6:24-35

6:24-35

6:24

Behold! how they lie against their own souls! But the (lie) which they invented will leave them in the lurch.

6:25

Of them there are some who (pretend to) listen to thee; but We have thrown veils on their hearts, So they understand it not, and deafness in their ears; if they saw every one of the signs, not they will believe in them; in so much that when they come to thee, they (but) dispute with thee; the Unbelievers say: “These are nothing but tales of the ancients.”

6:26

Others they keep away from it, and themselves they keep away; but they only destroy their own souls, and they perceive it not.

6:27

If thou couldst but see when they are confronted with the Fire! They will say: “Would that we were but sent back! Then would we not reject the signs of our Lord, but would be amongst \those who believe!”

6:28

Yea, in their own (eyes) will become manifest what before they concealed. But if they were returned, they would certainly relapse to the things they were forbidden, for they are indeed liars.

6:29

And they (sometimes) say: “There is nothing except our life on this earth, and never shall we be raised up again.”

6:30

If thou couldst but see when they are confronted with their Lord! He will say: “Is not this the truth?” They will say: “Yea, by our Lord!” He will say: “Taste ye then the penalty, because ye rejected Faith.”

6:31

Lost indeed are they who treat it as a falsehood that they must meet Allah, – until on a sudden the hour is on them, and they say: “Ah! woe unto us that we took no thought of it”; for they bear their burdens on their backs, and evil indeed are the burdens that they bear?

6:32

What is the life of this world but play and amusement? But best is the home in the hereafter, for those who are righteous. Will ye not then understand?

6:33

We know indeed the grief which their words do cause thee: It is not thee they reject it is the signs of Allah, which the wicked contemn.

6:34

Rejected were the messengers before thee: with patience and constancy they bore their rejection and their wrongs, until Our aid did reach them: there is none that can alter the words (and decrees) of Allah. Already hast thou received some account of those messengers.

6:35

If their spurning is hard on thy mind, yet if thou wert able to seek a tunnel in the ground or a ladder to the skies and bring them a sign, – (what good?). If it were Allah’s will, He could gather them together unto true guidance so be not thou amongst those who are swayed by ignorance (and impatience)!