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122. Awa man kana maytan faahyaynahu wajaAAalna lahu nooran yamshee bihi fee
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ulumati laysa bikharijin minha kathalika zuyyina
lilkafireena ma kanoo yaAAmaloon
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122. Can he who was dead, to whom We gave life, and a light whereby he can walk
amongst men, be like him who is in the depths of darkness, from which he can never
come out? Thus to those without faith their own deeds seem pleasing.
123. Wakathalika jaAAalna fee kulli qaryatin akabira mujrimeeha liyamkuroo feeha
wama yamkuroona illa bi-anfusihim wama yashAAuroon
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123. Thus have We placed leaders in every town, its wicked men, to plot (and burrow)
therein: but they only plot against their own souls, and they perceive it not.
124. Wa-itha jaat-hum ayatun qaloo lan nu/mina hatta nu/ta mithla ma ootiya rusulu
Allahi Allahu aAAlamu haythu yajAAalu risalatahu sayuseebu allatheena ajramoo
sagharun AAinda Allahi waAAathabun shadeedun bima kanoo yamkuroon
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124. When there comes to them a sign (from God), They say: "We shall not believe until
we receive one (exactly) like those received by God's apostles." God knoweth best where
(and how) to carry out His mission. Soon will the wicked be overtaken by humiliation
before God, and a severe punishment, for all their plots.
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