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146. Unto those who are Jews We forbade every animal with claws. And of the oxen and the sheep forbade We unto
them the fat thereof save that upon the backs or the entrails, or that which is mixed with the bone. That We awarded
them for their rebellion. And lot We verily are Truthful.
147. So if they give the lie to thee (Muhammad), say: Your Lord is a Lord of all embracing mercy, and His wrath will
never be withdrawn from guilty folk.
148. They who are idolaters will say: Had Allah willed, we had not ascribed (unto Him) partners neither had our fathers,
nor had we forbidden aught. Thus did those who were before them give the lie (to Allah's messengers) till they tasted
of the fear of Us. Say: Have ye any knowledge that ye can adduce for us? Lo! ye follow naught but an opinion. Lo! ye
do but guess.
149. Say For Allah's is the final argument. Had He willed He could indeed have guided all of you.
150. Say: Come, bring your witnesses who can bear witness that Allah forbade (all) this. And if they bear witness, do
not thou bear witness with them. Follow thou not the whims of those who deny Our revelations, those who believe not
in the Hereafter and deem (others) equal with their Lord.
151. Say: Come, I will recite unto you that which your Lord hath made a sacred duty for you: that ye ascribe no thing
as partner unto Him and that ye do good to parents, and that ye slay not your children because of penury. We provide
for you and for them and that ye draw not nigh to lewd things whether open or concealed. And that ye slay not the life
which Allah hath made sacred, save in the course of justice. This He hath commanded you, in order that ye may discern.
152. And approach not the wealth of the orphan save with that which is better; till he reach maturity. Give full measure
and full weight, in justice. We task not any soul beyond its scope. And if ye give your word, do justice thereunto, even
though it be (against) a kinsman; and fulfil the covenant of Allah. This He commandeth you that haply ye may
remember.
153. And (He commandeth you, saying) : This is My straight path, so follow it Follow not other ways, lest ye be parted
from His way: This hath He ordained for you, that ye may ward off (evil).
154. Again, We gave the Scripture unto Moses, complete for him who would do good, an explanation of all things, a
guidance and a mercy, that they might believe in the meeting with their Lord.
155. And this is a blessed Scripture which We have revealed So follow it and ward off (evil), that ye may find mercy
156. Lest ye should say : The Scripture was revealed only to two sects before us, and we in truth were unaware of what
they read;
157. Or lest ye should say: If the Scripture had been revealed unto us, we surely had been better guided than are they.
Now hath there come unto you a clear proof from your Lord, a guidance and a mercy; and who doeth greater wrong than
he who denieth the revelations of Allah, and turneth away from them? We award unto those who turn away from Our
revelations an evil doom because of their aversion.
158. Wait they, indeed, for nothing less than that the angels should come unto them, or thy Lord should come, or there
should come one of the portents from thy Lord? In the day when one of the portents from they Lord cometh, its belief
availeth naught a soul which theretofore believed not, nor in its belief earned good (by works). Say: Wait ye! Lo! We
(too) are waiting.
159. Lo! As for those who sunder their religion and become schismatics, no concern at all hast thou with them. Their
case will go to Allah, who then will tell them what they used to do.
160. Whoso bringeth a good deed will receive tenfold the like thereof, while whoso bringeth an ill deed will be
awarded but the like thereof; and they will not be wronged.
161. Say: Lo! As for me, my Lord hath guided me unto a straight path, a right religion, the community of Abraham, the
upright, who was no idolater.
162. Say: Lo! my worship and, my sacrifice and my living and my dying are for Allah, Lord of the Worlds.
163. He hath no partner. This am I commanded, and I am first of those who surrender (unto Him).
164. Say: Shall I seek another than Allah for Lord, when He is Lord of all things? Each soul earneth only on its own
account, nor doth any laden bear another's load. Then unto your Lord is your return and He will tell you that wherein
ye differed.
165. He it is who hath placed you as viceroys of the earth and hath exalted some of you in rank above others, that He
may try you by (the test of) that which He hath given you. Lo! Thy Lord is swift in prosecution, and lo! He is Forgiving,
Merciful.
