Indeed, the wicked will be in the torment of Hell forever.
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It will never be lightened for them, and there they will be overwhelmed with despair.
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We did not wrong them, but it was they who were the wrongdoers.
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They will cry, “O Mâlik!1 Let your Lord finish us off.” He will answer, “You are definitely here to stay.”
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We certainly brought the truth to you, but most of you were resentful of the truth.
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Or have they mastered some ˹evil˺ plan? Then We ˹too˺ are surely planning.
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Or do they think that We do not hear their ˹evil˺ thoughts and secret talks? Yes ˹We do˺! And Our messenger-angels are in their presence, recording ˹it all˺.
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Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “If the Most Compassionate ˹really˺ had offspring, I would be the first worshipper.”
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Glorified is the Lord of the heavens and the earth, the Lord of the Throne, far above what they claim.
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So let them indulge ˹in falsehood˺ and amuse ˹themselves˺ until they face their Day, which they have been warned of.
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It is He Who is ˹the only˺ God in the heavens and ˹the only˺ God on the earth. For He is the All-Wise, All-Knowing.
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And Blessed is the One to Whom belongs the kingdom of the heavens and the earth and everything in between! With Him ˹alone˺ is the knowledge of the Hour. And to Him you will ˹all˺ be returned.
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˹But˺ those ˹objects of worship˺ they invoke besides Him have no power to intercede, except those who testify to the truth knowingly.1
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If you ask them ˹O Prophet˺ who created them, they will certainly say, “Allah!” How can they then be deluded ˹from the truth˺?
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˹Allah is Aware of˺ the Prophet’s cry: “O my Lord! Indeed, these are a people who persist in disbelief.”
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So bear with them and respond with peace. They will soon come to know.
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