IZQ

006

Livestock

By the Name

God

the Fount-of-All-Mercy
the Ever-Merciful

grateful praise
belongs to God

Hu created
the heavens and the earth

and made
darkness and light

yet those who are
ungrateful
make others
equal to their Liege

it is Hu created you
of clay

then decided a time

and a time is set with Hu

but after that
you doubt

Hu is God
in the heavens
and the earth

Hu knows your secrets
and what you show

and Hu knows
what you deserve

not one Sign
of the Signs of their Liege
comes to them

without them
turning away from it

they said the truth was lies
when it came to them

but there will come to them
news of what
they were making fun of

have they not seen
how many generations
We destroyed
before them?

We made them strong
upon the earth
in a way that
We never made you

and We opened the heavens
and sent down heavy rain

and made the rivers
flow beneath them

then We destroyed them
because of their bad deeds

and raised up after them
another generation

if We had sent down to you
a Book on parchment
so they could touch it
with their hands

still the ungrateful
would have said

"This is clearly only magic"

they say

"Why has an Angel
not been sent down to him?"

but if We had
sent down an Angel
their sentence
would have been decided

and no let up
would be given to them

and if We had
made it an Angel
We would still have
made it a human

and confused for them
the thing that
they themselves
were confusing

Messengers were indeed
made fun of before you

but those who
made fun of them
were swallowed up
by what they
made fun of

say

"Journey in the land

then see
how was the end
of those that called it lies"

say

"To whom belongs
what is in the heavens
and in the earth?"

say

"It is God's"

Hu has written
that Hu will show mercy

Hu will surely gather you
to the Day of Rising
of which there is no doubt

those who have
lost their souls
do not believe

and to Hu belongs
whatever lives
in the night and the day

and Hu is
the All-Hearing
the All-Knowing

say

"Shall I take for myself
a protector
other than God

the Beginner
of the heavens
and of the earth?"

Hu feeds and is not fed

say

"I have been ordered
to be the first
of those who surrender"

do not be
of the idol worshippers

say

"Indeed I am afraid
if I should disobey my Liege

of the punishment
of a dreadful day"

from whoever it is
turned aside

on that day
Hu will have mercy on them

that is the clear victory

and if God
touches you with harm
no-one can take it away
but Hu

and if Hu
touches you with good
Hu is powerful
over everything

Hu can do anything
with Hu's servants

and Hu is
the All-Wise
the All-Aware

say

"What counts most
as a witness?"

say

"God is witness
between me and you

and this Reading
has been revealed to me
so I may warn you by it

and whoever else it reaches

do you indeed witness
that there are other gods
along with God?"

say

"I do not witness that"

say

"Hu is only One God

and I am done with
whatever
you partner with Hu"

those to whom
We have given the Book
recognise it
as they recognise
their children

those who have lost
their own souls
do not believe

and who does greater evil
than one who invents
a lie against God
or says Hu's Signs are lies?

those who do wrong
will not be successful

and on the day
when We shall gather them
all together

then We shall say
to those who
set up partners
with God

"Where are the partners
you were talking about?"

then they shall have
no answer

except to say

"By God our Liege
we never
gave partners
to You"

see how they lie
against themselves

and how
what they invented
is not there for them

and there are some of them
that listen to you

and We put veils
over their hearts
so they do not
understand it

and heaviness
in their ears

and if they see
any Sign at all
they do not
believe in it

so when they come to you
they argue with you

and those who are
ungrateful
say

"This is nothing
but fairy tales
of the people of long ago"

and they forbid it
and keep well away from it

and it is only themselves
that they destroy

but they are not aware

if you could see them
when they are placed
before the Fire

and they say

"If only we
could be sent back

and then not call
the Signs of our Liege
lies

so that we might be
among the believers"

no

it is just that
what they were hiding before
has now been shown to them

and even if
they were sent back again
they would again
do the things
that they were
not supposed to do

truly they are liars

and they say

"There is only this life
we will not be raised"

if you could see
when they are standing
before their Liege

Hu will say

"Is this not the truth?"

