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CHAPTER XXXII.

ENTITLED, ADORATION; REVEALED AT MECCA.

IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.

A.L.M.
THE revelation of this book, there is no doubt thereof, is
from the LORD of all creatures.
Will they say, Mohammed hath forged it? Nay it is the truth from thy
LORD, that thou mayest preach to a people, unto whom no preacher hath come
before thee; peradventure they will be directed.
It is GOD who hath created the heavens and the earth, and whatever is
between them, in six days; and then ascended his throne. Ye have no patron or
intercessor besides him. Will ye not therefore consider?
He governeth all things from heaven even to the earth: hereafter shall
they return unto him, on the day whose length shall be a thousand years, of
those which ye compute.
This is he who knoweth the future, and the present; the mighty, the
merciful.
It is he who hath made everything which he hath created exceeding good;
and first created man of clay,
and afterwards made his posterity of an extract of despicable water;
and then formed him into proper shape, and breathed of his spirit into
him; and hath given you the senses of hearing and seeing, and hearts to
understand. How small thanks do ye return!
10 And they say, When we shall lie hidden in the earth, shall we be raised
thence a new creature? Yea, they deny the meeting of their LORD at the
resurrection.
Say, The angel of death, who is set over you, shall cause you to die:
then shall ye be brought back unto your LORD.
If thou couldest see, when the wicked shall bow down their heads before
their LORD, saying, O LORD, we have seen, and have heard: suffer us therefore
to return into the world, and we will work that which is right; since we are
now certain of the truth of what hath been preached to us: thou wouldest see
an amazing sight.
If we had pleased we had certainly given unto every soul its direction:
but the word which hath proceeded from me must necessarily be fulfilled, when
I said, Verily I will fill hell with genii and men, altogether.
Taste therefore the torment prepared for you, because ye have forgotten
the coming of this your day: we also have forgotten you; taste therefore the
punishment of eternal duration, for that which ye have wrought.
Verily they only believe in our signs, who, when they are warned thereby,
fall down adoring, and celebrate the praise of their LORD, and are not elated
with pride;
their sides are raised from their beds, calling on their LORD with fear
and with hope; and they distribute alms out of what we have bestowed on them.
No soul knoweth the complete satisfaction which is secretly prepared
for them, as a reward for that which they have wrought.
Shall he, therefore, who is a true believer, be as he who is an impious
transgressor? They shall not be held equal.
As to those who believe and do that which is right, they shall have
gardens of perpetual abode, an ample recompense for that which they shall have
wrought:
20 but as for those who impiously transgress, their abode shall be hell
fire; so often as they shall endeavour to get thereout, they shall be dragged
back into the same, and it shall be said unto them, Taste ye the torment of
hell fire, which ye rejected as a falsehood.
And we will cause them to taste the nearer punishment of this world,
besides the more grievous punishment of the next; peradventure they will
repent.
Who is more unjust than he who is warned by the signs of his LORD, and
then turneth aside from the same? We will surely take vengeance on the
wicked.
We heretofore delivered the book of the law unto Moses; wherefore be not
thou in doubt as to the revelation thereof: and we ordained the same to be a
direction unto the children of Israel;
and we appointed teachers from among them, who should direct the people
at our command, when they had persevered with patience, and had firmly
believed in our signs.
Verily thy LORD will judge between them, on the day of resurrection,
concerning that wherein they have disagreed.
Is it not known unto them how many generations we have destroyed before
them, through whose dwellings they walk? Verily herein are signs: will they
not therefore hearken?
Do they not see that we drive rain unto a land bare of grass and parched
up, and thereby produce corn, of which their cattle eat, and themselves also?
Will they not therefore regard?
The infidels say to the true believers, When will this decision be made
between us, if ye speak truth?
Answer, On the day of that decision, the faith of those who shall have
disbelieved shall not avail them; neither shall they be respited any longer.
30 Wherefore avoid them, and expect the issue: verily they expect to obtain
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CHAPTER XXXIII.

ENTITLED, THE CONFEDERATES; REVEALED AT MEDINA.

IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.

O PROPHET, fear GOD, and obey not the unbelievers and the hypocrites:
verily GOD is knowing and wise.
But follow that which is revealed unto thee from thy LORD; for GOD is
well acquainted with that which ye do;
and put thy trust in GOD; for GOD is a sufficient protector.
