to thee, Allah.” “Peace” will be their greeting, and the close of their cry will be, “Praise be
to Allah, Lord, of all creatures.”
10:11 If Allah were to hasten evil to men for the ill they have earned, as they wish Him to
hasten their good, their doom would be known. So We leave those who do not hope for Our
meeting blindly wandering on. When trouble touches man, he cries to Us to be on his side
sitting or standing. When We remove his troubles, he goes on his way as though he had not
cried to Us because of his troubles. That is how their deeds are made to seem fair to them.
10:13 We have destroyed generations before you when they acted wickedly. Messengers
came to them with clear signs from Allah, but they would not believe. This is how We
reward the wicked. Then We caused you to succeed them on the earth to see how you would
act. But when Our clear signs are recited to them, those who do not want to meet Us say,
“Bring a different Koran than this, or make some change in it.” Say: I [Mohammed] do not
have the authority to change it as I see fit. I follow what is inspired in me. If I disobey my
Lord, I fear the punishment of a great day. Say: If Allah desired, I would not have recited it
to you, nor would He have taught it to you. I have dwelt among you a lifetime before it came
to me. Do you not understand? And who is more unjust than he who invents a lie against
Allah, or rejects His signs as lies? But the guilty will never prosper.
10:18 They worship gods besides Allah who will neither hurt nor help them and say, “These
are our intercessors with Allah.” Say: Would you inform Allah of something in the heavens
and in the earth that He does not know? Glory be to Him. He is exalted above the deities
they associate with Him.
10:19 Men were of one nation, but they fell into differences, and if a decree had not gone
out from the Lord, their differences would have surely been decided between them.
10:20 They say, “Why is there not a sign sent down from his Lord?” Say:
The unseen is with
Allah, so wait. I, too, will be with you among those who wait. When We grant men a mercy
after an adversity has afflicted them and We cause this people to taste of mercy, they start
plotting against Our signs. Say: Allah is swifter to plot. Our messengers record all the plots
you make.
35:40 Say: Have you ever seen the idols whom you call on beside Allah? Show me the
part of earth they have created, or did they help create the heavens? Have We given them
a Book so they can act on clear proof? No, the wrongdoers promise one another only
delusions. It is Allah who upholds heaven and earth or they would cease to function. If
they
were failing, no one could hold them up but He for He is patient and forgiving.
35:42 They [Jews and Christians] swore their strongest oaths by Allah that if a warner came
to them, they would follow his guidance more than any people had, but when the messenger
came to them, it only increased their flight from good deeds. Their arrogance on earth and
their plans for evil will only entrap the arrogant men who created the plans. Do they
remember the way Allah dealt with the peoples of old? You will not find any change in the
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