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and left them in darkness [so] they could not see.
18.Deaf,
dumb
and
blind –so
they
will
not
return
[to
the
right path].
19.Or
[it
is]
like
a
rainstorm
from
the
sky
within
which
is darkness,
thunder
and
lightning.
T
hey
put
their
fingers
in
13The
"disease"
mentioned
here
includes
doubt,
hypocrisy,
arrogance
and disbelief.

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their
ears
against
the
thunderclaps
in
dread of
death.
B
ut AllŒh is encompassing14of the disbelievers.
20.The lightning almost snatches away their sight. Every time it lights [the way] for them, they walk therein; but when darknesscomes over
them,
they
stand
[still].
A
nd
if
AllŒh
had
willed, He could
have
taken
away
their
hearing
and
their
sight. Indeed, AllŒh is over all things competent.
21.O
mankind,
worship
your
Lord,
who
created
you
and
those before you, that you may become righteous –
22.[He]
who
made
for
you
the
earth
a
bed
[spread
out]and
the sky a ceiling and sent down from the sky, rain and brought forththereby fruits as provision for you. So do not attribute to AllŒh equals while you know [that there is nothing similar to Him].
23.And
if
you
are
in doubt
about
what
We
have
sent
down
[i.e., the QurÕŒn] upon Our Servant [i.e., Prophet Muúammad()], then produce a s´rah the like thereof and call upon your witnesses[i.e., supporters] other than AllŒh, if you should be truthful.
24.But
if
you
do not –and you
will
never
be able
to –then
fear the
Fire,
whose
fuel
is m
en
and
stones,
prepared
for
the disbelievers.
25.And
give good
tidings
to
those
who
believe
and
do
righteous deeds that they will have gardens [in Paradise] beneath which rivers
flow.
W
henever
they are
provided
with
a provision of fruit therefrom, they will say, "This is what we were provided
14AllŒh
states
in
the
QurÕŒn
that
He
has
certain
attributes
such
as
hearing, sight,
hands, face,
mercy,
anger,
coming,
encompassing,
being
above
the Throne,
etc.
Y
et,
He
has
disassociated
Himself
from
the
limitations
of human
attributes
or
human
imagination.
C
orrect
IslŒmic
belief
requires faith
in
the
existence
of
these
attributes
as
AllŒh
has
described
them without
applying
to
them
any
allegorical
meanings
or
attempting
to explain how a certain quality could be (while this is known only to AllŒh) and
without
comparing
them
to
creation
or
denying
that
He
(subúŒnahu wa
taÔŒlŒ)
would
have
such
aquality.
H
is
attributes
are befitting
to
Him alone, and "There is nothing like unto Him."(42:11)

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with
before."
A
nd
it
is given
to
them
in
likeness.
A
nd
they will have therein purified spouses, and they will abide therein eternally.
26.Indeed,
AllŒh
is not
timid
to
present
an
example –that
of
a mosquito
or
what
is smaller15than
it.
A
nd
those
who
have believed know
that
it
is the
truth
from
their
Lord.
B
ut
as
for those who disbelieve, they say, "What did AllŒh intend by this as an example?" He misleads many thereby and guides many thereby. And He misleads not except the defiantly disobedient,
27.Who break the covenant of AllŒh after contracting it and sever that which AllŒh has ordered to be joined and cause corruptionon earth. It is those who are the losers.
28.How
can
you
disbelieve
in
AllŒh
when
you
were
lifeless
and He brought you to life; then He will cause you to die, then He will
bring
you
[back]
to
life,
and
then
to
Him
you
will
be returned.
29.It
is He
who
created
for you
all
of
that
which
is on
the
earth. Then
He
directed
Himself16to
the
heaven,
[His
being
above all creation], and made them seven heavens, and He is Knowingof all things.
30.And [mention, O Muúammad], when your Lord said to the angels,"Indeed,
I
will
make
upon
the
earth
a
successive
authority."17 They said, "Will You place upon it one who causes corruption therein
and
sheds
blood,
while
we
declare
Your
praise
and sanctify
You?"
H
e
[AllŒh]
said,
"Indeed,
I
know
that
which you do not know."
31.And
He
taught
Adam
the
names –all
of
them.
T
henHe showed them to the angels and said, "Inform Me of the names of these, if you are truthful."
32.They
said,
"Exalted
are
You;
we
have
no
knowledge
except