The Majestic Quran

alone; all are fed by the same water, yet some are better to eat than others. Surely, in this are signs for people who understand. T 5 If you are amazed at anything , then what is more amazing than their slogan: “How can we be created anew once we have turned to dust?” They disbelieve their Lord. Such people shall have iron collars around their necks, and they’ll be the companions of the Fire, remaining there forever. 6 They challenge you to hasten what is bad for them instead asking for what is good, even though many exemplary punishments have happened before them. Without doubt, your Lord is ever willing to forgive people their evil. But your Lord is also severe in His punishment. 7 The disbelievers say, “If only a miraculous sign were to come down to him from His Lord.” You are a warner, and there was a guide for every nation. C 8 God knows what every female carries, even the shrinking and the swelling of the wombs. Everything is calculated with precision for Him, 9 the Knower of the seen and unseen realms, the Great, the Highest. 10 Whether you call out quietly or loudly, or whether one tries to hide in the darkness of the night or walk in the broad daylight its all the same for Him. 11 A chain of angels in front and behind him is assigned by God to watch over him. God never changes the condition of a nation until they change what is in themselves, and if God wanted to destroy people, no one could stop Him, and they would have no protector besides Him. 12 He displays the lightning which stirs fear and hope in you as He causes the heavy clouds to build up. 13 Likewise the roaring thunder glorifies His praise, and the angels too glorify Him out of awe of Him, and He sends thunderbolts, striking anyone He wants, as they continue to argue about God, He is Mighty in power. I G 14 A true prayer is for Him alone . Those they pray to besides Him never answer, they’re like a person who stretches out his hands to catch water to put into his mouth, but it doesn’t reach it. The disbelievers’ prayer is ineffective. 15 All things in the Heavens and the Earth worship God willingly or unwillingly, just as their shadows in the morning and the late afternoon do. 21 16 Say: “Who is Lord of the Heavens and the Earth?” Say: