Quran — Page 267

[and] who [now] declare this Qur'an to be [a tissue of] falsehoods!

But, by thy Sustainer! [On the Day of Judgment] We shall indeed call them to account, one and all,

for whatever they have done!

Hence, proclaim openly all that thou hast been bidden [to say], and leave alone all those who ascribe divinity to aught beside God:

verily, We shall suffice thee against all who [now] deride [this message - all]

who assert that there are, side by side with God, other divine powers as well: for in time they will come to know [the truth].

And well do We know that thy bosom is constricted by the [blasphemous] things that they say:

but extol thou thy Sustainer's limitless glory and praise Him, and be of those who prostrate themselves [before Him] in adoration,

and worship thy Sustainer till death comes to thee.

GOD'S JUDGMENT is [bound to] come: do not, therefore, call for its speedy advent! Limitless is He in His glory and sublimely exalted above anything to which men may ascribe a share in His divinity!

He causes the angels to descend with this divine inspiration, [bestowed] at His behest upon whomever He wills of His servants: "Warn [all human beings] that there is no deity save Me: be, therefore, conscious of Me!"

He has created the heavens and the earth in accordance with [an inner] truth; sublimely exalted is He above anything to which men may ascribe a share in His divinity!

He creates man out of a [mere] drop of sperm: and lo! this same being shows himself endowed with the power to think and to argue!

And He creates cattle: you derive warmth from them, and [various other] uses; and from them you obtain food;

and you find beauty in them when you drive them home in the evenings and when you take them out to pasture in the mornings.