(28) How can you disbelieve in Allah when you were lifeless and He brought you to life; then He will cause you to die, then He will bring you [back] to life, and then to Him you will be returned. (29) It is He who created for you all of that which is on the earth. Then He directed Himself to the heaven, [His being above all creation], and made them seven heavens, and He is Knowing of all things.

(40) O Children of Israel, remember My favor which I have bestowed upon you and fulfill My covenant [upon you] that I will fulfill your covenant [from Me], and be afraid of [only] Me. (41) And believe in what I have sent down confirming that which is [already] with you, and be not the first to disbelieve in it. And do not exchange My signs for a small price, and fear [only] Me. (42) And do not mix the truth with falsehood or conceal the truth while you know [it]. (43) And establish prayer and give zakah and bow with those who bow [in worship and obedience]. (44) Do you order righteousness of the people and forget yourselves while you recite the Scripture? Then will you not reason? (45) And seek help through patience and prayer, and indeed, it is difficult except for the humbly submissive [to Allah]. (46) Who are certain that they will meet their Lord and that they will return to Him. (47) O Children of Israel, remember My favor that I have bestowed upon you and that I preferred you over the worlds. (48) And fear a Day when no soul will suffice for another soul at all, nor will intercession be accepted from it, nor will compensation be taken from it, nor will they be aided.

(122) O Children of Israel, remember My favor which I have bestowed upon you and that I preferred you over the worlds. (123) And fear a Day when no soul will suffice for another soul at all, and no compensation will be accepted from it, nor will any intercession benefit it, nor will they be aided.

(211) Ask the Children of Israel how many a sign of evidence We have given them. And whoever exchanges the favor of Allah [for disbelief] after it has come to him - then indeed, Allah is severe in penalty. (212) Beautified for those who disbelieve is the life of this world, and they ridicule those who believe. But those who fear Allah are above them on the Day of Resurrection. And Allah gives provision to whom He wills without account.

(65) O People of the Scripture, why do you argue about Abraham while the Torah and the Gospel were not revealed until after him? Then will you not reason? (66) Here you are - those who have argued about that of which you have [some] knowledge, but why do you argue about that of which you have no knowledge? And Allah knows, while you know not. (67) Abraham was neither a Jew nor a Christian, but he was one inclining toward truth, a Muslim [submitting to Allah]. And he was not of the polytheists. (68) Indeed, the most worthy of Abraham among the people are those who followed him [in submission to Allah] and this prophet, and those who believe [in his message]. And Allah is the ally of the believers.

(70) O People of the Scripture, why do you disbelieve in the verses of Allah while you witness [to their truth]? (71) O People of the Scripture, why do you confuse the truth with falsehood and conceal the truth while you know [it]?

(98) Say, "O People of the Scripture, why do you disbelieve in the verses of Allah while Allah is Witness over what you do?" (99) Say, "O People of the Scripture, why do you avert from the way of Allah those who believe, seeking to make it [seem] deviant, while you are witnesses [to the truth]? And Allah is not unaware of what you do.

(15) O People of the Scripture, there has come to you Our Messenger making clear to you much of what you used to conceal of the Scripture and overlooking much. There has come to you from Allah a light and a clear Book. (16) By which Allah guides those who pursue His pleasure to the ways of peace and brings them out from darknesses into the light, by His permission, and guides them to a straight path.

(19) O People of the Scripture, there has come to you Our Messenger to make clear to you [the religion] after a period [of suspension] of messengers, lest you say, "There came not to us any bringer of good tidings or a warner." But there has come to you a bringer of good tidings and a warner. And Allah is over all things competent.

(65) And if only the People of the Scripture had believed and feared Allah, We would have removed from them their misdeeds and admitted them to Gardens of Pleasure. (66) And if only they upheld [the law of] the Torah, the Gospel, and what has been revealed to them from their Lord, they would have consumed [provision] from above them and from beneath their feet. Among them are a moderate community, but many of them - evil is that which they do.

(74) So will they not repent to Allah and seek His forgiveness? And Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.

(76) Say, "Do you worship besides Allah that which holds for you no [power of] harm or benefit while it is Allah who is the Hearing, the Knowing?"

(14) Say, "Is it other than Allah I should take as a protector, Creator of the heavens and the earth, while it is He who feeds and is not fed?" Say, [O Muhammad], "Indeed, I have been commanded to be the first [among you] who submit [to Allah] and [was commanded], "Do not ever be of the polytheists." " (15) Say, "Indeed I fear, if I should disobey my Lord, the punishment of a tremendous Day. (16) He from whom it is averted that Day - [Allah] has granted him mercy. And that is the clear attainment.

(19) Say, "What thing is greatest in testimony?" Say, "Allah is witness between me and you. And this Qur"an was revealed to me that I may warn you thereby and whomever it reaches. Do you [truly] testify that with Allah there are other deities?" Say, "I will not testify [with you]." Say, "Indeed, He is but one God, and indeed, I am free of what you associate [with Him].

