# Sura  45 - The Kneeling

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> SURA XLV (45) - THE KNEELING     (Mecca - 36 Verses)         (LXXII - 197)     
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>        In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
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>        Ha. Mim.  This Book is sent down from God, the Mighty, the Wise!
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>        Assuredly in the Heavens and the Earth are signs for those who believe:
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>        And in your own creation, and in the beasts which are scattered abroad
> are signs to the firm in faith:
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>        And in the succession of night and day, and in the supply which God
> sendeth down from the Heaven whereby He giveth life to the earth when dead,
> and in the change of the winds, are signs for a people of discernment.
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>        Such are the signs of God:  with truth do we recite them to thee.  But
> in what teaching will they believe, if they reject God and his signs?
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>        Woe to every lying sinner,
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>        Who heareth the signs of God recited to him, and then, as though he
> heard them not, persisteth in proud disdain!  Apprise him of an afflictive
> punishment.
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>        And when he becometh acquainted with any of our signs he turneth them
> into ridicule.  These! a shameful punishment for them!
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>        Hell is behind them! and neither their gains nor the lords whom they
> have adopted beside God shall avail them in the least: and theirs, a great
> punishment!
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> 45:10  This is "Guidance:" and for those who disbelieve the signs of their Lord
> is the punishment of an afflictive torment.
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>        It is God who hath subjected the sea to you that the ships may traverse
> it at his bidding, and that ye may go in quest of the gifts of his bounty, and
> that ye may be thankful.
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>        And he hath subjected to you all that is in the Heavens and all that is
> on the Earth: all is from him.  Verily, herein are signs for those who reflect.
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>        Tell the believers to pardon those who hope not for the days of God in
> which He purposeth to reward men according to their deeds.
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>        He who doth that which is right, doth it to his own behoof, and whoso
> doth evil, doth it to his own hurt.  Hereafter, to your Lord shall ye be
> brought back.
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>        To the children of Israel gave we of old the Book and the Wisdom, and
> the gift of Prophecy, and we supplied them with good things, and privileged
> them above all peoples:
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>        And we gave them clear sanctions for our behests: neither did they
> differ, through mutual envy, till after they had become possessed of knowledge;
> but thy Lord will judge between them on the day of resurrection, as to the
> subject of their disputes.
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>        Afterwards, we set thee over our divine law: follow it then: and follow
> not the wishes of those who have no knowledge,
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>        For against God shall they avail thee nothing.  And in sooth, the doers
> of evil are one another's patrons; but the patron of them that fear Him is God
> himself.
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>        This Book hath insight for mankind, and a Guidance and Mercy to a people
> who are firm in faith.
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> 45:20  Deem they whose gettings are only evil, that we will deal with them as
> with those who believe and work righteousness, so that their lives and deaths
> shall be alike?  Ill do they judge.
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>        In all truth hath God created the Heavens and the Earth, that he may
> reward every one as he shall have wrought; and they shall not be wronged.
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>        What thinkest thou?  he who hath made a God of his passions, and whom
> God causeth wilfully to err, and whose ears and whose heart he hath sealed up,
> and over whose sight he hath placed a veil - who, after his rejection by God,
> shall guide such a one?  Will ye not then be warned?
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>        And they say, "There is only this our present life: we die and we live,
> and nought but time destroyeth us."  But in this they have no knowledge: it is
> merely their own conceit.
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>        And when our clear signs are recited to them, their only argument is to
> say, "Bring back our fathers, if ye speak the truth."
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>        Say:  God giveth you life, then causeth you to die: then will He
> assemble you on the day of resurrection: there is no doubt of it: but most men
> have not this knowledge.
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>        And God's is the kingdom of the Heavens and of the Earth; and on the day
> when the Hour shall arrive, on that day shall the despisers perish.
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>        And thou shalt see every nation kneeling: to its own book shall every
> nation be summoned: - "This day shall ye be repaid as ye have wrought.
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>        This our Book will speak of you with truth: therein have we written down
> whatever ye have done."
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>        As to those who have believed and wrought righteously, into his mercy
> shall their Lord cause them to enter.  This shall be undoubted bliss!
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> 45:30  But as to the Infidels - "Were not my signs recited to you? but ye
> proudly scorned them, and became a sinful people."
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>        And when it was said, "Verily the Promise of God is truth; and as to the
> Hour, there is no doubt of it;" ye said, "We know not what the hour is - we
> conceive it a mere conceit, - we have no assurance of it,"
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>        And the evils they have wrought shall rise up into their view, and that
> at which they mocked shall hem them in on every side.
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>        And it shall be said to them, "This day will we forget you as ye forgat
> your meeting with us this day, and your abode shall be the fire, and none shall
> there be to succour you: -
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>        This, because ye received the signs of God with mockery, and this
> present life deceived you."  On that that therefore they shall not come out
> from it; and they shall not be asked to win the favour of God.
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>        Praise then be to God, Lord of the Heavens and Lord of the Earth; the
> Lord of the world!
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>        And He be the greatness in the Heavens and on the Earth; for He is the
> Mighty, the Wise!
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> — *Sura  45 - The Kneeling*