will answer: 'Here you shall remain! '
We have made known to you the truth, but most of you abhor the
truth.
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Or have they settled on a plan (against you)? It is We who settle
(things). Do they think We cannot hear their secret talk and private
converse?Yes! Our angels, who are at their side, record it all.
Say: 'If the Lord of Mercy had a son, I would be the first to worship
him.'
Exalted be the Lord of the heavens and the earth, the Lord of the
Throne, above their falsehoods! Let them blunder, let them play, until
they face the daywithwhich they are threatened.
It is He who is God in heaven and God on earth; He is theWise One,
the All—knowing. Blessed be He to whom belongs the sovereignty in
the heavens and the earth and all that lies between them! With Him is
the knowledge of the Hour of Doom. ToHimyou shall all return.
Those whom they invoke besides Him have not the power to
intercede for them. None can intercede for them save him who knows
the truth and testifies to it.
Yet if you ask themwho created them, they will promptly reply that
it wasAllah. How then can they turn away fromHim?
(God also hears) his (the Prophet's) cry: 'Lord, these men are
unbelievers.'
Bear with them and wish them peace. They shall (before long)
know.
1. Muhammad.
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THE QURAN