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and as for those who disown, they say: "What did God intend by this example?"

Of mankind, those closest to Ibrahim are surely those who followed him, as well as this informant and those who have believed.

And here is a Scripture We have sent down, blessed, confirming what precedes it, so that you may warn the metropolis of cities and those around it.

And this is the path of your Guardian, straight.

And they assigned to God, of what He scattered as tilth and cattle, a portion, saying: "This is for God" — according to their claim — "and this is for our associates";

Or were you witnesses, when God recommended this to you?"

And here is a Scripture We have sent down, blessed; follow it, then, and guard yourselves, perhaps benevolence will be shown to you — lest you say: "The Scripture was sent down only upon two groups before us, and we were indeed heedless of their study", or lest you say: "Had the Scripture been sent down upon us, we would have been better guided than they."

and they will say: "Praise be to God, who guided us to this;

You have no authority for this.

She said: "Woe is me! Shall I bear a child, when I am old, and here is my husband, an old man?

He said: "I am Youssof, and this is my brother.

Yet the tongue of the one to whom they allude is garbled, whereas this tongue is flawless, explicit.

And do not say, for what your tongues falsely describe: "This is permitted and this is prohibited," so as to invent the lie against God:

Perhaps you will consume yourself with bitterness, following after them, if they do not believe in this discourse.

They said: "These two are indeed two workers of illusion who wish to drive you out of your land with their illusion and to carry off your exemplary course of conduct.

"Is this the one who mentions your deities?" — while they themselves disown the remembrance of the All-Benevolent.

And this is a blessed remembrance that We have sent down —

These are two opposing parties who have quarreled concerning their Guardian.

The court of his people, those who disowned, then said: "This is nothing but a human like you, who wants to gain superiority over you; had God willed, He would have sent down Agents; we have not heard this among our first ancestors. He is nothing but a man afflicted with derangement — so bide your time concerning him, for a time."

And if only, upon hearing it, you had said: "It is not for us to speak of this — glory be to You, this is an immense slander!"

"Is this the one God has raised up as a messenger? He nearly led us astray from our deities, had we not remained firmly attached to them!"

It is He who made the two seas meet: this one sweet, fresh, and that one salty, bitter.

And he entered the Capital at a moment of its people's inattention, and found there two men fighting: one from his own camp, the other from his enemies.

When Moussa brought them Our clear signs, they said: "This is nothing but an invented illusion; we never heard of this among our earliest forefathers."

so this is the Day of Raising — but you did not know."

And those who disown have said, "We will never believe in this Recitation, nor in what came before it."

this one is sweet, fresh, pleasant to drink, and that one is salty, bitter.

And the court, among them, set out, saying: "Go, and remain firm toward your deities! This is surely something intended. We have not heard of this in the last doctrine; this is nothing but a creation out of whole cloth. Was the Reminder sent down upon him, out of all of us?"

And those who disown said: "Do not listen to this Recitation, and talk idly over it, perhaps you will win out."

And this is a confirming Scripture, in a flawless tongue, so that you may warn those who have done wrong, and as good tidings for those who do good.

Or is it their composure that commands them to this, or are they a people who exceed all measure?

Is it this discourse that you treat with complaisance, and do you make your provision consist in denying?

So leave Me with whoever denies this discourse.

and We have not made their number except as a trial for those who disown — that those given the Scripture may be certain, and those who believe may increase in faith, and those given the Scripture and the believers may not doubt, and that those in whose cores is a sickness and the disowners may say, "What did God intend by this example?"

In the name of God, the All-Benevolent, the Benevolent. No! I swear by this land, and you are a resident in it, and by a begetter and what he begot! We have certainly created the human being in hardship.

In the name of God, the All-Benevolent, the Benevolent. By the fig and the olive! And by Mount Sinai! And by this secure land! We have certainly created the human being in the most beautiful of stature, then We brought him back to the lowest of the low, except those who have believed and done sound deeds: theirs is a reward never held over them.