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18. Walaysati a
l
ttawbatu lillatheena yaAAmaloona a
l
ssayyi-ati hatta itha hadara
ahadahumu almawtu qala innee tubtu al-ana wala allatheena yamootoona wahum
kuffarun ola-ika aAAtadna lahum AAathaban aleema
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18. Of no effect is the repentance of those who continue to do evil, until death faces one
of them, and he says, "Now have I repented indeed;" nor of those who die rejecting Faith:
for them have We prepared a punishment most grievous.
19. Ya ayyuha allatheena amanoo la yahillu lakum an tarithoo a
l
nnisaa karhan wala
taAAduloohunna litathhaboo bibaAAdi ma ataytumoohunna illa an ya/teena bifahishatin
mubayyinatin waAAashiroohunna bi
a
lmaAAroofi fa-in karihtumoohunna faAAasa an
takrahoo shay-an wayajAAala Allahu feehi khayran katheera
n
19. O ye who believe! Ye are forbidden to inherit women against their will. Nor should
ye treat them with harshness, that ye may Take away part of the dower ye have given
them,-except where they have been guilty of open lewdness; on the contrary l ive with
them on a footing of kindness and equity. If ye take a dislike to them it may be that ye
dislike a thing, and God brings about through it a great deal of good.
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