GOD hath not given a man two hearts within him; neither hath he made your
wives (some of whom ye divorce, regarding them thereafter as your mothers)
your true mothers; not hath he made your adopted sons your true sons. This
is your saying in your mouths: but GOD speaketh the truth; and he directed the
right way.
Call such as are adopted, the sons of their natural fathers: this will be
more just in the sight of GOD. And if ye know not their fathers, let them be
as your brethren in religion, and your companions: and it shall be no crime in
you, that ye err in this matter; but that shall be criminal which your hearts
purposely design; for GOD is gracious and merciful.
The prophet is nigher unto the true believers than their own souls; and
his wives are their mothers. Those who are related by consanguinity are
nigher of kin the one of them unto the others, according to the book of GOD,
than the other true believers, and the Mohâjerun: unless that ye do what is
fitting and reasonable to your relations in general. This is written in the
book of God.
Remember when we accepted their covenant from the prophets, and from
thee, O Mohammed, and from Noah, and Abraham, and Moses, and Jesus the son of
Mary, and received from them a firm covenant;
that God may examine the speakers of truth concerning their veracity:
and he hath prepared a painful torment for the unbelievers.
O true believers, remember the favor of GOD towards you, when armies of
infidels came against you, and we sent against them a wind, and hosts of
angels which ye saw not: and GOD beheld that which ye did.
10 When they came against you from above you, and from below you, and when
your sight became troubled, and your hearts came even to your throats for
fear, and ye imagined of GOD various imaginations.
There were the faithful tried, and made to tremble with a violent
trembling.
And when the hypocrites, and those in whose heart was an infirmity, said,
GOD and his apostle have made you no other than a fallacious promise.
And when a party of them said, O inhabitants of Yathreb, there is no
place of security for you here; wherefore return home. And a part of them
asked leave of the prophet to depart, saying, Verily our houses are
defenceless and exposed to the enemy: but they were not defenceless; and their
intention was no other than to fly.
If the city had been entered upon them by the enemy from the parts
adjacent, and they had been asked to desert the true believers, and to fight
against them; they had surely consented thereto: but they had not, in such
case, remained in the same but a little while.
They had before made a covenant with GOD, that they would not turn their
backs: and the performance of their covenant with GOD shall be examined into
hereafter.
Say, Flight shall not profit you, if ye fly from death or from slaughter:
and if it would, yet shall ye not enjoy this world but a little.
Say, Who is he who shall defend you against GOD, if he is pleased to
bring evil on you, or is pleased to show mercy towards you? They shall find
none to patronize or protect them, besides GOD.
GOD already knoweth those among you who hinder others from following his
apostle, and who say unto their brethren, Come hither unto us; and who come
not to battle, except a little:
being covetous towards you: but when fear cometh on them, thou seest
them look unto thee for assistance, their eyes rolling about like the eyes of
him who fainteth by reason of the agonies of death: yet when their fear is
past they inveigh against you with sharp tongues; being covetous of the best
and most valuable part of the spoils. These believe not sincerely; wherefore
GOD hath rendered their works of no avail; and this is easy with GOD.
20 They imagined that the confederates would not depart and raise the
siege: and if the confederates should come another time, they would wish to
live in the deserts among the Arabs who dwell in tents, and there to inquire
after news concerning you; and although they were with you this time, yet they
fought not, except a little.
Ye have in the apostle of GOD an excellent example, unto him who hopeth
in GOD, and the last day, and remembereth GOD frequently.
When the true believers saw the confederates, they said, This is what GOD
and his apostle have foretold us; and GOD and his apostle have spoken the
truth: and it only increased their faith and resignation.
Of the true believers some men justly performed what they had promised
unto GOD; and some of them have finished their course, and some of them wait
the same advantage; and they changed not their promise by deviating therefrom
in the least:
that GOD may reward the just performers of their covenant for their
fidelity; and may punish the hypocritical, if he pleaseth, or may be turned
unto them; for GOD is ready to forgive, and merciful.
GOD hath driven back the infidels in their wrath: they obtained no
advantage; and GOD was a sufficient protector unto the faithful in battle; for
GOD is strong and mighty.
And he hath caused such of those who have received the scriptures, as
assisted the confederates, to come down out of their fortresses, and he cast
into their hearts terror and dismay: a part of them ye slew, and a part ye
made captives;
and God hath caused you to inherit their land, and their houses, and
their wealth, and a land on which ye have not trodden; for GOD is almighty.