they will say

"Yes indeed by our Liege"

Hu will say

"Then taste the punishment
for being ungrateful"

indeed they are lost

those who say that
the meeting with God
is lies

so that when the Hour
comes to them suddenly
they will say

"Alas for us
that we ignored it"

they will carry heavy loads
upon their backs

how evil are
the loads they bear

the present life
is nothing but
a game
and a distraction

surely a home in the Afterlife
is better for those who are
Mindful of God

do you not understand?

indeed We know
that the things they say
hurt you

but it is not you
they are calling a liar

the wicked ones deny
the Signs of God

indeed Messengers
were called liars
before you

but they stayed patient
while they were called liars
and were hurt
until Our help came to them

no-one can change
the Words of God

and there has
already come to you
some news of
other Messengers

and if their turning away
is hurtful for you
then look for
a hole in the earth
if you can

or a ladder to heaven
to bring them some Sign

but if God had willed
Hu would have
gathered them
to be guided

so do not be
one of the ignorant

only those who hear
will answer

as for the dead
God will raise them up

then to Hu
they will be returned

they also say

"Why has no Sign
been sent down to him
from his Liege?"

say

"Surely God can
send down a Sign"

but most of them
do not know

there is no creature
crawling on the earth

and no bird
flying with its wings

who are not communities
like yourselves

We have not
left out anything
in the Book

and to their Liege
they will be gathered

and those who
call Our Signs lies
are deaf and dumb
living in the shadows

whoever God wills
Hu leads to take
the wrong way

and whoever Hu wills
Hu puts them on
a straight path

say

"What do you think?

if God's punishment
comes upon you

or the Hour
comes upon you

will you call upon
anyone other than God
if you are being truthful?"

no

you will call on Hu

and Hu will take away
whatever was
the reason for your call

if Hu wills

and you will forget
what you set up
as partners with Hu

indeed We sent
to communities before you

and We seized them
with misery and hardship

so that hopefully
they might learn
to be humble

if only they had been
humble
when our strength
came upon them

but their hearts were hard
and Satan made
what they were doing
attractive to them

so when they forgot
what they had been
reminded of

We opened up
the gates to everything
for them

until when they were
happy with what
they had been given

We seized them

suddenly

and they were
filled with despair

so the last remains
of the people
who did wrong
was cut off

grateful praise
belongs to God

the Liege of
all the worlds

say

"What do you think?

if God takes away
your hearing and sight

and sets a seal
upon your hearts

who is a god
other than God
who can
give it back to you?"

see how We change
the Signs around you

but still after that
they turn away

say

"What do you think?

if God's punishment
comes on you
suddenly or openly

shall any be destroyed
except the people
who are unjust?"

We do not send
Messengers
except to bring
good news and warning

whoever believes
and makes things right
no fear will be on them
nor shall they sorrow

but those who
call Our Signs lies

the punishment
will visit them
because they
acted wickedly

say

"I do not say to you
that I have
the treasures of God

I do not know
what is unseen

and I do not say to you
I am an Angel

I only follow
what is shown to me"

say

"Are the blind
and the one who sees
equal?"

will you not
think about it?

and warn
those who are afraid

they will be
gathered to their Liege

they have no protector
apart from Hu

and no-one
to plead for them

hopefully they will be
Mindful of God

and do not chase away
those who call upon
their Liege
at morning and evening
wanting to see Hu's face

none of what is
owed to them
falls upon you

and nothing of what is
owed to you
falls upon them

so if you chase them away
you will become
one of the unjust

even so
We test some of them
by others

so they may say

"Are these the ones
God has favoured
among us?"

does God not know well
those who are thankful?

