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041.005 They say: "Our hearts are under veils, (concealed) from that to which thou dost invite us, and in our ears in
a deafness, and between us and thee is a screen: so do thou (what thou wilt); for us, we shall do (what we will!)"
041.006 Say thou: "I am but a man like you: It is revealed to me by Inspiration, that your God is one God: so stand true
to Him, and ask for His Forgiveness." And woe to those who join gods with God,-
041.007 Those who practise not regular Charity, and who even deny the Hereafter.
041.008 For those who believe and work deeds of righteousness is a reward that will never fail.
041.009 Say: Is it that ye deny Him Who created the earth in two Days? And do ye join equals with Him? He is the
Lord of (all) the Worlds.
041.010 He set on the (earth), mountains standing firm, high above it, and bestowed blessings on the earth, and measure
therein all things to give them nourishment in due proportion, in four Days, in accordance with (the needs of) those
who seek (Sustenance).
041.011 Moreover He comprehended in His design the sky, and it had been (as) smoke: He said to it and to the earth:
"Come ye together, willingly or unwillingly." They said: "We do come (together), in willing obedience."
041.012 So He completed them as seven firmaments in two Days, and He assigned to each heaven its duty and
command. And We adorned the lower heaven with lights, and (provided it) with guard. Such is the Decree of (Him) the
Exalted in Might, Full of Knowledge.
041.013 But if they turn away, say thou: "I have warned you of a stunning Punishment (as of thunder and lightning) like
that which (overtook) the 'Ad and the Thamud!"
041.014 Behold, the apostles came to them, from before them and behind them, (preaching): "Serve none but God."
They said, "If our Lord had so pleased, He would certainly have sent down angels (to preach). Now we reject your
mission (altogether)."
041.015 Now the 'Ad behaved arrogantly through the land, against (all) truth and reason, and said: "Who is superior to
us in strength?" What! did they not see that God, Who created them, was superior to them in strength? But they
continued to reject Our Signs!
041.016 So We sent against them a furious Wind through days of disaster, that We might give them a taste of a Penalty
of humiliation in this life; but the Penalty of a Hereafter will be more humiliating still: and they will find no help.
041.017 As to the Thamud, We gave them Guidance, but they preferred blindness (of heart) to Guidance: so the
stunning Punishment of humiliation seized them, because of what they had earned.
041.018 But We delivered those who believed and practised righteousness.
041.019 On the Day that the enemies of God will be gathered together to the Fire, they will be marched in ranks.
041.020 At length, when they reach the (Fire), their hearing, their sight, and their skins will bear witness against them,
as to (all) their deeds.
041.021 They will say to their skins: "Why bear ye witness against us?" They will say: "God hath given us speech,- (He)
Who giveth speech to everything: He created you for the first time, and unto Him were ye to return.
041.022 "Ye did not seek to hide yourselves, lest your hearing, your sight, and your skins should bear witness against
you! But ye did think that God knew not many of the things that ye used to do!
041.023 "But this thought of yours which ye did entertain concerning your Lord, hath brought you to destruction, and
(now) have ye become of those utterly lost!"
041.024 If, then, they have patience, the Fire will be a home for them! and if they beg to be received into favour, into
favour will they not (then) be received.
041.025 And We have destined for them intimate companions (of like nature), who made alluring to them what was
before them and behind them; and the sentence among the previous generations of Jinns and men, who have passed
away, is proved against them; for they are utterly lost.
041.026 The Unbelievers say: "Listen not to this Qur'an, but talk at random in the midst of its (reading), that ye may
gain the upper hand!"
041.027 But We will certainly give the Unbelievers a taste of a severe Penalty, and We will requite them for the worst
of their deeds.
041.028 Such is the requital of the enemies of God,- the Fire: therein will be for them the Eternal Home: a (fit)
requital, for that they were wont to reject Our Sings.