O prophet, say unto thy wives, If ye seek this present life, and the pomp
thereof, come, I will make a handsome provision for you, and I will dismiss
you with an honourable dismission;
but if ye seek GOD and his apostle, and the life to come, verily GOD hath
prepared for such of you as work righteousness a great reward.
30 O wives of the prophet, whosoever of you shall commit a manifest
wickedness, the punishment thereof shall be doubled unto her twofold; and
this is easy with GOD:
but whosoever of you shall be obedient unto GOD and his apostle, and
shall do that which is right, we will give her her reward twice, and we have
prepared for her an honourable provision in paradise.
O wives of the prophet, ye are not as other women: if ye fear God, be not
too complaisant in speech, lest he should covet, in whose heart is a disease
of incontinence; but speak the speech which is convenient.
And sit still in your houses; and set not out yourselves with the
ostentation of the former time of ignorance: and observe the appointed times
of prayer, and give alms; and obey GOD, and his apostle; for GOD desireth only
to remove from you the abomination of vanity, since ye are the household of
the prophet, and to purify you by a perfect purification.
And remember that which is read in your houses, of the signs of GOD, and
of the wisdom revealed in the Koran; for GOD is clear-sighted, and well
acquainted with your actions.
Verily the Moslems of either sex, and the true believers of either sex,
and the devout men, and the devout women, and the men of veracity, and the
women of veracity, and the patient men, and the patient women, and the humble
men, and the humble women, and the alms-givers of either sex, and the men who
fast, and the women who fast, and the chaste men, and the chaste women, and
those of either sex who remember GOD frequently; for them hath GOD prepared
forgiveness, and a great reward.
It is not fit for a true believer of either sex, when GOD and his apostle
have decreed a thing, that they should have the liberty of choosing a
different matter of their own: and whoever is disobedient unto GOD and his
apostle surely erreth with a manifest error.
And remember when thou saidst to him unto whom GOD had been gracious,
and on whom thou also hadst conferred favours, Keep thy wife to thyself, and
fear GOD: and thou didst conceal that in thy mind which GOD had determined to
discover, and didst fear men; whereas it was more just that thou shouldest
fear GOD. But when Zeid had determined the matter concerning her, and had
resolved to divorce her, we joined her in marriage unto thee; lest a crime
should be charged on the true believers, in marrying the wives of their
adopted sons, when they have determined the matter concerning them; and the
command of GOD is to be performed.
No crime is to be charged on the prophet, as to what GOD hath allowed
him, conformable to the ordinance of GOD with regard to those who preceded him
(for the command of GOD is a determinate decree),
who brought the messages of GOD, and feared him, and feared none besides
GOD: and GOD is a sufficient accountant.
40 Mohammed is not the father of any man among you; but the apostle of GOD,
and the seal of the prophets: and GOD knoweth all things.
O true believers, remember GOD with a frequent remembrance,
and celebrate his praise morning and evening.
It is he who is gracious unto you, and his angels intercede for you, that
he may lead you forth from darkness into light; and he is merciful towards the
true believers.
Their salutation, on the day whereon they shall meet him, shall be,
Peace! and he hath prepared for them an honourable recompense.
O prophet, verily we have sent thee to be a witness, and a bearer of good
tidings, and a denouncer of threats,
and an inviter unto GOD, through his good pleasure, and a shining light.
Bear good tidings therefore unto the true believers, that they shall
receive great abundance from GOD.
And obey not the unbelievers, and the hypocrites, and mind not their evil
treatment: but trust in GOD; and GOD is a sufficient protector.
O true believers, when ye marry women who are believers, and afterwards
put them away, before ye have touched them, there is no term prescribed you to
fulfil towards them after their divorce: but make them a present, and
dismiss them freely with an honourable dismission.
50 O prophet, we have allowed thee thy wives unto whom thou hast given their
dower, and also the slaves which thy right hand possesseth, of the booty which
GOD hath granted thee; and the daughters of thy uncle, and the daughters of
thy aunts, both on thy father's side, and on thy mother's side, who have fled
with thee from Mecca, and any other believing woman, if she give herself unto
the prophet; in case the prophet desireth to take her to wife. This is a peculiar
privilege granted unto thee above the rest of the true believers. We know what
we have ordained them concerning their wives, and the slaves which their right
hands possess: lest it should be deemed a crime in thee to make use of the
privilege granted thee; for GOD is gracious and merciful.
