73.
Al-Awwal
The First
[FONT=book antiqua, goudy old style, bell mt][FONT=book antiqua, goudy old style, bell mt]A[/FONT]nd thy Sustainer knows all that their hearts conceal as well as all that they bring into the open: for He is God, save whom there is no deity. Unto Him all praise is due, at the beginning and at the end of time; and with Him rests all judgment; and unto Him shall you all be brought back.
[FONT=book antiqua, goudy old style, bell mt]Al-Qasas 28:69-70, tr. Asad[FONT=book antiqua, goudy old style, bell mt] [/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=book antiqua, goudy old style, bell mt][FONT=book antiqua, goudy old style, bell mt]74.
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[FONT=book antiqua, goudy old style, bell mt][FONT=book antiqua, goudy old style, bell mt]Al-Akhir[/FONT]
[FONT=book antiqua, goudy old style, bell mt]The Last[/FONT]
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[FONT=book antiqua, goudy old style, bell mt][FONT=book antiqua, goudy old style, bell mt]H[/FONT]e is the First and the Last,
and the Outward as well as the Inward:
and He has full knowledge of everything.
[FONT=book antiqua, goudy old style, bell mt]Al-Hadid 57:3, tr. Asad[/FONT] [/FONT]
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[FONT=book antiqua, goudy old style, bell mt][FONT=book antiqua, goudy old style, bell mt]Az-Zahir[/FONT]
[FONT=book antiqua, goudy old style, bell mt]The Manifest One[/FONT]
[/FONT][FONT=book antiqua, goudy old style, bell mt][FONT=book antiqua, goudy old style, bell mt]I[/FONT]t is He who bestows from on high
clear messages unto this His servant,
to lead you out of the deep darkness into the light:
for, behold, God is most compassionate towards you,
a dispenser of grace.
[FONT=book antiqua, goudy old style, bell mt]Al-Hadid 57:7, tr. Asad[/FONT] [/FONT][/FONT]
