Summary

The Holy Qur'an (Maulana Muhammad Ali… (1920)

The Beneficent has no son; so I am the foremost of those who serve (God) .
82 Glory to the Lord of the heavens and the earth, the Lord of the Throne of Power, from what they describe
83 So let them talk and sport until they meet their day which they are promised.
84 And He it is Who is God in the heavens and God in the earth. And He is the Wise, the Knowing.
85 And blessed is He Whose is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth and all between them; and with Him is the knowledge of the Hour, and to Him you will be returned.
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The Holy Qur'an (Maulana Muhammad Ali… (1920)

O my people, is not the kingdom of Egypt mine and these rivers flowing beneath me? Do you not see?
52 Rather I am better than this (fellow) who is contemptible, and can hardly express himself clearly.
53 Why, then, have bracelets of gold not been bestowed on him or angels come along with him in procession?
54 So he incited his people to levity and they obeyed him. Surely they were a transgressing people
55 Then when they displeased Us, We exacted retribution from them, so We drowned them all together.
56 And We made them a thing past and an example for later generations.
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