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“AS to those who have debarred themselves from the …” 140 |
AS to those who have debarred themselves from the
Revelation of God, they have indeed failed to understand
the significance of a single letter of the Qur’án, nor have
they obtained the slightest notion of the Faith of Islám,
otherwise they would not have turned away from God,
Who hath brought them into being, Who hath nurtured
them, hath caused them to die and hath proffered life unto
them, by clinging to parts of their religion, thinking that
they are doing righteous work for the sake of God.
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How numerous the verses which have been revealed
concerning the grievous tests ye shall experience on the Day
of Judgement, yet it appeareth that ye have never perused
them; and how vast the number of revealed traditions
regarding the trials which will overtake you on the Day of
Our Return, and yet ye seem never to have set your eyes
upon them.
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God hath made His Own Self known unto you, but ye
have failed to recognize Him; and the thing which will, on
the Day of Judgement, turn you aside from God is the
specious character of your deeds. Throughout your lives
ye follow your religion in order to attract the good-pleasure
of God, yet on the Last Day ye shut yourselves out
from God and turn away from Him Who is your Promised
One. XVII, 2.
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