And he who has been blind here, shall be blind hereafter, and wander yet more from the way.
And, verily, they had well nigh beguiled thee from what we revealed to thee, and caused thee to invent some other thing in our name: but in that case they would surely have taken thee as a friend;22
And had we not settled thee, thou hadst well nigh leaned to them a little:
In that case we would surely have made thee taste of woe23 in life and of woe in death: then thou shouldest not have found a helper against us.
And truly they had almost caused thee to quit the land, in order wholly to drive thee forth from it:24 but then, themselves should have tarried but a little after thee.
This was our way with the Apostles we have already sent before thee, and in this our way thou shalt find no change.
Observe prayer at sunset, till the first darkening of the night, and the daybreak reading-for the daybreak reading hath its witnesses,
And watch unto it in the night: this shall be an excess in service:25 it may be that thy Lord will raise thee to a glorious station:
And say, "O my Lord, cause me to enter26 with a perfect entry, and to come forth with a perfect forthcoming, and give me from thy presence a helping power:"
And SAY: Truth is come and falsehood is vanished. Verily, falsehood is a thing that vanisheth.