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have not sent thee to be a disposer of their affairs for them.
017.055 And it is your Lord that knoweth best all beings that are in the heavens and on earth: We did bestow on some
prophets more (and other) gifts than on others: and We gave to David (the gift of) the Psalms.
017.056 Say: "Call on those - besides Him - whom ye fancy: they have neither the power to remove your troubles from
you nor to change them."
017.057 Those whom they call upon do desire (for themselves) means of access to their Lord, - even those who are
nearest: they hope for His Mercy and fear His Wrath: for the Wrath of thy Lord is something to take heed of.
017.058 There is not a population but We shall destroy it before the Day of Judgment or punish it with a dreadful
Penalty: that is written in the (eternal) Record.
017.059 And We refrain from sending the signs, only because the men of former generations treated them as false:
We sent the she-camel to the Thamud to open their eyes, but they treated her wrongfully: We only send the Signs by
way of terror (and warning from evil).
017.060 Behold! We told thee that thy Lord doth encompass mankind round about: We granted the vision which We
showed thee, but as a trial for men,- as also the Cursed Tree (mentioned) in the Qur'an: We put terror (and warning)
into them, but it only increases their inordinate transgression!
017.061 Behold! We said to the angels: "Bow down unto Adam": They bowed down except Iblis: He said, "Shall I bow
down to one whom Thou didst create from clay?"
017.062 He said: "Seest Thou? this is the one whom Thou hast honoured above me! If Thou wilt but respite me to the
Day of Judgment, I will surely bring his descendants under my sway - all but a few!"
017.063 (God) said: "Go thy way; if any of them follow thee, verily Hell will be the recompense of you (all)- an ample
recompense.
017.064 "Lead to destruction those whom thou canst among them, with thy (seductive) voice; make assaults on them
with thy cavalry and thy infantry; mutually share with them wealth and children; and make promises to them." But Satan
promises them nothing but deceit.
017.065 "As for My servants, no authority shalt thou have over them:" Enough is thy Lord for a Disposer of affairs.
017.066 Your Lord is He That maketh the Ship go smoothly for you through the sea, in order that ye may seek of his
Bounty. For he is unto you most Merciful.
017.067 When distress seizes you at sea, those that ye call upon - besides Himself - leave you in the lurch! but when
He brings you back safe to land, ye turn away (from Him). Most ungrateful is man!
017.068 Do ye then feel secure that He will not cause you to be swallowed up beneath the earth when ye are on land,
or that He will not send against you a violent tornado (with showers of stones) so that ye shall find no one to carry out
your affairs for you?
017.069 Or do ye feel secure that He will not send you back a second time to sea and send against you a heavy gale
to drown you because of your ingratitude, so that ye find no helper. Therein against Us?
017.070 We have honoured the sons of Adam; provided them with transport on land and sea; given them for sustenance
things good and pure; and conferred on them special favours, above a great part of our creation.
017.071 One day We shall call together all human beings with their (respective) Imams: those who are given their
record in their right hand will read it (with pleasure), and they will not be dealt with unjustly in the least.
017.072 But those who were blind in this world, will be blind in the hereafter, and most astray from the Path.
017.073 And their purpose was to tempt thee away from that which We had revealed unto thee, to substitute in our
name something quite different; (in that case), behold! they would certainly have made thee (their) friend!
017.074 And had We not given thee strength, thou wouldst nearly have inclined to them a little.
017.075 In that case We should have made thee taste an equal portion (of punishment) in this life, and an equal portion
in death: and moreover thou wouldst have found none to help thee against Us!
017.076 Their purpose was to scare thee off the land, in order to expel thee; but in that case they would not have stayed
(therein) after thee, except for a little while.
017.077 (This was Our) way with the apostles We sent before thee: thou wilt find no change in Our ways.
017.078 Establish regular prayers - at the sun's decline till the darkness of the night, and the morning prayer and
reading: for the prayer and reading in the morning carry their testimony.