Who do that which is right, that for them is a great reward;
And that for those who believe not in the life to come, we have made ready an aching torment.
Man prayeth for evil as he prayeth for good: for man was ever hasty.
We have made the night and the day for two signs: then we blot out the sign of the night, and make the sign of the day manifest, that ye may seek bounty from your Lord, and may know the number of the years and the reckoning of time; and we have defined everything definitely.
And every man’s fate we have fastened about his neck. And we will bring to him on the day of Resurrection a book which shall be offered to him open:—
“Read thy Book: thou thyself art accountant enough against thyself this day.”
He who is guided, for his own good only shall he be guided, and he who erreth but to his own hurt; and one burthened soul shall not be burthened with another’s burthen.
And we did not punish until we had sent an apostle.
And when we resolved to destroy a city, we enjoined its men of wealth, but they disobeyed therein; so the sentence proved true, and we destroyed it utterly.
How many generations have we swept away since Noah! and thy Lord knoweth and seeth enough of the sins of His servants.