(40) Say, "Have you considered: if there came to you the punishment of Allah or there came to you the Hour - is it other than Allah you would invoke, if you should be truthful?" (41) No, it is Him [alone] you would invoke, and He would remove that for which you invoked Him if He willed, and you would forget what you associate [with Him].

(46) Say, "Have you considered: if Allah should take away your hearing and your sight and set a seal upon your hearts, which deity other than Allah could bring them [back] to you?" Look how we diversify the verses; then they [still] turn away. (47) Say, "Have you considered: if the punishment of Allah should come to you unexpectedly or manifestly, will any be destroyed but the wrongdoing people?"

(55) And thus do We detail the verses, and [thus] the way of the criminals will become evident.

(63) Say, "Who rescues you from the darknesses of the land and sea [when] you call upon Him imploring [aloud] and privately, "If He should save us from this [crisis], we will surely be among the thankful." " (64) Say, "It is Allah who saves you from it and from every distress; then you [still] associate others with Him. (65) Say, "He is the [one] Able to send upon you affliction from above you or from beneath your feet or to confuse you [so you become] sects and make you taste the violence of one another." Look how We diversify the signs that they might understand.

(71) Say, "Shall we invoke instead of Allah that which neither benefits us nor harms us and be turned back on our heels after Allah has guided us? [We would then be] like one whom the devils enticed [to wander] upon the earth confused, [while] he has companions inviting him to guidance, [calling], "Come to us." " Say, "Indeed, the guidance of Allah is the [only] guidance; and we have been commanded to submit to the Lord of the worlds. (72) And to establish prayer and fear Him." And it is He to whom you will be gathered.

(143) [They are] eight mates - of the sheep, two and of the goats, two. Say, "Is it the two males He has forbidden or the two females or that which the wombs of the two females contain? Inform me with knowledge, if you should be truthful. (144) And of the camels, two and of the cattle, two. Say, "Is it the two males He has forbidden or the two females or that which the wombs of the two females contain? Or were you witnesses when Allah charged you with this? Then who is more unjust than one who invents a lie about Allah to mislead the people by [something] other than knowledge? Indeed, Allah does not guide the wrongdoing people.

(52) And We had certainly brought them a Book which We detailed by knowledge - as guidance and mercy to a people who believe. (53) Do they await except its result? The Day its result comes those who had ignored it before will say, "The messengers of our Lord had come with the truth, so are there [now] any intercessors to intercede for us or could we be sent back to do other than we used to do?" They will have lost themselves, and lost from them is what they used to invent.

(97) Then, did the people of the cities feel secure from Our punishment coming to them at night while they were asleep? (98) Or did the people of the cities feel secure from Our punishment coming to them in the morning while they were at play? (99) Then did they feel secure from the plan of Allah? But no one feels secure from the plan of Allah except the losing people.

(184) Then do they not give thought? There is in their companion [Muhammad] no madness. He is not but a clear warner. (185) Do they not look into the realm of the heavens and the earth and everything that Allah has created and [think] that perhaps their appointed time has come near? So in what statement hereafter will they believe? (186) Whoever Allah sends astray - there is no guide for him. And He leaves them in their transgression, wandering blindly.

(191) Do they associate with Him those who create nothing and they are [themselves] created? (192) And the false deities are unable to [give] them help, nor can they help themselves.

(194) Indeed, those you [polytheists] call upon besides Allah are servants like you. So call upon them and let them respond to you, if you should be truthful. (195) Do they have feet by which they walk? Or do they have hands by which they strike? Or do they have eyes by which they see? Or do they have ears by which they hear? Say, [O Muhammad], "Call your "partners" and then conspire against me and give me no respite.

(197) And those you call upon besides Him are unable to help you, nor can they help themselves.

(38) Say to those who have disbelieved [that] if they cease, what has previously occurred will be forgiven for them. But if they return [to hostility] - then the precedent of the former [rebellious] peoples has already taken place.

(16) Say, "If Allah had willed, I would not have recited it to you, nor would He have made it known to you, for I had remained among you a lifetime before it. Then will you not reason?" (17) So who is more unjust than he who invents a lie about Allah or denies His signs? Indeed, the criminals will not succeed. (18) And they worship other than Allah that which neither harms them nor benefits them, and they say, "These are our intercessors with Allah " Say, "Do you inform Allah of something He does not know in the heavens or on the earth?" Exalted is He and high above what they associate with Him.

(31) Say, "Who provides for you from the heaven and the earth? Or who controls hearing and sight and who brings the living out of the dead and brings the dead out of the living and who arranges [every] matter?" They will say, "Allah," so say, "Then will you not fear Him?" (32) For that is Allah, your Lord, the Truth. And what can be beyond truth except error? So how are you averted? (33) Thus the word of your Lord has come into effect upon those who defiantly disobeyed - that they will not believe. (34) Say, "Are there of your "partners" any who begins creation and then repeats it?" Say, "Allah begins creation and then repeats it, so how are you deluded?" (35) Say, "Are there of your "partners" any who guides to the truth?" Say, "Allah guides to the truth. So is He who guides to the truth more worthy to be followed or he who guides not unless he is guided? Then what is [wrong] with you - how do you judge?"

