The Qur'an (Oxford World's Classics)

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The Quran 6: 126
126 [Prophet], this is the path of your Lord, made perfectly
straight. We have explained Our revelations to those who take heed.
127 They shall have the Home of Peace with their Lord, and He will
take care of them as a reward for their deeds.
128 On the day He gathers everyone together [saying], ‘Company
of jinn! You have seduced a great many humans,’ their adherents
among mankind will say, ‘Lord, we have profited from one another,
but now we have reached the appointed time You decreed for us.’
He will say, ‘Your home is the Fire, and there you shall remain’–
unless God wills otherwise: [Prophet], your Lord is all wise, all
knowing. 129 In this way, We make some evildoers have power over
others through their misdeeds. 130 ‘Company of jinn and mankind!
Did messengers not come from among you to recite My revelations
to you and warn that you would meet this Day?’ They will say, ‘We
testify against ourselves.’ The life of this world seduced them, but
they will testify against themselves that they rejected the truth:
131 your Lord would not destroy towns for their wrongdoing if they
had not been warned. 132 Everyone is assigned a rank according to
their deeds; your Lord is not unaware of anything they do. 133 Your
Lord is self-sufficient and full of mercy. If He pleased, He could
remove you and put others in your place, just as He produced you
from the offspring of other people. 134 What you are promised is sure
to come, and you cannot escape. 135 [Prophet], say, ‘My people, you
carry on as you are, and so will I: you will come to realize who will
have a happy homecoming in the Hereafter.’ The evildoers will not
prosper.
136 They apportion to God a share of the produce and the livestock
He created, saying, ‘This is for God’– so they claim! –‘ and this is
for our idols.’ Their idols’ share does not reach God, but God’s share
does reach their idols: how badly they judge! 137 In the same way,
their idols have induced many of the pagans to kill their own children,
a bringing them ruin and confusion in their faith: if God had
willed otherwise they would not have done this, so [Prophet] leave
them to their own devices. 138 They also say, ‘These cattle and crops
are reserved, and only those we allow may eat them’– so they claim!
There are some animals they exempt from labour and some over
a Razi explains that either the jinn or servants of the idols appointed by the pagans
suggested this infanticide.