Merciful to afflict me, their intercession will avail me nothing, nor
will they save me. Indeed, I should then be in certain error. I believe in
your Lord. So hear me.'
It was said (to him): 'Enter Paradise,' and he exclaimed: 'Would
that my people knew how gracious my Lord has been to me, how
highlyHe has exaltedme'
But when he was gone, We sent down no host from heaven against
his people: this We never do. One shout was heard—and they fell
down lifeless.
Alas for the servants' They laugh to scorn every apostle that comes
to them. Do they not see how many generations We have destroyed
before them? Never shall they return to them: all without exception
shall be brought before Us.
Let the once-dead earth be a sign to them.We gave it life, and from
it produced grain for their sustenance. We provided it with the palm
and the vine and watered it with gushing springs, so that they might
feed on its fruit. It was not their hands that made all this. Should they
not give thanks?
Glory be to Himwho created pairs of all the things which the earth
grows and of their own kind and that of which they have no
knowledge.
Asign for them is the night. From it We draw out the day-and they
are plunged in darkness.
The sun hastens to its resting-place: that is the decree of the
MightyOne, theAll - Knowing.
36:26
36:36
36:33
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YA SIN
THE QURAN