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12. Walaqad akhatha Allahu meethaqa banee isra-eela wabaAAathna minhumu ithnay
AAashara naqeeban waqala Allahu innee maAAakum la-in aqamtumu a
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waataytumu a
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zzakata waamantum birusulee waAAazzartumoohum waaqradtumu Allaha
qardan hasanan laokaffiranna AAankum sayyi-atikum walaodkhilannakum jannatin tajree
min tahtiha al-anharu faman kafara baAAda thalika minkum faqad dalla sawaa a
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12. God did aforetime take a covenant from the Children of Israel, and we appointed
twelve captains among them. And God said: "I am with you: if ye (but) establish regular
prayers, practise regular charity, believe in my apostles, honour and assis t them, and loan
to God a beautiful loan, verily I will wipe out from you your evils, and admit you to
gardens with rivers flowing beneath; but if any of you, after this, resisteth faith, he hath
truly wandered from the path or rectitude."
13. Fabima naqdihim meethaqahum laAAannahum wajaAAalna quloobahum qasiyatan
yuharrifoona alkalima AAan mawadiAAihi wanasoo ha
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an mimma thukkiroo bihi
wala tazalu tattaliAAu AAala kha-inatin minhum illa qaleelan minhum fa
o
AAfu
AAanhum wa
i
sfah inna Allaha yuhibbu almuhsineen
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