The Qur'an (Oxford World's Classics)

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the Mother of Cities a and all around it. Those who believe in the
Hereafter believe in this Scripture, and do not neglect their prayers.
93 Who could be more wicked than someone who invents a lie
against God, or claims, ‘A revelation has come to me,’ when no
revelation has been sent to him, or says, ‘I too can reveal something
equal to God’s revelation’? If you could only see the wicked in their
death agonies, as the angels stretch out their hands [to them],
saying, ‘Give up your souls. Today you will be repaid with a
humiliating punishment for saying false things about God and
for arrogantly rejecting His revelations.’ 94 [God will say], ‘Now
you return to Us, alone, as We first created you: you have left
behind everything We gave you, nor do We see those intercessors
of yours that you claimed were partners of God. All the bonds
between you have been severed, and those about whom you made
such claims have deserted you.’
95 It is God who splits open the seed and the fruit stone: He brings
out the living from the dead and the dead from the living – that is
God – so how can you turn away from the truth? 96 He makes the
dawn break; He makes the night for rest; and He made the sun and
the moon to a precise measure. That is the design of the Almighty,
the All Knowing. 97 It is He who made the stars, so that they can
guide you when land and sea are dark: We have made the signs clear
for those who have knowledge. 98 It is He who first produced you
from a single soul, then gave you a place to stay [in life] and a resting
place [after death]. We have made Our revelations clear to those who
understand. 99 It is He who sends down water from the sky. With it
We produce the shoots of each plant, then bring greenery from
it, and from that We bring out grains, one riding on the other in
close-packed rows.
From the date palm come clusters of low-hanging dates, and there
are gardens of vines, olives, and pomegranates, alike yet different.
Watch their fruits as they grow and ripen! In all this there are signs
for those who would believe. 100 Yet they made the jinn b partners
with God, though He created them, and without any true knowledge
they attribute sons and daughters to Him. Glory be to Him! He is far
a Mecca.
b Unseen beings (sometimes said to appear) made from ‘smokeless fire’ (see 38: 76;
55: 15).