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20. Qul innama adAAoo rabbee wala oshriku bihi ahadan
20. Say: "I do no more than invoke my Lord, and I join not with Him any (false god)."
21. Qul innee la amliku lakum darran wala rashadan
21. Say: "It is not in my power to cause you harm, or to bring you to right conduct."
22. Qul innee lan yujeeranee mina Allahi ahadun walan ajida min doonihi multahadan
22. Say: "No one can deliver me from Allah (If I were to disobey Him), nor should I find refuge except in Him,
23. Illa balaghan mina Allahi warisalatihi waman yaAAsi Allaha warasoolahu fa-inna lahu nara jahannama khalideena feeha abadan
23. "Unless I proclaim what I receive from Allah and His Messages: for any that disobey Allah and His Messenger,- for them is Hell: they shall dwell therein for ever."
24. Hatta itha raaw ma yooAAadoona fasayaAAlamoona man adAAafu nasiran waaqallu AAadadan
24. At length, when they see (with their own eyes) that which they are promised,- then will they know who it is that is weakest in (his) helper and least important in point of numbers.
25. Qul in adree aqareebun ma tooAAadoona am yajAAalu lahu rabbee amadan
25. Say: "I know not whether the (Punishment) which ye are promised is near, or whether my Lord will appoint for it a distant term.
26. AAalimu alghaybi fala yuthhiru AAala ghaybihi ahadan
26. "He (alone) knows the Unseen, nor does He make any one acquainted with His Mysteries,-
27. Illa mani irtada min rasoolin fa-innahu yasluku min bayni yadayhi wamin khalfihi rasadan
27. "Except an apostle whom He has chosen: and then He makes a band of watchers march before him and behind him,
28. LiyaAAlama an qad ablaghoo risalati rabbihim waahata bima ladayhim waahsa kulla shay-in AAadadan
28. "That He may know that they have (truly) brought and delivered the Messages of their Lord: and He surrounds (all the mysteries) that are with them, and takes account of every single thing."