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Allahu ta’ālā has revealed the best of discourses, a Book (kitāban, substitutes for ahsana, 'the best') namely, a Qur'ān, consimilar, in other words, some of its parts are similar to others in terms of [their] arrangement and otherwise, in coupled phrases - [a Book] in which the Promise [of reward] is coupled with the Threat [of punishment], together with other such [couplings] - whereat quiver, at the mention of whose Threat shiver, the skins of those who fear their Rabb; then their skins and their hearts soften to, they are reassured by, the remembrance of Allahu ta’ālā, that is, at the mention of His Promise. That, Book, is Allah’s guidance, by which He guides whomever He wishes, of His servants; and whomever Allahu ta’ālā leads astray, for him there is no guide.