The Qur'an (Oxford World's Classics)

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befell those who rejected the truth.’ 12 Say, ‘To whom belongs all that
is in the heavens and earth?’ Say, ‘To God. He has taken it upon
Himself to be merciful. He will certainly gather you on the Day of
Resurrection, which is beyond all doubt. Those who deceive themselves
will not believe. 13 All that rests by night or by day belongs to
Him. He is the All Hearing, the All Knowing.’ 14 Say, ‘Shall I take for
myself a protector other than God, the Creator of the heavens and
the earth, who feeds but is not fed?’ Say, ‘I am commanded to be the
first [of you] to devote myself [to Him].’ Do not be one of the
idolaters. 15 Say, ‘I fear the punishment of a dreadful Day if I
disobey my Lord. 16 God will have been truly merciful to whoever is
spared on that Day: that is the clearest triumph.’
17 If God touches you [Prophet] with affliction, no one can remove
it except Him, and if He touches you with good, He has power over
all things: 18 He is the Supreme Master over His creatures, the All
Wise, the All Aware. 19 Say, ‘What counts most as a witness?’ Say,
‘God is witness between you and me. This Quran was revealed for
me to warn you [people] and everyone it reaches. Do you really bear
witness that there are other gods beside God?’ Say, ‘I myself do not
bear witness [to any such thing].’ Say, ‘He is only one God, and I
disown whatever you join with Him.’ 20 Those to whom We have
given the Scripture know this as well as they know their own sons.
Those who have lost their souls will not believe. 21 Who does greater
wrong than someone who fabricates a lie against God or denies His
revelation? Those who do such wrong will not prosper. 22 When We
gather them all together and say to the polytheists, ‘Where are those
you claimed were partners with God?’ in their utter dismay 23 they
will only say, ‘By God, our Lord, we have not set up partners beside
Him!’ 24 See how they lie against themselves and how those they
invented have deserted them.
25 Among them are some who [appear to] listen to you, but we have
placed covers over their hearts – so they do not understand the
Quran – and deafness in their ears. Even if they saw every sign they
would not believe in them. So, when they come to you, they argue
with you: the disbelievers say, ‘These are nothing but ancient fables,’
26 and tell others not to listen [to the Quran], while they themselves
keep away from it. But they ruin no one but themselves, though
they fail to realize this. 27 If you could only see, when they are made
to stand before the Fire, how they will say, ‘If only we could be