23. Al-Mu’minun/The Believers
I/We begin by the Blessed Name of Allah
The Immensely Merciful to all, The Infinitely Compassionate to everyone.
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a. Indeed, The Believers will succeed.
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a. The Believers are those who humble themselves in their Salat/Prayers,
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a. and those who avoid frivolous talk and behavior,
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a. and those who regularly pay out the Zakat/annual charity,
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a. and those who guard their chastity -
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except from their spouses or from those whom their right hands possess -
for then, indeed, they are free from blame.
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a. But whoever seeks beyond that limit, those - they are the transgressors,
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a. and those who faithfully keep their trusts, pledges, contracts, and promises,
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a. and those who guard their Salat/Prayers from worldly distractions.
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a. It is they - they are the inheritors -
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who will inherit the Paradise of Firdaws,
they will live therein forever!
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And, indeed, WE created the human being out of the essence of clay.
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Thereafter, WE made him as a mingled drop in a secure repository of the female’s womb.
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And, then, WE made an embryo/clot from the drop,
and then WE made a lump from the embryo/clot,
and, then, WE made bones from the chewed-up lump,
and, then, WE clothed the bones with flesh and muscles.
And, then, out of that tiny drop, WE structured him into yet another creation.
So Exalted is Allah - the Best Creator of all creators!
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