God hath not begotten offspring; neither is there any other God with Him: else had each god assuredly taken away that which he had created,11 and some had assuredly uplifted themselves above others! Far from the glory of God, be what they affirm of Him!
He knoweth alike the unseen and the seen: far be He uplifted above the gods whom they associate with Him!
SAY: O my Lord! If thou wilt let me witness the infliction of that with which they have been threatened!
O my Lord! place me not among the ungodly people.
Verily, we are well able to make thee see the punishment with which we have threatened them.
Turn aside evil with that which is better: we best know what they utter against thee.
And SAY: "O my Lord! I betake me to Thee, against the promptings of the
Satans:
And I betake me to Thee, O my Lord! that they gain no hurtful access to me."
When death overtaketh one of the wicked, he saith, "Lord, send me back again,
That I may do the good which I have left undone."12 "By no means." These are the very words which he shall speak: