Rather, we are a people affected by magic.
Rather, we are a people affected by magic."
15:16 وَلَقَدْ جَعَلْنَا فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ بُرُوجًا وَزَيَّنَّـٰهَا لِلنَّـٰظِرِينَ
— And We have placed within the heaven great stars and have beautified it for the observers. 15:17 وَحَفِظْنَـٰهَا مِن كُلِّ شَيْطَـٰنٍ رَّجِيمٍ
●And We have protected it from every devil expelled [from the mercy of Allāh]
15:18 إِلَّا مَنِ ٱسْتَرَقَ ٱلسَّمْعَ فَأَتْبَعَهُۥ شِهَابٌ مُّبِينٌ
— Except one who steals a hearing and is pursued by a clear burning flame. 15:19 وَٱلْأَرْضَ مَدَدْنَـٰهَا وَأَلْقَيْنَا فِيهَا رَوَٰسِىَ وَأَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ شَىْءٍ مَّوْزُونٍ
— And the earth - We have spread it and cast therein firmly set mountains and caused to grow therein [something] of every well-balanced thing. 15:20 وَجَعَلْنَا لَكُمْ فِيهَا مَعَـٰيِشَ وَمَن لَّسْتُمْ لَهُۥ بِرَٰزِقِينَ
●And We have made for you therein means of living and [for] those for whom you are not providers. 1
15:21 وَإِن مِّن شَىْءٍ إِلَّا عِندَنَا خَزَآئِنُهُۥ وَمَا نُنَزِّلُهُۥٓ إِلَّا بِقَدَرٍ مَّعْلُومٍ
— And there is not a thing but that with Us are its depositories, and We do not send it down except according to a known [i.e., specified] measure. 15:22 وَأَرْسَلْنَا ٱلرِّيَـٰحَ لَوَٰقِحَ فَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءً فَأَسْقَيْنَـٰكُمُوهُ وَمَآ أَنتُمْ لَهُۥ بِخَـٰزِنِينَ
— And We have sent the fertilizing winds 1 and sent down water from the sky and given you drink from it. And you are not its retainers. 15:23 وَإِنَّا لَنَحْنُ نُحْىِۦ وَنُمِيتُ وَنَحْنُ ٱلْوَٰرِثُونَ
●And indeed, it is We who give life and cause death, and We are the Inheritor. 1
15:24 وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْنَا ٱلْمُسْتَقْدِمِينَ مِنكُمْ وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْنَا ٱلْمُسْتَـْٔخِرِينَ
— And We have already known the preceding [generations] among you, and We have already known the later [ones to come]. 15:25 وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ يَحْشُرُهُمْ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ حَكِيمٌ عَلِيمٌ
— And indeed, your Lord will gather them; indeed, He is Wise and Knowing. 15:26 وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ مِن صَلْصَـٰلٍ مِّنْ حَمَإٍ مَّسْنُونٍ
— And We did certainly create man out of clay from an altered black mud. 15:27 وَٱلْجَآنَّ خَلَقْنَـٰهُ مِن قَبْلُ مِن نَّارِ ٱلسَّمُومِ
— And the jinn We created before from scorching fire. 15:28 وَإِذْ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِ إِنِّى خَـٰلِقٌۢ بَشَرًا مِّن صَلْصَـٰلٍ مِّنْ حَمَإٍ مَّسْنُونٍ
●And [mention, O Muḥammad], when your Lord said to the angels, "I will create a human being out of clay from an altered black mud.
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