13 And what He has created for you in the earth is of varied hues. Surely there is a sign in this for a people who are mindful. |
14 And He it is Who has made the sea subservient that you may eat fresh flesh from it and bring forth from it ornaments which you wear. And thou seest the ships cleaving through it, so that you seek of His bounty and that you may give thanks. |
15 And He has cast firm mountains in the earth lest it quake with you, and rivers and roads that you may go aright, |
16 And landmarks. And by the stars they find the right way. |
17 Is He then Who creates like him who creates not? Do you not then mind? |
18 And if you would count Allāh’s favours, you would not be able to number them. Surely Allāh is Forgiving, Merciful. |
19 And Allāh knows what you conceal and what you do openly. |
20 And those whom they call on besides Allāh created naught, while they are themselves created. |
21 Dead (are they), not living. And they know not when they will be raised. |
22 Your God is one God: so those who believe not in the Hereafter, their hearts refuse to know and they are proud. |
23 Undoubtedly Allāh knows what they hide and what they manifest. Surely He loves not the proud. |
24 And when it is said to them, What is it that your Lord has revealed? they say, Stories of the ancients! |
25 That they may bear their burdens in full on the day of Resurrection, and also of the burdens of those whom they lead astray without knowledge. Ah! evil is what they bear. |
26 Those before them plotted, so Allāh demolished their building from the foundations, so the roof fell down on them from above them, and the chastisement came to them from whence they perceived not. |
27 Then on the Resurrection day He will bring them to disgrace and say: Where are My partners, for whose sake you became hostile? Those who are given the knowledge will say: Surely disgrace this day |