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B ASICS OF R ELIGIOUS E DUCATION - F IFTH E DITION 64 64 64 64 64 2. 5 Al-Baqarah 2:255-258 14. And when it is said to them, ‘Believe as other people have believed,’ they say, ‘Shall we be- lieve as the fools have believed ?’ Remember ! it is surely they that are the fools, but they do not know. 15. And when they meet those who believe, they say, ‘We believe;’ but when they are alone with their ring-leaders they say, ‘We are certainly with you; We were only mocking. ’ 16. Allah will punish their mockery and will let them continue in their transgression, wander- ing blindly. 17. These are they who have bartered away guid- ance for error, but their traffic has brought them no gain, nor are they rightly guided. 255. O ye who believe ! spend out of what We have bestowed on you before the day comes wherein there shall be no buying and selling, nor friendship, nor intercession, and it is those who disbelieve that do wrong to themselves. 256. Allah — there is no god save Him, the Liv- ing, the Self-Subsisting and All-Sustaining. Slumber seizes Him not, nor sleep. To Him be- longs whatsoever is in the heavens and whatso- ever is in the earth. Who is he that dare inter- cede with Him save by His permission ? He knows what is before them and what is behind them; and they encompass nothing of His knowledge, except what He pleases. His knowl- edge extends over the heavens and the earth; and the care of them wearies Him not; and He is the High, the Great. 257. There is no compulsion in religion. Surely the right has become distinct from error; so whosoever refuses to be ledby those who trans- gress and believes in Allah, has surely grasped a strong handle which knows no breaking. And Allah is All-Hearing. All-Knowing. A A A A A LLAH LLAH LLAH LLAH LLAH AND AND AND AND AND THE THE THE THE THE H H H H H OL OL OL OL OLY Y Y Y Y Q Q Q Q Q UR UR UR UR UR ’ ’ ’ ’ ’ AN AN AN AN AN — — — — — S S S S S ELECTED ELECTED ELECTED ELECTED ELECTED S S S S S URAHS URAHS URAHS URAHS URAHS 2. 6 2. 6 2. 6 2. 6 2. 6