The Majestic Quran

T T V : G 255 God, there is no god but Him! He is The Living, The Everlasting. Neither tiredness nor sleep overwhelm Him. All that is in The Heavens and on Earth belongs to Him. Who dares intercede without His permission? He knows what they have achieved and what they have failed to do , 44 but they can only grasp what He wishes of His knowledge. His Majestic Throne extends over the Heavens and the Earth, and He never tires of protecting them both. He is The Exalted, The Majestic. F 256 There is no compulsion in religion. Guidance is clearly distinct from error. 45 Whoever rejects false god s 46 and believes solely in God has grasped the most trustworthy handhold, which will never break. God is the Hearing, the Knowing. G 257 God is the friend of believers, taking them out of darkness into light. As for the disbelievers, their friends are the false gods, who take them out of light into darkness; these are people of the Fire, where they will stay forever. E G ’ : A N 258 Have you not considered the one who God made King, when he argued with Abraham about his Lord? Abraham said to him: “It is my Lord Who gives life and death”. He replied: “I too give life and death”. Abraham replied: “God brings the Sun from the East, so why not bring it from the West, if you can ?” The disbeliever was speechless, God does not guide the wicked people. E G ’ 259 Or take the example of the one who passed through a town, its buildings razed to the ground; he asked himself : “How can God bring these ruins to life once they are dead?” So, God made him die for hundred years and then brought him back to life. God asked him: “How long did you remain dead in such way?” He replied: “Possibly a day or part of a day”. God told him: “In fact you remained dead for a hundred years! Look at your food and drink, they have not gone off; but look at your donkey. We have done all this to make you a sign for people, look at the donkey’s bones, how We put them back together and covered them with flesh”. When it had all