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Ⅵ, 51-57. been cut asunder ; and strayed away from you is what ye did pretend.’

Verily, God it is who cleaves out the grain and the date-stone ; He brings forth the living from the dead, and it is He who brings the dead from the living. There is God! how then can ye be beguiled ?

He it is who cleaves out the morning, and makes night a repose, and the sun and the moon two reckonings— that is the decree of the mighty, the wise !

He it is who made for you stars that ye might be guided thereby in the darkness of the land and of the sea. Now have we detailed the signs unto a people who do know.

He it is who made you spring from one soul, and gave you a settlement and a depository. Now have we detailed the signs unto a people who discern.

He it is who sends down from the heavens water ; and we bring forth therewith growths of everything; and we bring forth therefrom green things, wherefrom we bring forth grain in full ear ; and the palm, from its spathe come clusters within reach ; and gardens of grapes and olives and pomegranates, alike and unlike; — behold its fruit when it fruits and ripens ! verily, in that ye have a sign for the people who believe.

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