Doth not whoever is in the heavens and whoever is in the earth belong to God? then what do they follow who call upon Partners beside God? verily they follow but a fancy; and verily they are naught but liars.
It is He who made you the night to rest in, and the day for seeing: verily in that are signs to a folk that can hear!
They say, “God hath taken him a son.” Extolled be his glory! He is the Self-sufficient, all that is in the heavens, and all that is in the earth is his! ye have no warranty for this! do ye say about God that which ye know not?
Say: Verily they who forge this lie against God shall not prosper:—
A passing joy in this world, then to us they return; and then we will make them taste the grievous torment, because they did not believe.
And tell them the story of Noah, when he said to his people,—“O my people! though my dwelling with you and my warning you of the signs of God hath been grievous to you, yet in God do I put my trust: so gather together your case and your Partners; then will not your case fall upon you in the dark: then decide about me and delay not.
And if ye turn, yet ask I no reward from you: my reward is with God alone, and I am commanded to be of those who are resigned.”
But they called him a liar, so we delivered him and those who were with him in the ship, and we made them to survive; and we drowned those who had called our signs lies: see then what was the end of those who were warned!
Then after him, we sent apostles to their people, and they came to them with manifestations: but they would not believe in what they had denied before: thus do we put a seal upon the hearts of the transgressors.
Then sent we, after them, Moses and Aaron to Pharaoh and his nobles with our signs; but they were puffed up and were a sinful folk.