(50) Say, "Have you considered: if His punishment should come to you by night or by day - for which [aspect] of it would the criminals be impatient?" (51) Then is it that when it has [actually] occurred you will believe in it? Now? And you were [once] for it impatient. (52) Then it will be said to those who had wronged, "Taste the punishment of eternity; are you being recompensed except for what you used to earn?" (53) And they ask information of you, [O Muhammad], "Is it true?" Say, "Yes, by my Lord. Indeed, it is truth; and you will not cause failure [to Allah]. (54) And if each soul that wronged had everything on earth, it would offer it in ransom. And they will confide regret when they see the punishment; and they will be judged in justice, and they will not be wronged.

(60) And what will be the supposition of those who invent falsehood about Allah on the Day of Resurrection? Indeed, Allah is full of bounty to the people, but most of them are not grateful.

(102) So do they wait except for like [what occurred in] the days of those who passed on before them? Say, "Then wait; indeed, I am with you among those who wait.

(107) Then do they feel secure that there will not come to them an overwhelming [aspect] of the punishment of Allah or that the Hour will not come upon them suddenly while they do not perceive?

(16) Say, "Who is Lord of the heavens and earth?" Say, "Allah." Say, "Have you then taken besides Him allies not possessing [even] for themselves any benefit or any harm?" Say, "Is the blind equivalent to the seeing? Or is darkness equivalent to light? Or have they attributed to Allah partners who created like His creation so that the creation [of each] seemed similar to them?" Say, "Allah is the Creator of all things, and He is the One, the Prevailing.

(33) Then is He who is a maintainer of every soul, [knowing] what it has earned, [like any other]? But to Allah they have attributed partners. Say, "Name them. Or do you inform Him of that which He knows not upon the earth or of what is apparent of speech?" Rather, their [own] plan has been made attractive to those who disbelieve, and they have been averted from the way. And whomever Allah leaves astray - there will be for him no guide.

(41) Have they not seen that We set upon the land, reducing it from its borders? And Allah decides; there is no adjuster of His decision. And He is swift in account.

(43) And those who have disbelieved say, "You are not a messenger." Say, [O Muhammad], "Sufficient is Allah as Witness between me and you, and [the witness of] whoever has knowledge of the Scripture.

(44) And, [O Muhammad], warn the people of a Day when the punishment will come to them and those who did wrong will say, "Our Lord, delay us for a short term; we will answer Your call and follow the messengers." [But it will be said], "Had you not sworn, before, that for you there would be no cessation? (45) And you lived among the dwellings of those who wronged themselves, and it had become clear to you how We dealt with them. And We presented for you [many] examples. (46) And they had planned their plan, but with Allah is [recorded] their plan, even if their plan had been [sufficient] to do away with the mountains.

(20) And those they invoke other than Allah create nothing, and they [themselves] are created. (21) They are, [in fact], dead, not alive, and they do not perceive when they will be resurrected.

(33) Do the disbelievers await [anything] except that the angels should come to them or there comes the command of your Lord? Thus did those do before them. And Allah wronged them not, but they had been wronging themselves. (34) So they were struck by the evil consequences of what they did and were enveloped by what they used to ridicule.

(45) Then, do those who have planned evil deeds feel secure that Allah will not cause the earth to swallow them or that the punishment will not come upon them from where they do not perceive? (46) Or that He would not seize them during their [usual] activity, and they could not cause failure? (47) Or that He would not seize them gradually [in a state of dread]? But indeed, your Lord is Kind and Merciful.

(51) And Allah has said, "Do not take for yourselves two deities. He is but one God, so fear only Me. (52) And to Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and the earth, and to Him is [due] worship constantly. Then is it other than Allah that you fear?

(73) And they worship besides Allah that which does not possess for them [the power of] provision from the heavens and the earth at all, and [in fact], they are unable. (74) So do not assert similarities to Allah. Indeed, Allah knows and you do not know.

(42) Say, [O Muhammad], "If there had been with Him [other] gods, as they say, then they [each] would have sought to the Owner of the Throne a way.

(49) And they say, "When we are bones and crumbled particles, will we [truly] be resurrected as a new creation?" (50) Say, "Be you stones or iron. (51) Or [any] creation of that which is great within your breasts." And they will say, "Who will restore us?" Say, "He who brought you forth the first time." Then they will nod their heads toward you and say, "When is that?" Say, "Perhaps it will be soon.

(56) Say, "Invoke those you have claimed [as gods] besides Him, for they do not possess the [ability for] removal of adversity from you or [for its] transfer [to someone else]. (57) Those whom they invoke seek means of access to their Lord, [striving as to] which of them would be nearest, and they hope for His mercy and fear His punishment. Indeed, the punishment of your Lord is ever feared.