and when those who
believe in Our Signs
come to you
say

"Peace be upon you

your Liege has written
for Hu mercy

whoever of you
does wrong without knowing
and afterwards is sorry

and makes things
right again

Hu is
Most-Forgiving
Ever-Merciful"

in this way
We explain Our Signs

so that the way of
those who do wrong
will be obvious

say

"I am not allowed
to serve
those you call on
other than God"

say

"I do not follow your wishes
or else I would have
taken the wrong way

and not be
among the guided"

say

"I stand on
a Clear Sign
from my Liege

and you have said
it is lies

what you want to hurry
is not within my power

the judging
is God's alone

Hu tells the truth

and Hu is
the best of deciders"

say

"if what you want to hurry
were up to me

the matter
between you and me
would be decided

and God knows well
the unjust"

with Hu
are the keys
of the unseen

none knows them
apart from Hu

Hu knows
what is
in land and sea

not a leaf falls
but Hu knows it

not a seed
in the earth's shadows

not a thing moist or dry

that is not in
a Clear Book

it is Hu
calls you back at night

and Hu knows
what you do
by day

then Hu
wakes you up again

so a set time
may be reached

then to Hu
you will return

then Hu will tell you
about what you did

Hu can do
whatever Hu wants
with Hu's servants

Hu sends
recording Angels
with you

until
when any one of you
is visited by death
Our messengers
take them

and they do not
miss anything

then they are
brought back
to God

their Protector
the True

surely
Hu is
the Judge

Hu is
the quickest
of calculators

say

"Who saves you
from the shadows
of land and sea

when you call upon Hu
humbly and secretly

'Truly
if You rescue us from this
we shall be
among the thankful'?"

say

"God saves you from them
and every distress

then you join
partners
along with Hu"

say

"Hu can send
punishment to you

from above you
or from under your feet

or confuse you
in differing groups

and make you taste
the violence
of one another"

see how We
turn the Signs around

hopefully
they will
understand

your people have said
it is lies

but it is the truth

say

"I am not a guardian
over you"

each piece of news
has its set time

you will surely know

when you see those
who are deep into
making fun of Our Signs

turn away from them
until they are deep
into some other talk

or if Satan
makes you forget

when you have
remembered

do not sit
with the people
who are unjust

none of
what they owe
falls on those who are
Mindful of God

but remind them

hopefully they will be
Mindful of God

leave alone
those who take
their way of life
as a game
and a distraction

those whom this life
has deceived

remind them
in case a soul
should be destroyed
for what it has done

apart from God
it has no protector

and no one
to plead for it

though it offer
anything in exchange
it will not be
taken from it

those are the ones
who are destroyed
for what they have done

for them is waiting
a drink of boiling water

and a painful punishment
because they are
ungrateful

say

"Shall we call
on something
apart from God
that cannot
help us or harm us

and turn on our heels
after God has guided us?

like someone
attracted by Satans
to confusion in the earth

although they have
companions who call out

'Come to us'

to guide them"

say

"God's guiding
is the true guiding

and we are told
to surrender to
the Liege of
all the worlds

and to make the Sala

and be
Mindful of Hu

it is to Hu
you shall be gathered"

Hu created
the heavens and the earth
in truth

and the day Hu says

"Be"

it is

what Hu says is true

all authority
belongs to Hu
on the day that
the Trumpet is blown

Hu is
the Knower
of the unseen
and the visible

Hu is
the All-Wise
the All-Aware

when Abraham
said to his father Azar

"Do you take idols for gods?

I see you and your people
have clearly taken
the wrong way"

We were showing Abraham
authority over
the heavens and the earth

so he might be
one of those
with sure belief

when night
spread over him
he saw a star
and said

"This is my Liege"

but when it set
he said

"I do not love what sets"

when he saw
the moon rising
he said

"This is my Liege"

but when it set
he said

"If my Liege
does not guide me
I will surely be
one of the people
who have taken
the wrong way"

when he saw
the sun rising
he said

"This is my Liege

this is greater"

but when it set
he said

"My people

I am free
of what you set up
as partners with
God

I have turned my face
to Hu

the Beginner of
the heavens and the earth

a pure belief

I am not one
who worships idols"

his people
argued with him

he said

"Do you argue with me
about God
and Hu has guided me?

