The Majestic Quran

74 Afterwards, your hearts became hard like rocks or even harder. There are some rocks from which streams flow, and there are others when split open, water flows from them, and yet other rocks which tumble down out of fear of God, He is not unaware of what you do. 75 Do you expect them to believe you when a group of them hears the words of God and, after understanding them, deliberately changes them? B 76 When such people meet those who believe, they tell them: “We believe”. However, when they are alone, they say: “Why tell them about what God has granted you so they use it as evidence against you before your Lord. Don’t you have any sense?” 77 Do they not realise, God knows what they hide and what they publicise? 78 Some of them are illiterate; their knowledge of The Book is based on false hopes, and mere guess. 79 What misery awaits those who rewrite The Book with their own hands and then claim: “This is from God”, just to earn a little money! What misery awaits them for what their hands have written, and what misery awaits them for what they have earned! T 80 They claim: “The Fire will only burn us for a few days”. Ask them: “Have you taken a pledge from God; He never breaks His pledge, or are you making a claim about God, ignorantly?” 81 Rather, the evildoers are occupied in their sins, these are the people of the Fire, there forever. 82 But those who believed and did righteous works, these are the people of Paradise, there forever. T I G 83 Remember when We took the contract from the Israelites: worship God alone, care for parents, relatives, orphans and the needy; speak kindly to people; perform the prayer and give Zakat. Unfortunately, you turned away, objecting to it except a few of you. 84 We took the contract that you would not shed one another’s blood or expel one another from their homes; you accepted and witnessed. I 85 You were killing one another, one group forcing the other out of their homes, or helping one side to commit sin and sow enmity against the