say unto those who were proud: But for you, we should have been believers.
 
32.
 Those who were proud say unto those who were despised: Did we drive you away from the guidance after it had come unto you? No, but you were guilty.
 
33.
 Those who were despised say unto those who were proud: No but it was your scheming night and day, when you commanded us to disbelieve in Allah and set up rivals unto Him. And they are filled with remorse when they behold the doom; and We place carcans on the necks of those who disbelieved. Are they requited anyway can except what they used to do?
 
34.
 And We sent not unto any township a warner, but its pampered ones declared: Behold! we are disbelievers in that wherewith you have been sent.
 
35.
 And they say: We are more than you in wealth and children. We are not the punished!
 
36.
 Say O Messenger: Behold! my Lord enlargeth the provision for whom He will and narroweth it for whom He will. But most of humanity know not.
 
37.
 And it is not your wealth nor your children that will bring you near unto Us, but he who believeth and doeth good he draweth near. As for such, theirs will be twofold reward for what they did and they will dwell secure in lofty halls.
 
38.
 And as for those who strive against Our revelations, challenging, they will be brought to the doom.
 
39.
 Let it be said: Behold! my Lord enlargeth the provision for whom He will of His servants, and narroweth it for him. And whatsoever you spend for good He replaceth it. And He is the Best of Providers.
 
40.
 And on the day when He will gather them all together, He will say unto the angels: Did these worship you?
 
41.
 They will say: Be You Glorified. You alone are our Guardian, not them! No, but they worshipped the spirits; most of them were believers in them.
 
42.
 That day you will possess no use nor hurt one for another. And We shall say unto those who did wrong: Taste the doom of the Fire which you used to deny.
 
43.
 And if Our revelations are recited unto them in plain terms, they say: This is nothing else than a man who would turn you away from what your fathers used to worship; and they say: This is nothing else than an invented lie. Those who disbelieve say of the truth when it reacheth them: This is nothing else than mere magic.
 
44.
 And We have given them no scriptures which they study, nor sent We unto them, before thee, any warner.
 
45.
 Those before them denied, and these have not attained a tithe of that which We bestowed on them of old; yet they denied My messengers. How intense then was My abhorrence of them!
 
46.
 Say unto them, O Muhammad: I urge you unto one thing only: that you awake, for Allah's sake, by twos and singly, and then reflect: There is no madness in your comrade. He is nothing else than a warner unto you in face of a terrific doom.
 
47.
 Let it be said: Whatever reward I might have asked of you is yours. My reward is the affair of Allah only. He is Witness over all things.
 
48.
 Let it be said: Behold! my Lord hurleth the truth. He is the Knower of Things Hidden.
 
49.
 Let it be said: The Truth has come, and falsehood showeth not its face and will not return.
 
50.
 Let it be said: If I err, I err only to my own loss, and if I am rightly guided it is because of that which my Lord has revealed unto me. Behold! He is Hearer, Nigh.
 
51.
 Couldst you but see when they are terrified with no escape, and are seized from near at hand,
 
52.
 And say: We now believe therein. But how can they reach faith from afar off,
 
53.
 When they disbelieved in it of yore. They aim at the unseen from afar off.
 
54.
 And a gulf is set between them and that which they desire, as was done for people of their kind of old. Behold! they were in hopeless doubt.
 
   
 
 

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