I am not afraid of
what you partner with Hu
unless my Liege wills it

my Liege
surrounds all things
in Hu's knowledge

will you not remember?

how should I be afraid
of any partner
you join with Hu

when you are not afraid
of God

doing what
Hu has not
given you authority?"

which of two groups
has more chance
of feeling safe
if you have
any knowledge?

those who believe

who do not mix up
their belief
with wrong doing

they are the ones
who are safe

they are truly guided

that is Our argument
which We gave
to Abraham
to use against his people

We raise up in rank
whoever We will

surely your Liege is
All-Wise
All-Knowing

and We gave to him
Isaac and Jacob
and each one We guided

and Noah
We guided before

and his
descendants
David and Solomon
Job and Joseph
Moses and Aaron

that is how
We reward
the good-doers

Zachariah and John
Jesus and Elias

each was one of
the good-doers

Ishmael and Elisha
Jonah and Lot

each one
We favoured
over all of the worlds

and from among
their families from before
and those that came after
and their siblings

We chose them
and We guided them
to a straight path

that is God's guiding
Hu guides by it
whoever Hu wills
of Hu's servants

and if they worshipped
other than God
nothing they did
would be of any use

those are the ones
to whom We gave
the Book
the Judgement
the Newsbringers

so if these people
are ungrateful for them
We have already
given it in trust
to a people
who will never
be ungrateful

those are the ones
whom God has guided
so follow their guiding

say

"I ask of you
no wage for this

it is just a Reminder
to all the worlds"

they did not measure God
with Hu's true measure
when they said

"God has not
sent down anything
to any human"

say

"Who sent down the Book
that Moses brought
as a light and a guide
for humankind?

you put it down on
sheets of parchment
to display it
but hiding much

and you were taught
what you did not know
you and those before you"

say

"God"

then leave them alone
lost in playing games

this is a Book
We have sent down

blessed

and making clear the truth
of what was before it

and for you to warn
the Mother of Cities
and the people around her

and those who believe
in the world to come
believe in it

and watch over
their Sala

who could be
more wicked
than the one who
makes up a lie
against God

or says

"It has been
revealed to me"

when nothing
has been revealed
to them

or the one who says

"I will reveal something
equal to what
God has revealed"

if you could only see
when the wicked are in
the agonies of death

and the Angels
are stretching out
their hands
saying

"Give up your souls

today you will
have your payment
by the punishment
of shame
for the lies you told
against God

full of pride
against Hu's Signs"

now you come to Us
all alone
as We created you
the first time

and you have left behind
what We gave to you

We do not see anyone
to plead on your behalf

those you said were
your partners with God

the ties between you
have been cut

what you imagined
has gone astray

it is God

Hu splits the grain
and the date stone

brings out the living
from the dead

Hu brings out the dead
from the living as well

that is God

so how can you
turn away from
the truth?

Hu splits the sky
into dawn

and has made the night
for rest

and the sun and moon
to keep count

that is
the design of
the All-Powerful
the All-Knowing

it is Hu
made the stars for you

so they can be
your guide
when land and sea are dark

We have made the Signs
clear
for people who know

it is Hu
made you
from one living soul

then a living place

then a place of rest

We have made the Signs
clear
for people who understand

it is Hu
sent down water
out of heaven
and by it brought out
the shoot of every plant

and then
We have brought out
the green leaf of it
bringing out
close packed seeds

and out of
the palm tree
from its grip
thick clusters of dates
within reach

and gardens of grape vines
and olives
and pomegranates

each like the other
but different

look at their fruits
as they grow and get ripe

surely in that
are Signs
for people who believe

yet they made the jinn
partners with God
though Hu created them

and they say
with no knowledge

"Hu has
sons and daughters"

