25:2
He to whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the
earth: no son has He begotten, nor has He a partner in His
dominion: it is He who created all things, and ordered
them in due proportions.
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Yet have they taken, besides him, gods that can create
nothing but are themselves created; that have no control
of hurt or good to themselves; nor can they control death
nor life nor resurrection.
25:4
But the misbelievers say: “Naught is this but a lie which
he has forged, and others have helped him at it.” In truth
it is they who have put forward an iniquity and a
falsehood.
25:5
And they say: “Tales of the ancients, which he has caused
to be written: and they are dictated before him morning
and evening.”
25:6
Say: “The (Qur’an) was sent down by Him who knows
the mystery (that is) in the heavens and the earth: verily
He is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.”
25:7
And they say: “What sort of a messenger is this, who eats
food, and walks through the streets? Why has not an
angel been sent down to him to give admonition with
him?
25:8
“Or (Why) has not a treasure been bestowed on him, or
why has he (not) a garden for enjoyment?” The wicked
say: “Ye follow none other than a man bewitched.”
25:9
See what kinds of comparisons they make for thee! But
they have gone astray, and never away will they be able
to find!
25:10
Blessed is He who, if that were His will, could give thee
better (things) than those,- Gardens beneath which rivers
flow; and He could give thee palaces (secure to dwell in).
25:11
Nay they deny the hour (of the judgment to come): but
We have prepared a blazing fire forsuch as deny the hour:
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When it sees them from a place far off, they will hear its
fury and its ranging sigh.
25:13
And when they are cast, bound together into a constricted
place therein, they will plead for destruction there and
then!
25:14
“This day plead not for a single destruction: plead for
destruction oft-repeated!”