Is it surprising to people that We revealed to a man from among them: 'Warn the people, and give those who believe good news that they have a sure standing with their Lord'? Those who reject faith say, 'This is clearly a magician.'
Your Lord is Allah, who created the heavens and the earth in six days, then established Himself over the Throne, directing all affairs. No one can intercede except after His permission. That is Allah, your Lord, so worship Him. Will you not take heed?
To Him you will all return. Allah's promise is true. He begins creation, then brings it back, so that He may reward with justice those who believe and do good. But those who reject faith will have a drink of scalding water and a painful punishment because they used to reject faith.
He is the One who made the sun a radiance and the moon a light, and determined phases for it so that you may know the number of years and the reckoning of time. Allah created all this only with truth and purpose. He makes the signs clear for people who know.
Their prayer there will be, 'Glory be to You, O Allah!' Their greeting will be, 'Peace!' And their final prayer will be, 'All praise belongs to Allah, Lord of all worlds.'
If Allah were to hasten harm for people as quickly as they seek good, their term would already have ended. But We leave those who do not expect to meet Us wandering blindly in their rebellion.
When hardship touches a person, they call on Us lying down, sitting, or standing. But when We remove their hardship, they carry on as though they had never called on Us about the hardship that touched them. In this way, what the excessive do is made attractive to them.
We destroyed generations before you when they did wrong. Their messengers came to them with clear proofs, but they would not believe. This is how We repay the guilty.
When Our clear verses are recited to them, those who do not expect to meet Us say, 'Bring a Quran other than this, or change it.' Say, 'It is not for me to change it on my own. I only follow what is revealed to me. I fear the punishment of a tremendous Day if I disobey my Lord.'
Say, 'If Allah had willed, I would not have recited it to you, nor would He have made it known to you. I lived among you for a lifetime before this. Will you not understand?'
They worship besides Allah what can neither harm nor benefit them, and say, 'These are our intercessors with Allah.' Say, 'Are you telling Allah of something He does not know in the heavens or the earth?' Glory be to Him, and far above what they associate with Him.
Humanity was once one community, then they differed. Had it not been for a prior word from your Lord, judgment would already have been passed between them concerning their differences.
When We let people taste mercy after hardship has touched them, they immediately scheme against Our signs. Say, 'Allah is swifter in planning.' Our messengers are recording whatever you scheme.
He is the One who carries you across land and sea. When you are aboard ships sailing with a pleasant wind and rejoicing in it, a storm wind comes, waves reach them from every side, and they think they are surrounded. They call upon Allah with sincere devotion: 'If You save us from this, we will surely be grateful.'
But when He saves them, they immediately commit injustice on earth without right. People, your injustice is only against yourselves. You have the brief enjoyment of worldly life, then to Us is your return, and We will tell you what you used to do.
The life of this world is like rain We send from the sky, mixing with the plants of the earth from which people and animals eat. Then, when the earth takes on its beauty and is adorned, and its people think they have full power over it, Our command comes by night or day and We make it like a harvested field, as though it had not flourished the day before. This is how We make the signs clear for people who reflect.
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