Glory be to Hu
far above
what they describe

the Creator of
the heavens and the earth

how would Hu
have a child
when Hu has no partner

and Hu created all things

and Hu has knowledge
of everything?

that is God
your Liege

there is no god
other than Hu

Creator
of everything

so serve Hu

for Hu is
the All-Trustworthy
guardian over everything

no eyes can see Hu
but Hu
sees through all eyes

Hu is
the Subtle
the All-Aware

clear proofs
have come to you
from your Liege

whoever sees clearly
it is to their own gain

and whoever is blind to it
it is to their own loss

I am not
your keeper

We turn the Signs about
so they may say

"You have studied"

and so that We
can make it clear
for people who know

follow what has been
revealed to you
from your Liege

there is no god but Hu

and turn away
from those who
give God partners

if God had willed
they would not be
idol worshippers

and We have not
put you over them
as keeper

and you are not
their guardian

do not give abuse
to those false gods
to whom they pray
instead of God

or they will
abuse God in revenge
without knowledge

We have made
the actions
of every people
attractive to them

then to their Liege
they will return

and Hu will tell them
about what they did

they have promised
by God
the most solemn promise

if a Sign comes to them
they will believe it

say

"Signs are only with God"

what will make you realise
that if a Sign did come
they still
would not believe?

We would turn aside
their hearts and their eyes

in the same way
that they did not believe it
the first time

and We shall leave them
determined to be
stubborn

wandering blindly

even though
We had sent down Angels
to them

and the dead had spoken
with them

if We had gathered
against them
everything

in front of them
before their eyes

still they would not
have been the ones
to believe

unless God willed

but most of them
are ignorant

so We have made
for every Newsbringer
an enemy

Satans
of humans and jinn

who use
persuasive words
to each other
so as to deceive

but if your Liege had willed
they would never
have done it

so leave them
to what they are doing

and so that
the hearts of those
who do not believe in
the world to come

may drift towards
what they say
and be pleased by it

and pass on what they
have heard passed on

shall I look for
any judge
other than God?

for it is Hu
sent down to you
the Book
to make things clear

and those to whom
We have given the Book
know it is sent down
from your Liege
with the truth

so do not be one of
those who doubt

the Words of
your Liege
are perfect
in truth and justice

no human
can change Hu's Words

Hu is
the All-Hearing
the All-Knowing

if you obey
most of the people on earth
they will lead you
to take the wrong way
not the path of God

they follow only
imaginings

they are
just guessing

your Liege
knows very well
who takes the wrong way

not Hu's path

Hu knows very well
the right guided

eat what has had
God's Name
said over it

if you believe
in Hu's Signs

and why would you
not eat
what has had
God's Name said over it

now Hu has
made clear to you
what Hu has forbidden you
unless you are
forced to do it?

but truly many people
lead others to take
the wrong way
by what they make up
with no knowledge

your Liege
knows very well
those who go
beyond the limits

give up bad deeds
and bad thoughts

surely those who are bad
will be paid back
what they have earned

and do not eat
what has not had
God's Name said over it

that is leaving
the right way

the Satans
tell their friends
to argue with you

if you obey them
you give partners
to God

is someone who was dead
and We gave them life
and gave them
a light to walk by
among the people

the same as someone
in deep shadows
who cannot
escape from them?

the things they have done
are made attractive
to those who are
ungrateful

and in that way
We have put in every city
powerful people
among the wrong doers
to plot things there

but they only plot
against themselves

and they are not aware

and when
a Sign came to them
they said

"We will not believe
until we are given
the like of what
God's Messengers
were given"