Thou mayest postpone the turn of such of thy wives as thou shalt please,
in being called to thy bed; and thou mayest take unto thee her whom thou shalt
please, and her whom thou shalt desire of those whom thou shalt have before
rejected: and it shall be no crime in thee. This will be more easy, that
they may be entirely content, and may not be grieved, but may be well pleased
with what thou shalt give every of them: GOD knoweth whatever is in your
hearts; and GOD is knowing and gracious.
It shall not be lawful for thee to take other women to wife hereafter,
nor to exchange any of thy wives for them, although their beauty please thee;
except the slaves whom thy right hand shall possess: and GOD observeth all
things.
O true believer, enter not the houses of the prophet, unless it be
permitted you to eat meat with him, without waiting his convenient time; but
when ye are invited, then enter. And when ye shall have eaten, disperse
yourselves; and stay not to enter into familiar discourse: for this
incommodeth the prophet. He is ashamed to bid you depart; but GOD is not
ashamed of the truth. And when ye ask of the prophet's wives what ye may have
occasion for, ask it of them from behind a curtain. This will be more pure
for your hearts and their hearts. Neither is it fit for you to give any
uneasiness to the apostle of GOD, or to marry his wives after him for ever:
for this would be a grievous thing in the sight of GOD.
Whether ye divulge a thing or conceal it, verily GOD knoweth all things.
It shall be no crime in them, as to their fathers, or their sons, or
their brothers, or their brothers' sons, or their sisters' sons, or their
women, or the slaves which their right hands possess, if they speak to them
unveiled: and fear ye GOD; for GOD is witness of all things.
Verily GOD and his angels bless the prophet. O true believers, do ye
also bless him, and salute him with a respectful salutation.
As to those who offend GOD and his apostle, GOD shall curse them in this
world and in the next; and he hath prepared for them a shameful punishment.
And they who shall injure the true believers of either sex, without their
deserving it, shall surely bear the guilt of calumny and a manifest
injustice.
O prophet, speak unto thy wives, and thy daughters, and the wives of the
true believers, that they cast their outer garments over them when they walk
abroad; this will be more proper, that they may be known to be matrons of
reputation, and may not be affronted by unseemly words or actions. GOD is
gracious and merciful.
60 Verily if the hypocrites, and those in whose hearts is an infirmity, and
they who raise disturbances in Medina, do not desist, we will surely stir thee
up against them, to chastise them: henceforth they shall not be suffered to
dwell near thee therein, except for a little time,
and being accursed; wherever they are found they shall be taken, and
killed with a general slaughter,
according to the sentence of GOD concerning those who have been before;
and thou shalt not find any change in the sentence of GOD.
Men will ask thee concerning the approach of the last hour; answer,
Verily the knowledge thereof is with GOD alone; and he will not inform thee:
peradventure the hour is nigh at hand.
Verily GOD hath cursed the infidels, and hath prepared for them a fierce
fire,
wherein they shall remain forever: they shall find no patron or defender.
On the day whereon their faces shall be rolled in hell fire, they shall
say, Oh that we had obeyed GOD, and had obeyed his apostle!
And they shall say, O LORD, verily we have obeyed our lords, and our
great men; and they have seduced us from the right way.
O LORD, give them the double of our punishment; and curse them with a
heavy curse!
O true believers, be not as those who injured Moses; but GOD cleared him
from the scandal which they had spoken concerning him; and he was of great
consideration in the sight of GOD.
70 O true believers, fear GOD, and speak words well directed:
that God may correct your works for you, and may forgive you your sins:
and whoever shall obey GOD and his apostle shall enjoy great felicity.
We proposed the faith unto the heavens, and the earth, and the mountains:
and they refused to undertake the same, and were afraid thereof; but man
undertook it: verily he was unjust to himself, and foolish;
that GOD may punish the hypocritical men, and the hypocritical women, and
the idolaters, and the idolatresses; and that GOD may be turned unto the true
believers, both men and women; for GOD is gracious and merciful.



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CHAPTER XXXIV.

ENTITLED, SABA; REVEALED AT MECCA.

IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.

PRAISE be unto GOD, unto whom belongeth whatever is in the heavens and on
earth: and unto him be praise in the world to come; for he is wise and
intelligent.
