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21. And he had no warrant whatsoever against them, save that We would know him who believeth in the Hereafter from

him who is in doubt thereof; and thy Lord (O Muhammad) taketh note of all things.

22. Say (O Muhammad): Call upon those whom ye set up beside Allah! They possess not an atom's weight either in the

heavens or the earth, nor have they any share either, nor hath He an auxiliary among them.

23. No intercession availeth with Him save for him whom He permitteth. Yet, when fear is banished from their hearts,

they say: What was it that your Lord said? They say: The Truth. And He is the Sublime, the Great.

24. Say: Who giveth you provision from the sky and the earth? Say: Allah. Lo! we or you assuredly are rightly guided

or in error manifest.

25. Say: Ye will not be asked of what we committed, nor shall we be asked of what ye do.

26. Say: Our Lord will bring us all together, then He will judge between us with truth. He is the All knowing Judge.

27. Say: Show me those whom ye have joined unto Him as partners. Nay (ye dare not)! For He is Allah, the Mighty,

the Wise.

28. And We have not sent thee (O Muhammad) save as a bringer of good tidings and a warner unto all mankind; but most

of mankind know not.

29. And they say: When is this promise (to be fulfilled) if ye are truthful?

30. Say (O Muhammad): Yours is the promise of a Day which ye cannot postpone nor hasten by an hour.

31. And those who disbelieve say: We believe not in this Qur’an nor in that which was before it; but oh, if thou couldst

see, when the wrong doers are brought up before their Lord, how they cast the blame one to another; how those who

were despised (in the earth) say unto those who were proud: But for you, we should have been believers.

32. And those who were proud say unto those who were despised: Did we drive you away from the guidance after it

had come unto you? Nay, but ye were guilty.

33. Those who were despised say unto those who were proud: Nay but (it was your) scheming night and day, when ye

commanded us to disbelieve in Allah and set up rivals unto Him. And they are filled with remorse when they behold

the doom; and We place carcans on the necks of those who disbelieved. Are they requited aught save what they did?

34. And We sent not unto any township a warner, but its pampered ones declared: Lo! we are disbelievers in that which

ye bring unto Us.

35. And they say: We are more (than you) in wealth and children. We are not the punished!

36. Say (O Muhammad): Lo! my Lord enlargeth the provision for whom He will and narroweth it (for whom He will).

But most of mankind know not.

37. And it is not your wealth nor your children that will bring you near unto Us, but he who believeth and doeth good

(he draweth near). As for such, theirs will be twofold reward for what they did, and they will dwell secure in lofty halls.

38. And as for those who strive against Our revelations, challenging, they will be brought to the doom.

39. Say: Lo! my Lord enlargeth the provision for whom He will of His bondmen, and narroweth (it) for him. And

whatsoever ye spend (for good) He replaceth it. And He is the Best of Providers.

40. And on the day when He will gather them all together, He will say Unto the angels: Did these worship you?

41. They will say: Be Thou glorified. Thou art our Protector from them! Nay, but they worshipped the jinn; most of

them were believers in them.

42. That day ye will possess no Use nor hurt one for another. And We shall say unto those who did wrong: Taste the

doom of the Fire which ye used to deny.

43. And if Our revelations are recited unto them in plain terms, they say: This is naught else than a man who would turn

you away from what your fathers used to worship; and they say: This is naught else than an invented lie. Those who

disbelieve say of the truth when it reacheth them: This is naught else than mere magic.

44. And We have given them no Scriptures which they study, nor sent We unto them, before thee, any warner.

45. Those before them denied, and these have not attained a tithe of that which We bestowed on them (of old); yet they

denied My messengers. How intense then was My abhorrence (of them)!

46. Say (unto them, O Muhammad): I exhort you unto one thing only: that ye awake, for Allah's sake, by twos and

singly, and then reflect: There is no madness in your comrade. He is naught else than a warner unto you in face of a

terrific doom.

47. Say: Whatever reward I might have asked of you is yours. My reward is the affair of Allah only. He is Witness over

all things.

48. Say: Lo! my Lord hurleth the truth. (He is) the Knower of Things Hidden.