51 And certainly We have made the Word to have many connections for their sake, so that they may be mindful. |
52 Those to whom We gave the Book before it, they are believers in it. |
53 And when it is recited to them they say: We believe in it; surely it is the Truth from our Lord; we were indeed before this submitting ones. |
54 These will be granted their reward twice, because they are steadfast, and they repel evil with good and spend out of what We have given them. |
55 And when they hear idle talk, they turn aside from it and say: For us are our deeds and for you your deeds. Peace be to you! We desire not the ignorant. |
56 Surely thou canst not guide whom thou lovest, but Allāh guides whom He pleases; and He knows best those who walk aright. |
57 And they say: If we follow the guidance with thee, we should be carried off from our country. Have We not settled them in a safe, sacred territory to which fruits of every kind are drawn? A sustenance from Us — but most of them know not. |
58 And how many a town have We destroyed which exulted in its means of subsistence! So those are their abodes: they have not been dwelt in after them except a little. And We are ever the Inheritors. |
59 And thy Lord never destroyed the towns, until He had raised in their metropolis a messenger, reciting to them Our messages, and We never destroyed the towns except when their people were iniquitous. |
60 And whatever things you have been given are only a provision of this world’s life and its adornment, and whatever is with Allāh is better and more lasting. Do you not then understand? |
61 Is he to whom We have promised a goodly promise, which he will meet with, like him whom We have provided with the provisions of this world’s life, then on the day of Resurrection he will be of those brought up (for punishment)? |
62 And the day when He will call them and say: Where are those whom you deemed to be My associates? |