IslamAwakened.com Qur'an Tafsir of Surah as-Saffat - Those Who Set The Ranks, Drawn up in Ranks, The Rangers as rendered by Musharraf Hussain
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By the a ngels – arranged in rows,
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who stop people from evil
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and by those who recite the word
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that your Lord is One,
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Lord of the Heavens and the Earth and what is between them, the Lord of the Easts.
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We have decorated the lower sky with the stars
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and protected it from every disobedient devil.
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They cannot eavesdrop on the higher assembly of angels, they will be attacked from all sides
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and driven out. Theirs is everlasting punishment.
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The snatcher of information is chased by a fiery comet
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Ask: “Are they more difficult to create than the rest of the creation?” We created them from a sticky clay.
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Are you surprised they mock,
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if they are reminded they take no notice;
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when they see a sign they poke fun at it,
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saying, “This is magic;
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when we are dead and become dust and bones will we
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be raised to life with our forefathers?”
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Say: “Yes, and you will be despised!
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It will be a single blast as they look on terrified.
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With regret they will say, “This is Judgement Day.”
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Indeed, the Day of Decision that you denied.
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The angels will be ordered: “Gather the wicked people, including their spouses and whatever they worshipped
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beside Allah, and lead them on the path to the Blazing Fire.
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Stop them for questioning,
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why are you not helping each other today?”
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No, today is the Day that they submit fully.
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They will confront each other, quarrelling.
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“You overpowered us,”
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they will reply, “No! You didn’t want to be believers;
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we had no power over you, you were rebellious anyway.
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Our Lord’s judgement against us is fair. We’ll taste the punishment.
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We misguided you since we were misguided.”
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That Day they will share the punishment;
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that’s Our way of dealing with sinners.
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The arrogant people, when they were asked to say: “There is no God but Allah,”
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said, “Should we give up our gods for the sake of a mad poet?”
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Nay, he came with the truth and confirmed the previous prophets.
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Now taste the painful punishment.
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You’ll be repaid fully for what you did
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The sincere servants of Allah
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will have plenty of provisions; fruits they were familiar with.
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They shall be honoured
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in Gardens of Delight,
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sitting on comfortable sofas facing each other;
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they shall be served drinks in cups filled from a flowing fountain,
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white and delicious for the drinkers;
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this wine won’t cause headache or confusion;
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sitting with their spouses of modest gaze and lovely eyes;
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like precious eggs, well-preserved
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They will turn to one another asking questions;
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one of them will ask, “I had a friend
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who would ask me, ‘Do you really believe:
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when we are dead and turned to dust and bones we shall be brought back for judgement?’
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He will say, ‘Would you like to see him?’
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So when he looked down, he saw him in the middle of the blazing Fire.
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He said, ‘By Allah, you nearly ruined me;
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hadn’t it been for the gift of my Lord, I would have been in Hell too.
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Aren’t we to die except for our first death?
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Shall we never suffer?’
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This is a real victory.
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Everyone should work for this
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Is this better hospitality or the tree of Zaqqum?
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We made this to chastise the wicked.
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It is a tree that grows in the middle of Hell.
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Its fruit is like the heads of Satan.
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They will eat from it to fill their bellies,
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then drink boiling water,
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their home is Hell.
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They found their forefathers misguided,
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and thoughtlessly followed in their footsteps;
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previously, most of them were misguided.
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We sent many warners to them.
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Look, what’s the fate of those who were warned;
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only the sincere servants of Allah were saved
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Remember when Nuh prayed to Us, so We responded graciously
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and saved him and his followers from a terrible suffering.
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We made his offspring continue in the world,
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and we kept his praise in the future generations.
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Peace be upon Nuh of all people.
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This is how We reward the righteous.
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He was our faithful servant.
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The others We drowned
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Ibrahim was from the same group;
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he turned to his Lord with a heart free of evil.
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He asked his father and people, “What do you worship
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do you take false gods beside Allah?
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What do you think about the Lord of the worlds?”
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He looked at the stars
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and said, “I’m sick.”
