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This is a translation of Surah Al-Taghabun (Chapter 64) from the Quran, rendered in archaic Victorian-era English prose likely from the 19th century. The chapter's central theological argument is that God created all people, knows their every deed, and will resurrect and judge them on the "Day of Cheating" — the moment of final reckoning when the true worth of worldly attachments is revealed as illusory. It contrasts the fate of believers, who are promised forgiveness and paradise, against misbelievers who rejected prophets and will dwell in hellfire. A distinctive practical passage warns believers that their own spouses and children may act as enemies to their faith — a notably pointed claim — while counseling forgiveness, charitable giving, and avoidance of covetousness as paths to prosperity. The surah frames worldly wealth and family not as goods in themselves but as tests, urging listeners to invest spiritually by "lending to God" through almsgiving in exchange for doubled divine reward. Its tone moves between cosmic declaration and direct address, alternating between third-person description of God's omniscience and second-person commands to the believer.

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