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Translation of page 269

1. 16:15

   And He has cast into the earth firmly set mountains, lest it shift with you, and [made] rivers and roads, that you may be guided,

2. 16:16

   And landmarks. And by the stars they are [also] guided.

3. 16:17

   Then is He who creates like one who does not create? So will you not be reminded?

4. 16:18

   And if you should count the favors of Allāh, you could not enumerate them. Indeed, Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful.

5. 16:19

   And Allāh knows what you conceal and what you declare.

6. 16:20

   And those they invoke other than Allāh create nothing, and they [themselves] are created.

7. 16:21

   They are [in fact] dead, not alive, and they do not perceive when they will be resurrected.

8. 16:22

   Your god is one God. But those who do not believe in the Hereafter - their hearts are disapproving, and they are arrogant.

9. 16:23

   Assuredly, Allāh knows what they conceal and what they declare. Indeed, He does not like the arrogant.

10. 16:24

    And when it is said to them, "What has your Lord sent down?" they say, "Legends of the former peoples,"

11. 16:25

    That they may bear their own burdens [i.e., sins] in full on the Day of Resurrection and some of the burdens of those whom they misguide without [i.e., by lack of] knowledge. Unquestionably, evil is that which they bear.

12. 16:26

    Those before them had already plotted, but Allāh came at [i.e., uprooted] their building from the foundations, so the roof fell upon them from above them, and the punishment came to them from where they did not perceive.