4 And those who disbelieve say: This is nothing but a lie, which he has forged, and other people have helped him at it. So indeed they have brought an iniquity and a falsehood. |
5 And they say: Stories of the ancients, which he has got written, so they are read out to him morning and evening! |
6 Say: He has revealed it, Who knows the secret of the heavens and the earth. Surely He is ever Forgiving, Merciful. |
7 And they say: What a Messenger is this? He eats food and goes about in the markets. Why has not an angel been sent down to him to be a warner with him? |
8 Or a treasure given to him, or a garden from which to eat? And the evildoers say: You follow but a man bewitched! |
9 See what parables they set forth for thee — they have gone astray, so they cannot find a way. |
10 Blessed is He Who, if He please, will give thee what is better than this: Gardens wherein flow rivers. And He will give thee palaces. |
11 But they deny the Hour, and We have prepared a burning Fire for him who denies the Hour. |
12 When it sees them from a far off place, they will hear its raging and roaring. |
13 And when they are cast into a narrow place thereof in chains, they will there pray for destruction. |
14 Pray not this day for destruction once but pray for destruction again and again. |
15 Say: Is this better or the Garden of Perpetuity, which the dutiful are promised? That is a reward and a resort for them. |
16 For them therein is what they desire, to abide. It is a promise to be prayed for from thy Lord. |
17 And on the day when He will gather them, and that which they serve besides Allāh, He will say: Was it you who led astray these My servants, or did they themselves stray from the path? |
18 They will say: Glory be to Thee! it was not beseeming for us that we should take for protectors others besides Thee, but Thou didst make |