(94) And what prevented the people from believing when guidance came to them except that they said, "Has Allah sent a human messenger?" (95) Say, "If there were upon the earth angels walking securely, We would have sent down to them from the heaven an angel [as a] messenger. (96) Say, "Sufficient is Allah as Witness between me and you. Indeed he is ever, concerning His servants, Acquainted and Seeing.

(99) Do they not see that Allah, who created the heavens and earth, is [the one] Able to create the likes of them? And He has appointed for them a term, about which there is no doubt. But the wrongdoers refuse [anything] except disbelief.

(55) And nothing has prevented the people from believing when guidance came to them and from asking forgiveness of their Lord except that there [must] befall them the [accustomed] precedent of the former peoples or that the punishment should come [directly] before them.

(58) And your Lord is the Forgiving, full of mercy. If He were to impose blame upon them for what they earned, He would have hastened for them the punishment. Rather, for them is an appointment from which they will never find an escape.

(133) And they say, "Why does he not bring us a sign from his Lord?" Has there not come to them evidence of what was in the former scriptures? (134) And if We had destroyed them with a punishment before him, they would have said, "Our Lord, why did You not send to us a messenger so we could have followed Your verses before we were humiliated and disgraced?" (135) Say, "Each [of us] is waiting; so wait. For you will know who are the companions of the sound path and who is guided.

(10) We have certainly sent down to you a Book in which is your mention. Then will you not reason?

(21) Or have men taken for themselves gods from the earth who resurrect [the dead]? (22) Had there been within the heavens and earth gods besides Allah, they both would have been ruined. So exalted is Allah, Lord of the Throne, above what they describe.

(42) Say, "Who can protect you at night or by day from the Most Merciful?" But they are, from the remembrance of their Lord, turning away. (43) Or do they have gods to defend them other than Us? They are unable [even] to help themselves, nor can they be protected from Us. (44) But, [on the contrary], We have provided good things for these [disbelievers] and their fathers until life was prolonged for them. Then do they not see that We set upon the land, reducing it from its borders? So it is they who will overcome? (45) Say, "I only warn you by revelation." But the deaf do not hear the call when they are warned.

(50) And this [Qur"an] is a blessed message which We have sent down. Then are you with it unacquainted?

(55) But those who disbelieve will not cease to be in doubt of it until the Hour comes upon them unexpectedly or there comes to them the punishment of a barren Day.

(71) And they worship besides Allah that for which He has not sent down authority and that of which they have no knowledge. And there will not be for the wrongdoers any helper.

(63) But their hearts are covered with confusion over this, and they have [evil] deeds besides disbelief which they are doing.

(68) Then have they not reflected over the Qur"an, or has there come to them that which had not come to their forefathers? (69) Or did they not know their Messenger, so they are toward him disacknowledging? (70) Or do they say, "In him is madness?" Rather, he brought them the truth, but most of them, to the truth, are averse. (71) But if the Truth had followed their inclinations, the heavens and the earth and whoever is in them would have been ruined. Rather, We have brought them their message, but they, from their message, are turning away. (72) Or do you, [O Muhammad], ask them for payment? But the reward of your Lord is best, and He is the best of providers. (73) And indeed, you invite them to a straight path.

(75) And even if We gave them mercy and removed what was upon them of affliction, they would persist in their transgression, wandering blindly. (76) And We had gripped them with suffering [as a warning], but they did not yield to their Lord, nor did they humbly supplicate, [and will continue thus]. (77) Until when We have opened before them a door of severe punishment, immediately they will be therein in despair.

(81) Rather, they say like what the former peoples said. (82) They said, "When we have died and become dust and bones, are we indeed to be resurrected? (83) We have been promised this, we and our forefathers, before; this is not but legends of the former peoples. (84) Say, [O Muhammad], "To whom belongs the earth and whoever is in it, if you should know?" (85) They will say, "To Allah." Say, "Then will you not remember?" (86) Say, "Who is Lord of the seven heavens and Lord of the Great Throne?" (87) They will say, "[They belong] to Allah." Say, "Then will you not fear Him?" (88) Say, "In whose hand is the realm of all things - and He protects while none can protect against Him - if you should know?" (89) They will say, "[All belongs] to Allah." Say, "Then how are you deluded?" (90) Rather, We have brought them the truth, and indeed they are liars.

(197) And has it not been a sign to them that it is recognized by the scholars of the Children of Israel?

