The fate of former idolaters.

Exhortation to believe before the sudden coming of the Judgment Day.

God’s sending rain to quicken the earth is a sign of His power.

Muḥammad cannot make the deaf hear his message.

Warning of the Last Day.

Chapter XXVI.

Sūratu ʾsh-Shuʿarāʾ.

The Chapter of the Poets.

Muḥammad is not to be vexed by the people’s unbelief.

Though called a liar now, his cause shall triumph in the end.