43-If it were Our Will, We could drown them: then would there be no helper (to hear their cry), nor could they be delivered 44-Except by way of Mercy from Us, and by way of (worldly) convenience (to serve them) for a time. 45-When they are told, "Fear ye that which is before you and that which will be after you, in order that ye may receive Mercy." (they turn back). 46-Not a Sign come to them from among the Signs of their Lord, but they turn away therefrom. 47-And when they are told, "Spend ye of (the bounties) with which Allah has provided you," The Unbelievers say to those who believe: "Shall we then feed those whom, if Allah had so willed, He would have fed, (Himself)? Ye are in nothing but manifest error." 48-Further, they say, "When will this promise (come to pass), if what ye say is true?" 49-They will not (have to) wait for aught but a single Blast: it will seize them while they are yet disputing among themselves! 50-No (chance) will they then have, by will, to dispose (of their affairs), nor to return to their own people! 51-The trumpet shall be sounded, when behold! from the sepulchres (men) will rush forth to their Lord! 52-They will say: "Ah! woe unto us! who hath raised us up from our beds of repose?" (a voice will say:) "This is what (Allah) Most Gracious had promised, and true was the word of the Messengers!" 53-It will be no more than a single Blast, when lo! they will all be brought up before Us! 54-Then, on that Day, not a soul will be wronged in the least, and ye shall but be repaid the meeds of your past Deeds. 55-Verily the Companions of the Garden shall that Day have joy in all that they do; 56-They and their associates will be in groves of (cool) shade, reclining on Thrones (of dignity); 57-(Every) fruit (enjoyment) will be there for them; they shall have whatever they call for; 58-"Peace!" a Word (of salutation) from a Lord Most Merciful! 59-"And O ye in sin! get ye apart this Day! 60-"Did I not enjoin on you, O ye Children of Adam, that ye should not worship Satan; for that he was to you an enemy avowed? 61-"And that ye should worship Me, (for that) this was the Straight Way? 62-"But he did lead astray a great multitude of you. Did ye not, then, understand? 63-"This is the Hell of which ye were (repeatedly) warned! 64-"Embrace ye the (Fire) this Day, for that ye (persistently) rejected (Truth)." 65-That Day shall We set a seal on their mouths. But their hands will speak to Us, and their feet bear witness, to all that they did. 66-If it had been Our Will, We could surely have blotted out their eyes; then should they have run about groping for the Path, but how could they have seen? 67-And if it had been Our Will, We could have transformed them (to remain) in their places; then should they have been unable to move about, nor could they have returned (after error). 68-If we grant long life to any, We cause him to be reversed in nature: will they not them understand? 69-We have not instructed the (Prophet) in Poetry, nor is it meet for him: this is no less than a Message and a Qur'an making things clear: 70-That it may give admonition to any (who are) alive, and that the charge may be proved against those who reject (Truth). 71-See they not that it is We Who have created for them - among other things which Our Hands have fashioned - cattle, which are under their dominion? 72-And that We have subjected them to their (use)? Of them some do carry them and some they eat: 73-And they have (other) profits from them (besides), and they get (milk) to drink. Will they not then be grateful? 74-Yet they take (for worship) gods other than Allah, (hoping) that they might be helped! 75-They have not the power to help them: but they will be brought up (before our Judgment-seat) as a troop (to be condemned). 76-Let not their speech, then, grieve thee. Verily We know what they hide as well as what they disclose. 77-Doth not man see that it is We Who created him from sperm? Yet behold! he (stands forth) as an open adversary! 78-And he makes comparisons for Us, and forgets his own (origin and) Creation: he says, "Who can give life to (dry) bones and decomposed ones (at that)?" 79-Say, "He will give them life Who created them for the first time! for He is well-versed in every kind of creation! 80-"The same Who produces for you fire out of the green tree, when behold! ye kindle therewith (your own fires)! 81-Is not He Who created the heavens and the earth able to create the like thereof? "Yea, indeed! for He is the Creator Supreme of skill and knowledge (infinite)! 82-Verily, when He intends a thing, His Command is, "Be", and it is! 83-So glory to Him in Whose hands is the dominion of all things: and to Him will ye be all brought back.

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