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Translation of page 250

1. 13:6

   They impatiently urge you to bring about evil before good, while there has already occurred before them similar punishments [to what they demand]. And indeed, your Lord is the possessor of forgiveness for the people despite their wrongdoing, and indeed, your Lord is severe in penalty.

2. 13:7

   And those who disbelieved say, "Why has a sign not been sent down to him from his Lord?" You are only a warner, and for every people is a guide.

3. 13:8

   Allāh knows what every female carries and what the wombs lose [prematurely] or exceed. And everything with Him is by due measure.

4. 13:9

   [He is] Knower of the unseen and the witnessed, the Grand, the Exalted.

5. 13:10

   It is the same [to Him] concerning you whether one conceals [his] speech or publicizes it and whether one is hidden by night or conspicuous [among others] by day.

6. 13:11

   For him [i.e., each one] are successive [angels] before and behind him who protect him by the decree of Allāh. Indeed, Allāh will not change the condition of a people until they change what is in themselves. And when Allāh intends for a people ill, there is no repelling it. And there is not for them besides Him any patron.

7. 13:12

   It is He who shows you lightning, [causing] fear and aspiration, and generates the heavy clouds.

8. 13:13

   And the thunder exalts [Allāh] with praise of Him - and the angels [as well] from fear of Him - and He sends thunderbolts and strikes therewith whom He wills while they dispute about Allāh; and He is severe in assault.