Say: Verily I am forbidden to serve those whom ye call on beside God, since there came to me manifestations from my Lord, and I am bidden to resign myself to the Lord of the worlds.
He it is who created you of dust, then of a germ, then of blood; then bringeth you forth a babe: then ye come to your strength, then ye become old men (but some of you die before) and reach the appointed term: haply ye will understand!
It is He who giveth life and death; and when He decreeth a thing, He only saith to it, “Be,” and it is.
Hast thou not beheld those who cavil at the signs of God, how they are turned aside?
They who call the Book, and that with which we have sent our apostles, a lie: they shall soon know!
When the shackles shall be on their necks, and the chains, whilst they are dragged into Hell—then in the fire shall they be burned—
Then shall it be said to them, “Where is that which ye joined in worship beside God?” They shall say, “They are lost to us, Nay! we did not call before upon anything.” Thus God misleadeth the unbelievers.
“That is because ye exulted on earth in what was not true, and because ye were insolent.”
Enter the gates of Hell to abide therein for ever: and wretched is the abode of the proud!
But be thou patient: verily the promise of God is true: and whether we show thee part of what we threatened them, or whether we make thee to die; yet to us shall they return.