20:124
“But whosoever turns away from My Message, verily for him is a
life narrowed down, and We shall raise him up blind on the Day of
Judgment.”
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He will say: “O my Lord! why hast Thou raised me up blind, while
I had sight (before)?”
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(Allah) will say: “Thus didst Thou, when Our Signs came unto thee,
disregard them: so wilt thou, this day, be disregarded.”
20:127
And thus do We recompense him who transgresses beyond bounds
and believes not in the Signs of his Lord: and the Penalty of the
Hereafter is far more grievous and more enduring.
20:128
Is it not a warning to such men (to call to mind) how many
generations before them We destroyed, in whose haunts they (now)
move? Verily, in this are Signs for men endued with understanding.
20:129
Had it not been for a Word that went forth before from thy Lord,
(their punishment) must necessarily have come; but there is a Term
appointed (for respite).
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Therefore be patient with what they say, and celebrate (constantly)
the praises of thy Lord, before the rising of the sun, and before its
setting; yea, celebrate them for part of the hours of the night, and at
the sides of the day: that thou mayest have (spiritual) joy.
20:131
Nor strain thine eyes in longing for the things We have given for
enjoyment to parties of them, the splendour of the life of this world,
through which We test them: but the provision of thy Lord is better
and more enduring.
20:132
Enjoin prayer on thy people, and be constant therein. We ask thee
not to provide sustenance: We provide it for thee. But the (fruit of)
the Hereafter is for righteousness.
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They say: “Why does he not bring us a sign from his Lord?” Has not
a Clear Sign come to them of all that was in the former Books of
revelation?