He knoweth whatsoever entereth into the earth, and whatsoever cometh out
of the same, and whatsoever descendeth from heaven, and whatsoever ascendeth
thereto: and he is merciful and ready to forgive.
The unbelievers say, The hour of judgment will not come unto us. Answer,
Yea, by my LORD, it will surely come unto you; it is he who knoweth the hidden
secret: the weight of an ant, either in heaven or in earth, is not absent from
him, nor anything lesser than this or greater, but the same is written in the
perspicuous book of his decrees;
that he may recompense those who shall have believed, and wrought
righteousness: they shall receive pardon, and an honourable provision.
But they who endeavour to render our signs of none effect shall receive a
punishment of painful torment.
Those unto whom knowledge hath been given, see that the book which hath
been revealed unto thee from thy LORD is the truth, and directeth into the
glorious and laudable way.
The unbelievers say to one another, Shall we show you a man who shall
prophesy unto you, that when ye shall have been dispersed with a total
dispersion, ye shall be raised a new creature?
He hath forged a lie concerning GOD, or rather he is distracted. But
they who believe not in the life to come shall fall into punishment and a wide
error.
Have they not therefore considered what is before them, and what is
behind them, of the heaven and the earth? If we please, we will cause the
earth to open and swallow them up, or will cause a piece of the heaven to fall
upon them: verily herein is a sign unto every servant, who turneth unto God.
10 We heretofore bestowed on David excellence from us: and we said, O
mountains, sing alternate praises with him; and we obliged the birds also to
join therein. And we softened the iron for him,
saying, Make thereof complete coats of mail, and rightly dispose the small
plates which compose the same: and work ye righteousness, O family of David;
for I see that which ye do.
And we made the wind subject unto Solomon: it blew in the morning for a
month, and in the evening for a month. And we made a fountain of molten brass
to flow for him. And some of the genii were obliged to work in his presence,
by the will of his LORD; and whoever of them turned aside from our command, we
will cause him to taste the pain of hell fire.
They made for him whatever he pleased of palaces, and statues, and large
dishes like fishponds, and caldrons standing firm on their trevets; and we
said, Work righteousness, O family of David, with thanksgiving; for few of my
servants are thankful.
And when we had decreed that Solomon should die, nothing discovered his
death unto them, except the creeping thing of the earth, which gnawed his
staff. And when his body fell down, the genii plainly perceived that if they
had known that which is secret, they had not continued in a vile punishment.
The descendants of Saba had heretofore a sign in their dwelling; namely,
two gardens on the right hand and on the left, and it was said unto them, Eat
ye of the provision of your LORD, and give thanks unto him; ye have a good
country, and a gracious LORD.
But they turned aside from what we had commanded them; wherefore we sent
against them the inundation of al Arem, and we changed their two gardens for
them into two gardens producing bitter fruit, and tamarisks, and some little
fruit of the lote-tree.
This we gave them in reward, because they were ungrateful: is any thus
rewarded except the ungrateful?
And we placed between them and the cities which we have blessed, cities
situated near each other; and we made the journey easy between them, saying,
Travel through the same by night and by day, in security.
But they said, O LORD, put a greater distance between our journeys: and
they were unjust unto themselves; and we made them the subject of discourse,
and dispersed them with a total dispersion. Verily, herein are signs unto
every patient, grateful person.
20 And Eblis found his opinion of them to be true: and they followed him,
except a party of the true believers:
and he had no power over them, unless to tempt them, that we might know
him who believed in the life to come, from him who doubted thereof. Thy LORD
observeth all things.
Say unto the idolaters, Call upon those whom ye imagine to be gods,
besides GOD: they are not masters of the weight of an ant in heaven or on
earth, neither have they any share in the creation or government of the same;
nor is any of them assistant to him therein.
No intercession will be of service in his presence, except the
intercession of him to whom he shall grant permission to intercede for
others: and they shall wait in suspense until, when the terror shall be taken
off from their hearts, they shall say to one another: What doth your LORD
say? They shall answer, That which is just: and he is the high, the great
God.
Say, Who provideth food for you from heaven and earth? Answer, GOD: and
either we, or ye, follow the true direction, or are in a manifest error.
Say, Ye shall not be examined concerning what we shall have committed:
neither shall we be examined concerning what ye shall have done.
Say, Our LORD will assemble us together at the last day: then he will
judge between us with truth; and he is the judge, the knowing.