(60) [More precisely], is He [not best] who created the heavens and the earth and sent down for you rain from the sky, causing to grow thereby gardens of joyful beauty which you could not [otherwise] have grown the trees thereof? Is there a deity with Allah? [No], but they are a people who ascribe equals [to Him]. (61) Is He [not best] who made the earth a stable ground and placed within it rivers and made for it firmly set mountains and placed between the two seas a barrier? Is there a deity with Allah? [No], but most of them do not know. (62) Is He [not best] who responds to the desperate one when he calls upon Him and removes evil and makes you inheritors of the earth? Is there a deity with Allah? Little do you remember. (63) Is He [not best] who guides you through the darknesses of the land and sea and who sends the winds as good tidings before His mercy? Is there a deity with Allah? High is Allah above whatever they associate with Him. (64) Is He [not best] who begins creation and then repeats it and who provides for you from the heaven and earth? Is there a deity with Allah? Say, "Produce your proof, if you should be truthful. (65) Say, "None in the heavens and earth knows the unseen except Allah, and they do not perceive when they will be resurrected. (66) Rather, their knowledge is arrested concerning the Hereafter. Rather, they are in doubt about it. Rather, they are, concerning it, blind.

(65) Say, "None in the heavens and earth knows the unseen except Allah, and they do not perceive when they will be resurrected. (66) Rather, their knowledge is arrested concerning the Hereafter. Rather, they are in doubt about it. Rather, they are, concerning it, blind.

(71) And they say, "When is [the fulfillment of] this promise, if you should be truthful?" (72) Say, "Perhaps it is close behind you - some of that for which you are impatient.

(80) Indeed, you will not make the dead hear, nor will you make the deaf hear the call when they have turned their backs retreating.

(91) [Say, O Muhammad], "I have only been commanded to worship the Lord of this city, who made it sacred and to whom [belongs] all things. And I am commanded to be of the Muslims [those who submit to Allah]. (92) And to recite the Qur"an." And whoever is guided is only guided for [the benefit of] himself; and whoever strays - say, "I am only [one] of the warners. (93) And say, "[All] praise is [due] to Allah. He will show you His signs, and you will recognize them. And your Lord is not unaware of what you do.

(47) And if not that a disaster should strike them for what their hands put forth [of sins] and they would say, "Our Lord, why did You not send us a messenger so we could have followed Your verses and been among the believers?"... (48) But when the truth came to them from Us, they said, "Why was he not given like that which was given to Moses?" Did they not disbelieve in that which was given to Moses before? They said, "[They are but] two works of magic supporting each other, and indeed we are, in both, disbelievers.

(51) And We have [repeatedly] conveyed to them the Qur"an that they might be reminded.

(57) And they say, "If we were to follow the guidance with you, we would be swept from our land." Have we not established for them a safe sanctuary to which are brought the fruits of all things as provision from Us? But most of them do not know.

(47) And thus We have sent down to you the Qur"an. And those to whom We [previously] gave the Scripture believe in it. And among these [people of Makkah] are those who believe in it. And none reject Our verses except the disbelievers. (48) And you did not recite before it any scripture, nor did you inscribe one with your right hand. Otherwise the falsifiers would have had [cause for] doubt. (49) Rather, the Qur"an is distinct verses [preserved] within the breasts of those who have been given knowledge. And none reject Our verses except the wrongdoers.

(51) And is it not sufficient for them that We revealed to you the Book which is recited to them? Indeed in that is a mercy and reminder for a people who believe. (52) Say, "Sufficient is Allah between me and you as Witness. He knows what is in the heavens and earth. And they who have believed in falsehood and disbelieved in Allah - it is those who are the losers.

(67) Have they not seen that We made [Makkah] a safe sanctuary, while people are being taken away all around them? Then in falsehood do they believe, and in the favor of Allah they disbelieve?

(8) Do they not contemplate within themselves? Allah has not created the heavens and the earth and what is between them except in truth and for a specified term. And indeed, many of the people, in [the matter of] the meeting with their Lord, are disbelievers.

(28) He presents to you an example from yourselves. Do you have among those whom your right hands possess any partners in what We have provided for you so that you are equal therein [and] would fear them as your fear of one another [within a partnership]? Thus do We detail the verses for a people who use reason. (29) But those who wrong follow their [own] desires without knowledge. Then who can guide one whom Allah has sent astray? And for them there are no helpers.

(35) Or have We sent down to them an authority, and it speaks of what they were associating with Him?

(40) Allah is the one who created you, then provided for you, then will cause you to die, and then will give you life. Are there any of your "partners" who does anything of that? Exalted is He and high above what they associate with Him.

(48) It is Allah who sends the winds, and they stir the clouds and spread them in the sky however He wills, and He makes them fragments so you see the rain emerge from within them. And when He causes it to fall upon whom He wills of His servants, immediately they rejoice. (49) Although they were, before it was sent down upon them - before that, in despair.

(51) But if We should send a [bad] wind and they saw [their crops] turned yellow, they would remain thereafter disbelievers.

(20) Do you not see that Allah has made subject to you whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth and amply bestowed upon you His favors, [both] apparent and unapparent? But of the people is he who disputes about Allah without knowledge or guidance or an enlightening Book [from Him]. (21) And when it is said to them, "Follow what Allah has revealed," they say, "Rather, we will follow that upon which we found our fathers." Even if Satan was inviting them to the punishment of the Blaze?

