The Majestic Quran

believers that they are on sure footing with their Lord”? The disbelievers say, “He’s clearly a magician.” G 3 God is Your Lord, He created the Heavens and the Earth in six days then established Himself as befits Him on the throne, overseeing the running of the entire universe . No one can intercede without His permission: such is God, your Lord, so worship Him. Won’t you pay attention? 4 You will return to Him. God’s promise is true. He initiates the process of creation and after its death will restore it, to reward fairly the believers and those who performed righteous deeds. But the disbelievers will have scalding water to drink and a painful punishment because of what they denied. 5 He gave the sun its radiant glow and the moon its light, He determined their phases precisely, so you might calculate the passing years and keep time. God created this for a purpose; so people of knowledge can understand the signs of creation. 6 In the rotation of day and night, and in the creation of the Heavens and the Earth, there are signs for people who are mindful. T 7 Those who don’t expect to meet Us, are pleased with worldly life, feel at ease and have chosen to ignore Our signs, 8 their final home shall be the Fire, a consequence of their activities. 9 Those who believed and did righteous deeds, their Lord will guide them by strengthening their faith, and lead them to the gardens of delight beneath which rivers flow. 10 Here their prayer will be, “Glory to you, God!” And their greeting will be, “Peace,” and the closing prayer will be, “Praise be to God, Lord of all realms.” G ; H 11 If God were hasty in punishing people as they would hasten their reward, their fate would have been sealed, so We leave those who do not expect to meet Us to wander aimlessly in their disobedience. 12 Whenever troubles distress a person, he prays to Us sitting, standing or lying down on his side; but as soon as We remove the cause of his hardship, he carries on as though he had never prayed to Us to ease his hardship. That is how their activities appear attractive to the extravagant. 13 We destroyed many generations before you when they did wrong, and messengers came with clear signs to them, but still they didn’t believe. That’s how We deal with