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them; and We put forth (many) parables in your behoof!"
014.046 Mighty indeed were the plots which they made, but their plots were (well) within the sight of God, even
though they were such as to shake the hills!
014.047 Never think that God would fail his apostles in His promise: for God is Exalted in power, - the Lord of
Retribution.
014.048 One day the earth will be changed to a different earth, and so will be the heavens, and (men) will be marshalled
forth, before God, the One, the Irresistible;
014.049 And thou wilt see the sinners that day bound together in fetters;-
014.050 Their garments of liquid pitch, and their faces covered with Fire;
014.051 That God may requite each soul according to its deserts; and verily God is swift in calling to account.
014.052 Here is a Message for mankind: Let them take warning therefrom, and let them know that He is (no other than)
One God: let men of understanding take heed.
AL-HIJR, STONELAND, ROCK CITY, CHAPTER NO. 015
015.001 A. L. R. These are the Ayats of Revelation,- of a Qur'an that makes things clear.
015.002 Again and again will those who disbelieve, wish that they had bowed (to God's will) in Islam.
015.003 Leave them alone, to enjoy (the good things of this life) and to please themselves: let (false) hope amuse
them: soon will knowledge (undeceive them).
015.004 Never did We destroy a population that had not a term decreed and assigned beforehand.
015.005 Neither can a people anticipate its term, nor delay it.
015.006 They say: "O thou to whom the Message is being revealed! truly thou art mad (or possessed)!
015.007 "Why bringest thou not angels to us if it be that thou hast the Truth?"
015.008 We send not the angels down except for just cause: if they came (to the ungodly), behold! no respite would
they have!
015.009 We have, without doubt, sent down the Message; and We will assuredly guard it (from corruption).
015.010 We did send apostles before thee amongst the religious sects of old:
015.011 But never came an apostle to them but they mocked him.
015.012 Even so do we let it creep into the hearts of the sinners -
015.013 That they should not believe in the (Message); but the ways of the ancients have passed away.
015.014 Even if We opened out to them a gate from heaven, and they were to continue (all day) ascending therein,
015.015 They would only say: "Our eyes have been intoxicated: Nay, we have been bewitched by sorcery."
015.016 It is We Who have set out the zodiacal signs in the heavens, and made them fair-seeming to (all) beholders;
015.017 And (moreover) We have guarded them from every evil spirit accursed:
015.018 But any that gains a hearing by stealth, is pursued by a flaming fire, bright (to see).
015.019 And the earth We have spread out (like a carpet); set thereon mountains firm and immovable; and produced
therein all kinds of things in due balance.
015.020 And We have provided therein means of subsistence,- for you and for those for whose sustenance ye are not
responsible.
015.021 And there is not a thing but its (sources and) treasures (inexhaustible) are with Us; but We only send down
thereof in due and ascertainable measures.
015.022 And We send the fecundating winds, then cause the rain to descend from the sky, therewith providing you with
water (in abundance), though ye are not the guardians of its stores.
015.023 And verily, it is We Who give life, and Who give death: it is We Who remain inheritors (after all else passes
away).
015.024 To Us are known those of you who hasten forward, and those who lag behind.
015.025 Assuredly it is thy Lord Who will gather them together: for He is perfect in Wisdom and Knowledge.
015.026 We created man from sounding clay, from mud moulded into shape;
015.027 And the Jinn race, We had created before, from the fire of a scorching wind.
015.028 Behold! thy Lord said to the angels: "I am about to create man, from sounding clay from mud moulded into