The Majestic Quran

were unthankful. Tell them: “How wrong is what your faith tells you to do, if you are believers!” 94 Say: “If the Final Abode with God is reserved solely for you and no one else, then why do you not wish for death, if you are truthful?” 95 However, they will never wish for it since they know well what their hands have stockpiled, and God knows well who the wrongdoers are . 96 You will find them and some of the idolators among the most eager of people for the pleasures of this worldly life. Every single one of them would love to live a thousand years, even though living so long would not save them from the punishment. God sees what they do. P 97 Ask: “Who is the enemy of Gabriel?” He brought the Quran down into your heart by God’s authority, confirming what came before it, and as guidance and good news for the believers. 98 Whoever is an enemy of God, His Angels, His Messengers, and Gabriel and Michael, should know that God is the enemy of such disbelievers. 99 We have sent down to you clear verses, and only the wicked deny them. 100 Every time they enter an agreement, a group of them breaks it; in fact, most of them do not believe. 101 When a messenger from God came to them, confirming what they already had, a group of the People of The Book refused to accept it, pretending that they had never heard of it. T 102 They blindly followed the devilish people who had fabricated about the kingdom of Solomon. Solomon did not disbelieve; rather, it was the devilish people who became disbelievers by teaching people magic and what had been given to the two angels , Harut and Marut, in Babylon. These two angels did not teach anyone until they had warned them: “We are sent as a test, so do not disbelieve”. From these two angels , they learned how to create conflict between husband and wife, but they couldn’t harm anyone without God’s permission. So, people studied what harmed them rather than what benefitted them, knowing that anyone who gained this knowledge of magic will have no share in the Hereafter. How wretched is what they have sold themselves for! If only they knew! 103 Had they believed and feared God , the reward would have been far better, if they knew! T M r