is the judgement, andmost swift is His reckoning.'
Say: 'Who delivers you from the perils of land and sea, when you call
out to Him humbly and in secret, saying: “Save us, and we will be truly
thankful?” '
Say: 'Allah delivers you from them, and from all afflictions. Yet you
worship others withHim.'
Say: 'He has power to let loose His scourge upon you from above
your heads and from beneath your feet, and to divide you into
discordant factions, causing the one to suffer at the hands of the other.'
See howWemake plainOur revelations, that theymay understand.
Your people have rejected this, although it is the very truth. Say: 'I
am not your keeper. The time will come when every prophecy shall be
fulfilled, and you shall knowof it.'
When you see those that scoff at Our revelations, withdraw from
them till they engage in some other talk. If the devil causes you to
forget, leave the wrongdoers as soon as you remember. Those that fear
Allah are not by any means accountable for them. We remind them
only so that theymay guard themselves against evil.
Avoid those that treat faith as a sport and a pastime and are seduced
by the life of this world. Admonish them hereby lest a soul be damned
by its own sins. It has no guardian or intercessor besides Allah: and
though it offers every ransom, it shall not be accepted from it. Such are
those that are damned by their deeds. They shall drink boiling water
and be sternly punished for their unbelief.
Say: 'Are we to call besidesAllah what can neither help nor harm us?
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