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Sura Lxiv. Tagabun, Or Mutual Loss And Gain

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"The Holy Quran", tr. by Yusuf Ali, [1934],

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Sra Lxiv.

\"TAGBUN", Or Mutual Loss And Gain.

In the name of God, Most Gracious,

Most Merciful.

1.
Whatever is

In the heavens and

On earth, doth declare

The Praises and Glory

Of God: to Him belongs

Dominion, and to Him belongs

Praise: and He has power

Over all things.

2.
It is He Who has

Created you; and of you

Are some that are

Unbelievers, and some

That are Believers:


And God sees well

All that ye do.

3.
He has created the heavens

And the earth

In just proportions,

And has given you shape,

And made your shapes

Beautiful: and to Him

Is the final Goal.

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4.
He knows what is

In the heavens

And on earth;

And He knows what

Ye conceal and what

Ye reveal: yea, God

Knows well the (secrets)

Of (all) hearts.

5.
Has not the story

Reached you, of those

Who rejected Faith aforetime?

So they tasted the evil

Result of their conduct;

And they had

A grievous Penalty.

6.
That was because there

Came to them apostles

With Clear Signs,

But they said:


"Shall (mere) human beings

Direct us?
" So they rejected

(The Message) and turned away.

But God can do without (them):

And God is

Free of all needs,

Worthy of all praise.

7.
The Unbelievers think

That they will not be

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Raised up (for Judgment).

Say: "Yea, by my Lord,

Ye shall surely be

Raised up: then shall ye

Be told (the truth) of

All that ye did.

And that is easy for God.
"

8. Believe, therefore, in God

And His Apostle, and

In the Light which We

Have sent down. And God

Is well acquainted

With all that ye do.

9.
The Day that He assembles

You (all) for a Day

Of Assembly,--that will be

A day of mutual loss

And gain (among you).

And those who believe

In God and work righteousness,--

He will remove from them

Their ills, and He will admit

Them to gardens beneath which

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Rivers flow, to dwell therein

For ever: that will be

The Supreme Achievement.

10.
But those who reject Faith

And treat Our Signs

As falsehoods, they will be

Companions of the Fire,

To dwell therein for aye:


And evil is that Goal.

Section 2.

11.
No kind of calamity

Can occur, except

By the leave of God:


And if any one believes

In God, (God) guides his

Heart (aright): for God

Knows all things.

12.
So obey God, and obey

His Apostle: but if

Ye turn back, the duty

Of Our Apostle is but

To proclaim (the Message)

Clearly and openly.

13.
God! There is no god

But He: and on God,

Therefore, let the Believers

Put their trust.

14. O
ye who believe!

Truly, among your wives

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And your children are (some

That are
) enemies to

Yourselves: so beware

Of them! But if ye

Forgive and overlook,

And cover up (their faults),

Verily God is

Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

15.
Your riches and your children

May be but a trial:

But in the Presence of God,

Is the highest Reward.

16.
So fear God

As much as ye can;

Listen and obey;

And spend in charity

For the benefit of

Your own souls.

And those saved from

The covetousness of their own

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Souls,--they are the ones

That achieve prosperity.

17.
If ye loan to God

A beautiful loan, He

Will double it to

Your (credit), and He

Will grant you Forgiveness:


For God is most Ready

To appreciate (service)

Most Forbearing,--

18.
Knower of what is hidden

And what is open,

Exalted in Might,

Full of Wisdom.

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