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So people turned away and left him alone
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So he quietly went to the templefull of idols and spoke with the idols: “Don’t you eat?
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Why don’t you speak?”
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He turned on them striking them with full force.
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His people came to him hurriedly.
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He said to them, “Why do you worship something you shape with your hands?
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Allah created you and all you do.”
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They decided: “Let’s make a pile of wood and throw him into a blazing fire.”
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They plotted against him but We ruined their plot
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He said, “I’m going to my Lord, He will guide me;
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Lord, give me a pious son.”
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So We gave good news of a son with strong character.
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When he was old enough to work with him, one day he told him: “My son, I saw in a dream I’m sacrificing you; tell me what you think?” He replied, “Father, do as you were told; you’ll find me patient, Allah willing.”
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When both submitted and Ibrahim laid him face down,
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We called out: “Ibrahim
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you have fulfilled the dream. This is how We reward the righteous.”
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It was a clear test of faith.
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We saved Ismael in exchange for a slaughtered ram,
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and left his tribute among future generations.
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Peace be on Ibrahim.
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That’s how We reward the righteous,
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he was Our faithful servant.
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We later gave him good news of Ishaq, a righteous Prophet.
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We blessed him and Ishaq; some of their children were righteous, others wrongdoers
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We favoured Musa and Harun too;
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We rescued them and their people from a dreadful suffering,
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and helped them to become the winners.
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We gave them the Book that explained things clearly,
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We guided them on the straight path,
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and left their praise among the future generations.
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Peace be on Musa and Harun.
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That’s how We reward the righteous,
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Our faithful servants
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Ilyas was also from the messengers.
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He said to his people: “Won’t you believe?
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How can you worship Baal and turn your back on the best Creator?
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Isn’t Allah Your Lord and Lord of your forefathers?”
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But they denied and will be brought before Us,
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except for the devout servants of Allah.
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We left his praise among the later generations.
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Peace be on Ilyas.
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That’s how We reward the righteous,
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Our faithful servants
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Similarly, Lut was Our messenger.
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We saved him and all his followers
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except the old lady who remained behind.
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Then We destroyed all others.
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Quraysh! You pass through their ruins in broad daylight,
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and sometimes at night, don’t you understand
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Yunus was also from the messengers.
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When he fled on board the heavily-loaded ship,
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they cast lots, he was the loser, thrown overboard.
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A whale swallowed him, as he blamed himself.
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Had he not been among those who glorify Allah,
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he would have stayed in its belly till the Day of Resurrection.
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Eventually, We flung him out, sick, on to an empty shore.
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We caused a gourd tree to grow over to shade him,
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and sent him back to one hundred thousand or more people.
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They believed, so We allowed them to enjoy their lives fully.
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So ask the disbelievers: “You assign daughters for your Lord and sons for yourself?
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Were you witness when We created the angels?”
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Beware! This is another of their concocted lies, they say,
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“Allah has begotten;” they are liars.
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Did He choose daughters over sons?
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What has come over you that you judge in this way?
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Do you not pay attention?
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Or do you have evidence?
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Bring your book if you are truthful.
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They declare a relationship between Him and the jinn, and the jinn know they will be brought before him.
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Glory be to Allah, He is far above what they imagine.
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The true servants of Allah don’t do such things.
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Neither you nor what you worship
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can tempt anyone away from Allah
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except him who will burn in the Blazing Fire
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The angels will say, “each one of us has a role;
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we are organised in ranks
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and we glorify Allah.
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The disbelievers used to say,
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“If we had the Scripture like the past people,
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we would have been like the devout servants of Allah.”
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So they disbelieved the Quran; soon they will know
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Our promise to the messengers, Our servants, was fulfilled;
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they were helped
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and our armies were the winners.
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So leave them for a while.
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Watch them, they will see the reality soon.
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Do they want our punishment to come sooner?
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When it comes into their courtyards it will be a terrible morning for those warned.
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Leave them for a while
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and watch, soon they will see the reality.
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Glory be to Your Lord, Lord of Might and Power far above their claims.
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And peace be on the Messengers
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and all praises are for Allah, Lord of the worlds
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