Say, Show me those whom ye have joined as partners with him? Nay; rather
he is the mighty, the wise GOD.
We have not sent thee otherwise than unto mankind in general, a bearer of
good tidings, and a denouncer of threats; but the greater part of men do not
understand.
And they say, When will this threat be fulfilled, if ye speak truth?
30 Answer, A threat is denounced unto you of a day which ye shall not retard
one hour, neither shall ye hasten.
The unbelievers say, We will by no means believe in this Koran, nor in
that which hath been revealed before it. But if thou couldest see when the
unjust doers shall be set before their LORD! They will iterate discourse with
one another: those who were esteemed weak shall say unto those who behaved
themselves arrogantly, Had it not been for you, verily we had been true
believers.
They who behaved themselves arrogantly shall say unto those who were
esteemed weak, Did we turn you aside from the true direction, after it had
come unto you? On the contrary, ye acted wickedly of your own free choice.
And they who were esteemed weak shall say unto those who behaved with
arrogance, Nay, but the crafty plot which ye devised by night and by day,
occasioned our ruin: when ye commanded us that we should not believe in GOD,
and that we should set up other gods as equals unto him. And they shall
conceal their repentance, after they shall have seen the punishment prepared
for them. And we will put yokes on the necks of those who shall have
disbelieved: shall they be rewarded any otherwise than according to what they
shall have wrought?
We have sent no warner unto any city, but the inhabitants thereof who
lived in affluence said, Verily we believe not that with which ye are sent.
And those of Mecca also say, We abound in riches and children, more than
ye; and we shall not be punished hereafter.
Answer, Verily my LORD will bestow provision in abundance unto whom he
pleaseth, and will be sparing unto whom he pleaseth: but the greater part of
men know not this.
Neither your riches nor your children are the things which shall cause
you to draw nigh unto us with a near approach: only whoever believeth, and
worketh righteousness, they shall receive a double reward for that which they
shall have wrought: and they shall dwell in security, in the upper apartments
of paradise.
But they who shall endeavour to render our signs of none effect shall be
delivered up to punishment.
Say, Verily my LORD will bestow provision in abundance unto whom he
pleaseth of his servants, and will be sparing unto whom he pleaseth: and
whatever thing ye shall give in alms, he will return it; and he is the best
provider of food.
40 On a certain day he shall gather them altogether: then shall he say unto
the angels, Did these worship you?
And the angels shall answer, GOD forbid! thou art our friend, and not
these: but they worshipped devils; the greater part of them believed in them.
On this day the one of you shall not be able either to profit or to hurt
the other. And we will say unto those who have acted unjustly, Taste ye the
pain of hell fire, which ye rejected as a falsehood.
When our evident signs are read unto them, they say of thee, O Mohammed,
This is no other than a man who seeketh to turn you aside from the gods which
your fathers worshipped. And they say of the Koran, This is no other than a
lie blasphemously forged. And the unbelievers say of the truth, when it is
come unto them, This is no other than manifest sorcery:
yet we have given them no books of scripture wherein to exercise
themselves, nor have we sent unto them any warner before thee.
They who were before them in like manner accused their prophets of
imposture: but these have not arrived unto the tenth part of the riches and
strength which we had bestowed on the former: and they accused my apostles of
imposture; and how severe was my vengeance!
Say, Verily I advise you unto one thing, namely, that ye stand before GOD
by two and two, and singly; and then consider seriously and you will find
that there is no madness in your companion Mohammed: he is no other than a
warner unto you, sent before a severe punishment.
Say, I ask not of you any reward for my preaching; it is your own,
either to give or not: my reward is to be expected from GOD alone; and he is
witness over all things.
Say, Verily my LORD sendeth down the truth to his prophets: he is the
knower of secrets.
Say, Truth is come, and falsehood is vanished, and shall not return any
more.
50 Say, If I err, verily I shall err only against my own soul: but if I be
rightly directed, it will be by that which my LORD revealeth unto me; for he
is ready to hear, and nigh unto those who call upon him.
If thou couldest see, when the unbelievers shall tremble, and shall
find no refuge, and shall be taken from a near place,
and shall say, We believe in him! But how shall they receive the faith
from a distant place:
since they had before denied him, and reviled the mysteries of faith,
from a distant place?
And a bar shall be placed between them and that which they shall desire;
as it hath been done with those who behaved like them heretofore: because
they have been in a doubt which hath caused scandal.