(59) Say: Praise be to Allah, and Peace on his servants whom He has chosen (for his Message). (Who) is better?- Allah or the false gods they associate (with Him)? the earth, and Who sends you down rain from the sky? Yea, with it We cause to grow well-planted orchards full of beauty of delight: it is not in your power to cause the growth of the trees in them. (Can there be another) god besides Allah? Nay, they are a people who swerve from justice. Or, Who has made the earth firm to live in; made rivers in its midst; set thereon mountains immovable; and made a separating bar between the two bodies of flowing water? (can there be another) god besides Allah? Nay, most of them know not. Or, Who listens to the (soul) distressed when it calls on Him, and Who relieves its suffering, and makes you (mankind) inheritors of the earth? (Can there be another) god besides Allah? Little it is that ye heed! Or, Who guides you through the depths of darkness on land and sea, and Who sends the winds as heralds of glad tidings, going before His Mercy? (Can there be another) god besides Allah?- High is Allah above what they associate with Him! Or, Who originates creation, then repeats it, and who gives you sustenance from heaven and earth? (Can there be another) god besides Allah? Say, Bring forth your argument, if ye are telling the truth! Say: None in the heavens or on earth, except Allah, knows what is hidden: nor can they perceive when they shall be raised up (for Judgment). Still less can their knowledge comprehend the Hereafter: Nay, they are in doubt and uncertainty thereanent; nay, they are blind thereunto! The Unbelievers say: What! when we become dust,- we and our fathers,- shall we really be raised (from the dead)? It is true we were promised this,- we and our fathers before (us): these are nothing but tales of the ancients. Say: Go ye through the earth and see what has been the end of those guilty (of sin). But grieve not over them, nor distress thyself because of their plots. They also say: When will this promise (come to pass)? (Say) if ye are truthful. Say: It may be that some of the events which ye wish to hasten on may be (close) in your pursuit! But verily thy Lord is full of grace to mankind: Yet most of them are ungrateful. And verily thy Lord knoweth all that their hearts do hide. As well as all that they reveal. Nor is there aught of the unseen, in heaven or earth, but is (recorded) in a clear record.
Posted on: Thu, 27 Mar 2014 19:25:38 +0000