strengthened him by the Holy Spirit.
Mohammed is but an apostle; apostles have died before his time; what if he die or is killed, will ye retreat upon your heels? He who retreats upon his heels does no harm to God at all; but God will recompense the thankful.
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Let not those who misbelieve reckon that our letting them range is good for themselves. We only let them have their range that they may increase in sin. And for them is shameful woe. God would not leave believers in the state which ye are in, until He discerns the vile from the good. And God would not inform you of the unseen, but God chooses of His apostles whom He pleases. Wherefore believe ye in God and His Apostle; and if ye believe and fear, for you is mighty hire.
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Let it not deceive thee that those who misbelieve go to and fro in the earth. It is a slight possession, and then their resort is Hell; an evil couch it shall be.
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Oh, ye people of the Book! our apostle has come to you, explaining to you the interval in the coming of apostles; lest ye say, "There came not to us a herald of glad tidings, nor a warner." But there has come to you now a herald of glad tidings and a warner, and God is mighty over all.
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And We gave Moses the book, complete for him who acts aright, and a decision and a