(25) And if you asked them, "Who created the heavens and earth?" they would surely say, "Allah." Say, "[All] praise is [due] to Allah "; but most of them do not know.

(104) And when it is said to them, "Come to what Allah has revealed and to the Messenger," they say, "Sufficient for us is that upon which we found our fathers." Even though their fathers knew nothing, nor were they guided?

(22) Say, [O Muhammad], "Invoke those you claim [as deities] besides Allah." They do not possess an atom'sweight [of ability] in the heavens or on the earth, and they do not have therein any partnership [with Him], nor is there for Him from among them any assistant.

(24) Say, "Who provides for you from the heavens and the earth?" Say, "Allah. And indeed, we or you are either upon guidance or in clear error. (25) Say, "You will not be asked about what we committed, and we will not be asked about what you do. (26) Say, "Our Lord will bring us together; then He will judge between us in truth. And He is the Knowing Judge. (27) Say, "Show me those whom you have attached to Him as partners. No! Rather, He [alone] is Allah, the Exalted in Might, the Wise.

(45) And those before them denied, and the people of Makkah have not attained a tenth of what We had given them. But the former peoples denied My messengers, so how [terrible] was My reproach. (46) Say, "I only advise you of one [thing] - that you stand for Allah, [seeking truth] in pairs and individually, and then give thought." There is not in your companion any madness. He is only a warner to you before a severe punishment. (47) Say, "Whatever payment I might have asked of you - it is yours. My payment is only from Allah, and He is, over all things, Witness. (48) Say, "Indeed, my Lord projects the truth. Knower of the unseen. (49) Say, "The truth has come, and falsehood can neither begin [anything] nor repeat [it]. (50) Say, "If I should err, I would only err against myself. But if I am guided, it is by what my Lord reveals to me. Indeed, He is Hearing and near.

(39) It is He who has made you successors upon the earth. And whoever disbelieves - upon him will be [the consequence of] his disbelief. And the disbelief of the disbelievers does not increase them in the sight of their Lord except in hatred; and the disbelief of the disbelievers does not increase them except in loss. (40) Say, "Have you considered your "partners" whom you invoke besides Allah? Show me what they have created from the earth, or have they partnership [with Him] in the heavens? Or have We given them a book so they are [standing] on evidence therefrom? [No], rather, the wrongdoers do not promise each other except delusion.

(69) And We did not give Prophet Muhammad, knowledge of poetry, nor is it befitting for him. It is not but a message and a clear Qur"an. (70) To warn whoever is alive and justify the word against the disbelievers.

(74) But they have taken besides Allah [false] deities that perhaps they would be helped. (75) They are not able to help them, and they [themselves] are for them soldiers in attendance.

(78) And he presents for Us an example and forgets his [own] creation. He says, "Who will give life to bones while they are disintegrated?" (79) Say, "He will give them life who produced them the first time; and He is, of all creation, Knowing. (80) [It is] He who made for you from the green tree, fire, and then from it you ignite. (81) Is not He who created the heavens and the earth Able to create the likes of them? Yes, [it is so]; and He is the Knowing Creator.

(36) And were saying, "Are we to leave our gods for a mad poet?" (37) Rather, the Prophet has come with the truth and confirmed the [previous] messengers.

(149) So inquire of them, [O Muhammad], "Does your Lord have daughters while they have sons? (150) Or did We create the angels as females while they were witnesses?"

(153) Has He chosen daughters over sons? (154) What is [wrong] with you? How do you make judgement? (155) Then will you not be reminded? (156) Or do you have a clear authority? (157) Then produce your scripture, if you should be truthful.

(69) I had no knowledge of the exalted assembly [of angels] when they were disputing [the creation of Adam]. (70) It has not been revealed to me except that I am a clear warner.

(86) Say, [O Muhammad], "I do not ask you for the Qur"an any payment, and I am not of the pretentious. (87) It is but a reminder to the worlds. (88) And you will surely know [the truth of] its information after a time.

(3) Unquestionably, for Allah is the pure religion. And those who take protectors besides Him [say], "We only worship them that they may bring us nearer to Allah in position." Indeed, Allah will judge between them concerning that over which they differ. Indeed, Allah does not guide he who is a liar and [confirmed] disbeliever. (4) If Allah had intended to take a son, He could have chosen from what He creates whatever He willed. Exalted is He; He is Allah, the One, the Prevailing.

(38) And if you asked them, "Who created the heavens and the earth?" they would surely say, "Allah." Say, "Then have you considered what you invoke besides Allah? If Allah intended me harm, are they removers of His harm; or if He intended me mercy, are they withholders of His mercy?" Say, "Sufficient for me is Allah; upon Him [alone] rely the [wise] reliers. (39) Say, "O my people, work according to your position, [for] indeed, I am working; and you are going to know. (40) To whom will come a torment disgracing him and on whom will descend an enduring punishment.

