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Pride



those who were scornful


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Iblis demmured trhough pride
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that which ye yourselves desire not, ye grow arrogant
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Whoso scorneth His service and is proud,
all such will He assemble unto Him;
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as for those who were scornful and proud,
them will He punish with a painful doom
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And thou wilt find the nearest of them in affection
to those who believe (to be) those who say:
Lo! We are Christians. That is because there
are among them priests and monks, and because
they are not proud
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He said: Then go down hence! It is not for thee
to show pride here, so go forth! Lo! thou art
of those degraded.
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And the dwellers on the Heights call unto men whom
they know by their marks, (saying): What did your
multitude and that in which ye took your pride
avail you?
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The chieftains of his people, who were scornful,
said unto those whom they despised, unto such of
them as believed: Know ye that Salih is one sent
from his Lord? They said : Lo! In that wherewith
he hath been sent we are believers
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Those who were scornful said : Lo! in that which
ye believe we are disbelievers.
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So We sent them the flood and the locusts and
the vermin and the frogs and the blood-- 
a succession of clear signs. But they were
arrogant and became guilty.
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I shall turn away from My revelations those
who magnify themselves wrongfully in the earth,
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Lo! those who are with thy Lord are not too proud
to do Him service, but they praise Him and adore Him.
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Then, after them, We sent Moses and Aaron
unto Pharaoh and his chiefs with Our revelations,
but they were arrogant and were a guilty folk
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