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Chapter 59:

AL-HASHR (EXILE, BANISHMENT)
Total Verses: 24 Revealed At: MADINA

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In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.

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Y: Whatever is in the heavens and on earth, let it declare the Praises
and Glory of Allah: for He is the Exalted in Might, the Wise.

P: All that is in the heavens and all that is in the earth glorifieth
Allah, and He is the Mighty, the Wise.

S: Whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth declares the
glory of Allah, and He is the Mighty, the Wise.

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Y: It is He Who got out the Unbelievers among the People of the Book
from their homes at the first gathering (of the forces). Little did ye
think that they would get out: And they thought that their fortresses
would defend them from Allah! But the (Wrath of) Allah came to them
from quarters from which they little expected (it), and cast terror
into their hearts, so that they destroyed their dwellings by their own
hands and the hands of the Believers, take warning, then, O ye with
eyes (to see)!

P: He it is Who hath caused those of the People of the Scripture who
disbelieved to go forth from their homes unto the first exile. Ye
deemed not that they would go forth, while they deemed that their
strongholds would protect them from Allah. But Allah reached them from
a place whereof they reckoned not, and cast terror in their hearts so
that they ruined their houses with their own hands and the hands of the
believers. So learn a lesson, O ye who have eyes!

S: He it is Who caused those who disbelieved of the followers of the
Book to go forth from their homes at the first banishment you did not
think that they would go forth, while they were certain that their
fortresses would defend them against Allah; but Allah came to them
whence they did not expect, and cast terror into their hearts; they
demolished their houses with their own hands and the hands of the
believers; therefore take a lesson, O you who have eyes!

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Y: And had it not been that Allah had decreed banishment for them, He
would certainly have punished them in this world: And in the Hereafter
they shall (certainly) have the Punishment of the Fire.

P: And if Allah had not decreed migration for them, He verily would have
punished them in the world, and theirs in the He