(43) Or have they taken other than Allah as intercessors? Say, "Even though they do not possess [power over] anything, nor do they reason?"

(64) Say, [O Muhammad], "Is it other than Allah that you order me to worship, O ignorant ones?"

(12) [They will be told], "That is because, when Allah was called upon alone, you disbelieved; but if others were associated with Him, you believed. So the judgement is with Allah, the Most High, the Grand.

(20) And Allah judges with truth, while those they invoke besides Him judge not with anything. Indeed, Allah - He is the Hearing, the Seeing.

(40) Indeed, those who inject deviation into Our verses are not concealed from Us. So, is he who is cast into the Fire better or he who comes secure on the Day of Resurrection? Do whatever you will; indeed, He is Seeing of what you do.

(52) Say, "Have you considered: if the Qur"an is from Allah and you disbelieved in it, who would be more astray than one who is in extreme dissension?" (53) We will show them Our signs in the horizons and within themselves until it becomes clear to them that it is the truth. But is it not sufficient concerning your Lord that He is, over all things, a Witness? (54) Unquestionably, they are in doubt about the meeting with their Lord. Unquestionably He is, of all things, encompassing.

(9) And if you should ask them, "Who has created the heavens and the earth?" they would surely say, "They were created by the Exalted in Might, the Knowing.

(15) But they have attributed to Him from His servants a portion. Indeed, man is clearly ungrateful. (16) Or has He taken, out of what He has created, daughters and chosen you for [having] sons?

(56) And We made them a precedent and an example for the later peoples. (57) And when the son of Mary was presented as an example, immediately your people laughed aloud. (58) And they said, "Are your gods better, or is he?" They did not present the comparison except for [mere] argument. But, [in fact], they are a people prone to dispute. (59) Jesus was not but a servant upon whom We bestowed favor, and We made him an example for the Children of Israel. (60) And if We willed, We could have made [instead] of you angels succeeding [one another] on the earth. (61) And indeed, Jesus will be [a sign for] knowledge of the Hour, so be not in doubt of it, and follow Me. This is a straight path. (62) And never let Satan avert you. Indeed, he is to you a clear enemy.

(79) Or have they devised [some] affair? But indeed, We are devising [a plan]. (80) Or do they think that We hear not their secrets and their private conversations? Yes, [We do], and Our messengers are with them recording. (81) Say, [O Muhammad], "If the Most Merciful had a son, then I would be the first of [his] worshippers.

(87) And if you asked them who created them, they would surely say, "Allah." So how are they deluded?

(34) Indeed, these [disbelievers] are saying. (35) "There is not but our first death, and we will not be resurrected. (36) Then bring [back] our forefathers, if you should be truthful. (37) Are they better or the people of Tubba" and those before them? We destroyed them, [for] indeed, they were criminals.

(58) And indeed, We have eased the Qur"an in your tongue that they might be reminded. (59) So watch, [O Muhammad]; indeed, they are watching [for your end].

(6) These are the verses of Allah which We recite to you in truth. Then in what statement after Allah and His verses will they believe?

(32) And when it was said, "Indeed, the promise of Allah is truth and the Hour [is coming] - no doubt about it," you said, "We know not what is the Hour. We assume only assumption, and we are not convinced." "

(8) Or do they say, "He has invented it?" Say, "If I have invented it, you will not possess for me [the power of protection] from Allah at all. He is most knowing of that in which you are involved. Sufficient is He as Witness between me and you, and He is the Forgiving the Merciful. (9) Say, "I am not something original among the messengers, nor do I know what will be done with me or with you. I only follow that which is revealed to me, and I am not but a clear warner. (10) Say, "Have you considered: if the Qur"an was from Allah, and you disbelieved in it while a witness from the Children of Israel has testified to something similar and believed while you were arrogant...?" Indeed, Allah does not guide the wrongdoing people.

(33) Do they not see that Allah, who created the heavens and earth and did not fail in their creation, is able to give life to the dead? Yes. Indeed, He is over all things competent.

(52) Similarly, there came not to those before them any messenger except that they said, "A magician or a madman. (53) Did they suggest it to them? Rather, they [themselves] are a transgressing people.

(35) Or were they created by nothing, or were they the creators [of themselves]? (36) Or did they create the heavens and the earth? Rather, they are not certain. (37) Or have they the depositories [containing the provision] of your Lord? Or are they the controllers [of them]? (38) Or have they a stairway [into the heaven] upon which they listen? Then let their listener produce a clear authority. (39) Or has He daughters while you have sons? (40) Or do you, [O Muhammad], ask of them a payment, so they are by debt burdened down? (41) Or have they [knowledge of] the unseen, so they write [it] down? (42) Or do they intend a plan? But those who disbelieve - they are the object of a plan. (43) Or have they a deity other than Allah? Exalted is Allah above whatever they associate with Him.