God knows very well
where to put
Hu's Message

and shame in God's sight
will come to those
who do wrong

and a terrible punishment
for what they plotted

whoever
God wants to guide
Hu opens their breast
to surrender

whoever Hu wants
to take the wrong way
Hu makes their breast
narrow and tight

as though they were
trying to climb
up to the sky

so God puts disgrace
on those
who do not believe

this is the path
of your Liege

straight

We have made clear
the Signs
to people who
remember

they have
a peaceful home
with their Liege

and Hu is
their Protector
because of
what they did

on the day when Hu will
gather them all together

"Gathering of jinn
you made many followers
amongst humans"

then their human friends
will say

"Our Liege
we have done well
by each other

and we have reached
the time you chose for us"

Hu will say

"The Fire is your home
to live there forever
unless God wills"

surely your Liege is
All-Wise
All-Knowing

so We make
those who do wrong
friends of one another

because of
what they have done

gathering of jinn
and humans

"Did not Messengers
come to you
from among you

telling you of My Signs
and warning you
of your meeting this day?"

they shall say

"We testify
against ourselves"

they were deceived
by the present life

and they will testify
against themselves
that they had been
ungrateful

that is because
your Liege
would never have
destroyed the cities
unjustly

while those who lived there
were not aware

all have different levels
according to
what they have done

your Liege
does not ignore
the things they do

your Liege is
Rich-beyond-Need
full of mercy

if Hu wills
Hu can take you away
and leave to replace you
whoever Hu wills

just as Hu produced you
from the children
of other people

the thing you are promised
will surely come

you cannot prevent it

say

"My people
do what you can
as I am doing

and surely you will know
who will have
the best home in the end"

surely the wicked
will not do well

they reserve for God
a share of
the crops and livestock
that Hu
made in such numbers

saying

"We think
this is for God

and this is for the partners
we give to Hu"

and what is for
those they partner with Hu
does not reach God

and what is for God
does not reach
those they partner with Hu

how evil is
the judgement
they make

and so it was
that killing their children
was made to seem good
for many idol worshippers

to destroy them
and confuse
their way of life
for them

had God willed
they would not
have done it

so leave them
to what they do

they say

"These livestock and crops
are holy

no-one shall eat them
except who we want"

so they say

and that
there are animals
on whose backs
you are not allowed to ride

and livestock over which
they will not mention
the Name of God

all that they say
invented against God

Hu will surely
pay them back
for what they were
inventing

and they say

"What is in the bellies
of certain livestock
is only for our men
and forbidden to our wives

but if it is born dead
then they can share in it"

Hu will surely
pay them back
for what they say

surely Hu is
All-Wise
All-Knowing

those who
kill their children
foolishly
without knowledge

and forbid
what God has
provided for them

inventing lies against God

have taken
the wrong way
and are not right guided

it is Hu
produces gardens
some planned
and some wild

with palm trees
and crops with
different fruits

olives and pomegranates
each like the other
but different

eat of their fruits
when they have grown

and pay what is due
on the day of harvest

and do not be wasteful
God does not love
the wasteful

and of the livestock
some for bearing loads
and some for killing

eat of what
God has provided for you

and do not follow
the footsteps of Satan

it is a clear enemy to you

two pairs of sheep
and two of goats

say

"Is it the two males
Hu has forbidden
or the two females?

or what the wombs of
the two females contain?

tell me with knowledge
if you speak truly"

and a pair of camels
and a pair of oxen

say

"Is it the two males
Hu has forbidden
or the two females?

or what the wombs of
the two females contain?

were you there when
God gave you
this instruction?"

who does greater evil
than one who invents
a lie against God

in order to lead
humankind
to take
the wrong way
with no knowledge?

