for friends rather than Me, and they are your enemies? Evil is the exchange for the unjust. |
51 I made them not to witness the creation of the heavens and the earth, nor their own creation. Nor could I take those who mislead for aiders. |
52 And one day He will say: Call on those whom you considered to be My partners. So they will call on them, but they will not answer them, and We shall cause a separation between them. |
53 And the guilty will see the Fire, and know that they are about to fall into it, and they will find no escape from it. |
54 And certainly We have made distinct in this Qur’ān for mankind every kind of description; and man is in most things contentious. |
55 And nothing prevents men from believing when the guidance comes to them, and from asking forgiveness of their Lord, but that (they wait) for the way of the ancients to overtake them, or that the chastisement should confront them. |
56 And We send not messengers but as givers of good news and warning, and those who disbelieve contend with falsehood to weaken thereby the Truth, and they take My messages and the warning for a mockery. |
57 And who is more unjust than he who is reminded of the messages of his Lord, then he turns away from them and forgets what his hands have sent before? Surely We have placed veils over their hearts, lest they understand it, and a deafness in their ears. And if thou call them to the guidance, they will even then never follow the right course. |
58 And thy Lord is Forgiving, Full of mercy. Were He to punish them for what they earn, He would certainly hasten the chastisement for them. But for them there is an appointed time from which they will find no refuge. |
59 And these towns — We destroyed them when they did wrong. And We have appointed a time for their destruction. |
60 And when Moses said to his servant: I will not cease until I reach the junction of the two rivers, otherwise I will go on for years. |