The Qur'an (Oxford World's Classics)

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The Quran 72: 17
abundant water to drink – 17 a test for them a ––but anyone who turns
away from his Lord’s Revelation will be sent by Him to spiralling
torment. 18 Places of worship are for God alone – so do not pray to
anyone other than God – 19 yet when God’s Servant b stood up to
pray to Him, they pressed in on him. 20 Say, ‘I pray to my Lord alone;
I set up no partner with Him.’ 21 Say, ‘I have no control over any
harm or good that may befall you.’ 22 Say, ‘No one can protect me
from God: I have no refuge except in Him. 23 I only deliver [what I
receive] from God – only His messages.’
Whoever disobeys God and His Messenger will have Hell’s Fire
as his permanent home: 24 when they are confronted by what they
have been warned about, they will realize who has the weaker protector
and the smaller number. 25 Say, ‘I do not know whether what
you have been warned about is near, or whether a distant time has
been appointed for it by my Lord.’ 26 He is the One who knows what
is hidden. 27 He does not disclose it except to a messenger of His
choosing. He sends watchers to go in front and behind 28 to ensure
that each of His messengers delivers his Lord’s message: He knows
all about them, and He takes account of everything.
a In the Quran, plenty is as great a test as privation (see 21: 35), if not greater (see
10: 21–2).
b Muhammad.