surely God does not guide
the people who do evil

say

"I do not find
in what has been
revealed to me
anything not allowed
to be eaten

except
creatures found dead
flowing blood
and the flesh of pigs

for they are not clean

or something
that has been offered up
to other than God"

but for anyone
who is forced
not wanting
to step over the limits

surely your Liege is
Most-Forgiving
Ever-Merciful

and to the Jews
We have forbidden
every animal with claws

and We have
forbidden them
the fat of oxen and sheep
except what is on their backs

or their intestines

or what is mixed with bone

so We may repay them
for their insults

surely We speak truly

so if they call you a liar
say

"Your Liege
embraces everything
with mercy"

and Hu's power
will never be turned back
from the people
who do wrong

the idol worshippers
will say

"If God had willed
we would not have been
idol worshippers

nor those before us

nor would we have
forbidden anything"

and like that
the people before them
called it lies

until they tasted
Our power

say

"Have you any knowledge
for you to show to us?

you follow only
imaginings

you are
just guessing"

say

"To God belongs
the final argument

for had Hu willed
Hu would have
guided you all"

say

"Bring your witnesses

those who testify
that God
has forbidden this"

then if they testify
do not testify with them

and do not follow
the guesses of those
who called Our Signs lies

who do not believe
in the world to come

and make others
equal to their Liege

say

"Come
I will tell you
what your Liege
has forbidden you

that you do not
give any partners
to Hu

and be good to
your parents

and do not
kill your children
because you are poor

We will provide
for you and them

and that you do not
come close
to what is wrong

in what you do
or what you think

and that you do not kill
anyone God has forbidden
unless you have the right"

that is what Hu
has told you to do

hopefully
you will
understand

"and that you do not use
the property of an orphan
except in the best way
until they are of age

and give full measure
and weigh the balance
with justice"

We do not ask anyone
to do anything
that they cannot do

"and when you speak
be just

even if it concerns
a close relative

and keep your promise
to God"

that is what
Hu tells you to do

hopefully you will
remember

this is My path
and it is straight
so follow it

and do not follow
different paths

in case they scatter you
away from Hu's path

that is what Hu
has told you to do

hopefully
you will be
Mindful of God

then We gave Moses
the Book

complete and perfect
for the one who does good

making everything clear
and as a guide
and a mercy

so hopefully
they would believe
in the meeting
with their Liege

this is a Book
We have sent down

blessed

so follow it
and be
Mindful of God

so with hope
you will find
mercy

so you cannot say

"The Book was only
sent down to
two groups before us

and we did not know
about what they studied"

and you cannot say

"If the Book had been
sent down to us
we would surely
have been better guided
than they are"

but indeed
a Clear Sign
has come to you
from your Liege

and a guide
and a mercy

and who does worse
than the one who
calls God's Signs lies
and turns away from them?

We shall surely repay
those who turn away
from Our Signs
with an
evil punishment
for their turning away

what are they waiting for?

nothing less than that
the Angels come to them?

or that your Liege
should come?

or that one of
your Liege's Signs
should come?

on the day that one of
your Liege's Signs comes

it will be of no use
for a soul to believe
if it never believed before
and deserved some good
from that belief

say

"Watch and wait"

surely
We are waiting

those who have
divided up
their way of life
and become
separate groups

you have nothing
to do with them

their matter
is up to God
then Hu will tell them
what they have been doing

whoever brings
a good deed
shall have
ten
as good as it

and whoever brings
a bad deed
will only be repaid
as bad as it

they will not be
wronged

say

"As for me
my Liege has guided me
to a straight path

a truth loving
Way of Life

the Way of Abraham
a man of pure belief

he gave no partners to
God"

say

"My Sala
and the life offered up

my living

my dying

all belong to God

the Liege of
all the worlds

Hu
has no partner
with this

I have been
commanded

and I am the first
of those who
surrender"

say

"Will I look for a Liege
other than God
the Liege of everything?"

what each soul earns
is for them alone

no soul weighed down
carries the load of another

then to your Liege
you shall return

and Hu will tell you
about the things
you disagreed on

it is Hu made you
to stay behind
on the earth

and has raised some of you
higher than others

so that Hu may test you
as to what
Hu has given you

surely your Liege
is quick in punishment

and surely
Hu is
Most-Forgiving
Ever-Merciful

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