| 30. Beware of the Day when every soul shall find itself                   confronted with all the good it has done and all the evil it                   has done. It will wish there were a great distance between it                   and that evil. And ALLAH cautions you against HIS punishment.                   And ALLAH is Most Compassionate to HIS servants. 31. Say `If you love ALLAH, follow me; then will ALLAH love                   you and forgive you your sins.' And ALLAH is Most Forgiving                   and Merciful.
 32. Say, `Obey ALLAH and HIS Messenger;' but if they turn                   away, then remember that ALLAH loves not the disbelievers.
 33. ALLAH chose Adam and Noah and the family of Abraham and                   the family of Imran above all peoples of the time.
 34. They were descendants of one another and ALLAH is                   All-Hearing, All-Knowing.
 35. Remember when a women of Imran said, `My Lord, I have                   vowed to Thee what is in my womb to be dedicated to Thy                   service. So do Thou accept it of me; Verily Thou alone art                   All-Hearing, All-Knowing.'
 36. But when she was delivered of it, she said, `My Lord, I am                   delivered of a female,' - and ALLAH knew best of what she was                   delivered and the male she desired to have was not like the                   female she was delivered of - `and I have named her Mary, and                   I commit her and her offspring to Thy protection from Satan,                   the rejected.
 37. So her Lord accepted her with gracious acceptance and                   caused her to grow an excellent growth and made Zachariah her                   guardian. Whenever Zachariah visited her in the chamber, he                   found with her provisions. He said, `O Mary whence hast thou                   this ?' She replied, `It is from ALLAH.' Surely ALLAH gives to                   whomsoever HE pleases without measure.
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