(19) So have you considered al-Lat and al-"Uzza? (20) And Manat, the third - the other one? (21) Is the male for you and for Him the female? (22) That, then, is an unjust division. (23) They are not but [mere] names you have named them - you and your forefathers - for which Allah has sent down no authority. They follow not except assumption and what [their] souls desire, and there has already come to them from their Lord guidance. (24) Or is there for man whatever he wishes? (25) Rather, to Allah belongs the Hereafter and the first [life].

(43) Are your disbelievers better than those [former ones], or have you immunity in the scripture?

(81) Then is it to this statement that you are indifferent. (82) And make [the thanks for] your provision that you deny [the Provider]? (83) Then why, when the soul at death reaches the throat. (84) And you are at that time looking on. (85) And Our angels are nearer to him than you, but you do not see. (86) Then why do you not, if you are not to be recompensed. (87) Bring it back, if you should be truthful?

(8) So believe in Allah and His Messenger and the Qur"an which We have sent down. And Allah is Acquainted with what you do.

(20) Or who is it that could be an army for you to aid you other than the Most Merciful? The disbelievers are not but in delusion. (21) Or who is it that could provide for you if He withheld His provision? But they have persisted in insolence and aversion. (22) Then is one who walks fallen on his face better guided or one who walks erect on a straight path?

(28) Say, [O Muhammad], "Have you considered: whether Allah should cause my death and those with me or have mercy upon us, who can protect the disbelievers from a painful punishment?" (29) Say, "He is the Most Merciful; we have believed in Him, and upon Him we have relied. And you will [come to] know who it is that is in clear error. (30) Say, "Have you considered: if your water was to become sunken [into the earth], then who could bring you flowing water?"

(35) Then will We treat the Muslims like the criminals? (36) What is [the matter] with you? How do you judge? (37) Or do you have a scripture in which you learn. (38) That indeed for you is whatever you choose? (39) Or do you have oaths [binding] upon Us, extending until the Day of Resurrection, that indeed for you is whatever you judge? (40) Ask them which of them, for that [claim], is responsible. (41) Or do they have partners? Then let them bring their partners, if they should be truthful.

(46) Or do you ask of them a payment, so they are by debt burdened down? (47) Or have they [knowledge of] the unseen, so they write [it] down?

(49) And indeed, We know that among you are deniers. (50) And indeed, it will be [a cause of] regret upon the disbelievers. (51) And indeed, it is the truth of certainty. (52) So exalt the name of your Lord, the Most Great.

(22) Say, "Indeed, there will never protect me from Allah anyone [if I should disobey], nor will I find in other than Him a refuge. (23) But [I have for you] only notification from Allah, and His messages." And whoever disobeys Allah and His Messenger - then indeed, for him is the fire of Hell; they will abide therein forever. (24) [The disbelievers continue] until, when they see that which they are promised, then they will know who is weaker in helpers and less in number. (25) Say, "I do not know if what you are promised is near or if my Lord will grant for it a [long] period. (26) [He is] Knower of the unseen, and He does not disclose His [knowledge of the] unseen to anyone. (27) Except whom He has approved of messengers, and indeed, He sends before each messenger and behind him observers. (28) That he may know that they have conveyed the messages of their Lord; and He has encompassed whatever is with them and has enumerated all things in number.

(17) Then how can you fear, if you disbelieve, a Day that will make the children white- haired? (18) The heaven will break apart therefrom; ever is His promise fulfilled. (19) Indeed, this is a reminder, so whoever wills may take to his Lord a way.

(53) No! But they do not fear the Hereafter. (54) No! Indeed, the Qur"an is a reminder. (55) Then whoever wills will remember it. (56) And they will not remember except that Allah wills. He is worthy of fear and adequate for [granting] forgiveness.

(36) Does man think that he will be left neglected? (37) Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted? (38) Then he was a clinging clot, and [Allah] created [his form] and proportioned [him]. (39) And made of him two mates, the male and the female. (40) Is not that [Creator] Able to give life to the dead?

(20) Did We not create you from a liquid disdained? (21) And We placed it in a firm lodging. (22) For a known extent. (23) And We determined [it], and excellent [are We] to determine. (24) Woe, that Day, to the deniers. (25) Have We not made the earth a container. (26) Of the living and the dead? (27) And We placed therein lofty, firmly set mountains and have given you to drink sweet water. (28) Woe, that Day, to the deniers.

(27) Are you a more difficult creation or is the heaven? Allah constructed it. (28) He raised its ceiling and proportioned it. (29) And He darkened its night and extracted its brightness. (30) And after that He spread the earth. (31) He extracted from it its water and its pasture. (32) And the mountains He set firmly. (33) As provision for you and your grazing livestock.

(1) For the accustomed security of the Quraysh. (2) Their accustomed security [in] the caravan of winter and summer. (3) Let them worship the Lord of this House. (4) Who has fed them, [saving them] from hunger and made them safe, [saving them] from fear.