We did aforetime send messengers before thee: of them there are some whose story We have related to thee, and some whose story We have not related to thee. It was not (possible) for any messenger to bring a sign except by the leave of Allah: but when the Command of Allah issued, the matter was decided in truth and justice, and there perished, there and then those who stood on Falsehoods.

Behold, the messengers came to them, from before them and behind them, (preaching): "Serve none but Allah." They said, "If our Lord had so pleased, He would certainly have sent down angels (to preach). Now we reject your mission (altogether)."

And no one will be granted such goodness except those who exercise patience and self-restraint,- none but persons of the greatest good fortune.

And no one will be granted such goodness except those who exercise patience and self-restraint,- none but persons of the greatest good fortune.

Nothing is said to thee that was not said to the messengers before thee: that thy lord has at his Command (all) forgiveness as well as a most Grievous Penalty.

To Him is referred the Knowledge of the Hour (of Judgment: He knows all): No date-fruit comes out of its sheath, nor does a female conceive (within her womb) nor bring forth the Day that (Allah) will propound to them the (question), "Where are the partners (ye attributed to Me?" They will say, "We do assure thee not one of us can bear witness!"

And they became divided only after Knowledge reached them,- through selfish envy as between themselves. Had it not been for a Word that went forth before from thy Lord, (tending) to a Term appointed, the matter would have been settled between them: But truly those who have inherited the Book after them are in suspicious (disquieting) doubt concerning it.

That is (the Bounty) whereof Allah gives Glad Tidings to His Servants who believe and do righteous deeds. Say: "No reward do I ask of you for this except the love of those near of kin." And if any one earns any good, We shall give him an increase of good in respect thereof: for Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Ready to appreciate (service).

If then they run away, We have not sent thee as a guard over them. Thy duty is but to convey (the Message). And truly, when We give man a taste of a Mercy from Ourselves, he doth exult thereat, but when some ill happens to him, on account of the deeds which his hands have sent forth, truly then is man ungrateful!

It is not fitting for a man that Allah should speak to him except by inspiration, or from behind a veil, or by the sending of a messenger to reveal, with Allah's permission, what Allah wills: for He is Most High, Most Wise.

And never came there a prophet to them but they mocked him.

("Ah!") they say, "If it had been the will of (Allah) Most Gracious, we should not have worshipped such (deities)!" Of that they have no knowledge! they do nothing but lie!

Just in the same way, whenever We sent a Warner before thee to any people, the wealthy ones among them said: "We found our fathers following a certain religion, and we will certainly follow in their footsteps."

"(I worship) only Him Who made me, and He will certainly guide me."

We showed them Sign after Sign, each greater than its fellow, and We seized them with Punishment, in order that they might turn (to Us).

And they say, "Are our gods best, or he?" This they set forth to thee, only by way of disputation: yea, they are a contentious people.

He was no more than a servant: We granted Our favour to him, and We made him an example to the Children of Israel.

Do they only wait for the Hour - that it should come on them all of a sudden, while they perceive not?

Friends on that day will be foes, one to another,- except the Righteous.

And those whom they invoke besides Allah have no power of intercession;- only he who bears witness to the Truth, and they know (him).

There is no god but He: It is He Who gives life and gives death,- The Lord and Cherisher to you and your earliest ancestors.

"There is nothing beyond our first death, and we shall not be raised again.

We created them not except for just ends: but most of them do not understand.

Except such as receive Allah's Mercy: for He is Exalted in Might, Most Merciful.

Nor will they there taste Death, except the first death; and He will preserve them from the Penalty of the Blazing Fire,-

And We granted them Clear Signs in affairs (of Religion): it was only after knowledge had been granted to them that they fell into schisms, through insolent envy among themselves. Verily thy Lord will judge between them on the Day of Judgment as to those matters in which they set up differences.

And they say: "What is there but our life in this world? We shall die and we live, and nothing but time can destroy us." But of that they have no knowledge: they merely conjecture:

And they say: "What is there but our life in this world? We shall die and we live, and nothing but time can destroy us." But of that they have no knowledge: they merely conjecture:

And they say: "What is there but our life in this world? We shall die and we live, and nothing but time can destroy us." But of that they have no knowledge: they merely conjecture:

And when Our Clear Signs are rehearsed to them their argument is nothing but this: They say, "Bring (back) our forefathers, if what ye say is true!"

在你之前，我确已派遣许多使者，他们中有我已告诉你的，有我未告诉你的。任何使者，不应昭示迹象，除非获得真主的许可。当真主的命令来临的时候，众生将依真理而被判决；那时，反对真理的人将遭亏折。

当时，众使者从他们的前后来临他们，说：“除真主外，你们不要崇拜任何物。”他们说：“假若我们的主意欲，他必降下许多天神，我们必定不信你们所奉的使命。”

唯坚忍者，获此美德，唯有大福分者，获此美德。

唯坚忍者，获此美德，唯有大福分者，获此美德。

人们对你说的，不过是以往对众使者说过的谰言，你的主，确是有赦宥的，确是有痛惩的。

关于复活时的认识，只归于他；果实的脱萼，女性的怀孕和分娩，无一不在他的洞鉴中。在那日，他将问他们：”你们妄称为我人伙伴的，在哪里呢？”他们将说：“我们报告你，我们中绝没有一个人能作证这件事。”

知识来临他们后，他们才为互相嫉妒而分派别。假若不是因为你的主已预先说过要延期惩治，那末，他们必已受裁判了。在他们之后继承天经的人们，对于天经，的确在使人犹豫的疑惑中。

那是真主用来向他那些信道而且行善的仆人们报喜的。你说：“我不为传达使命而向你们索取报酬，但求为同族而亲爱。”谁行一件善事，我要加倍地报酬谁。真主确是至赦的，确是善报的。

如果他们退避，那末，我没有派你做他们的监护者，你只负通知的责任。我使人类尝试从我发出的恩惠的时候，他们因恩惠而快乐；他们因为曾经犯罪而遭难的时候，人类确是孤恩的。

任何人也不配与真主对话，除非启示，或从帷幕的后面，或派一个使者，奉他的命令而启示他所欲启示的。他确是至尊的，确是至睿的。

每有先知来临他们的时候，他们都加以愚弄。

他们说：“假若至仁主意欲，我们是不会崇拜他们的。”他们对于此说，毫无认识；你们只是在说谎话。

在你之前，每逢我这样派遣警告者到一个城市去，那里的豪华者总是说：“我们确已发现我们的祖先是信奉一种宗教的，我们确是遵循他们的遗迹的。”

惟创造我的主则不然，他必定要引导我。”

我所昭示他们的迹象。一件比一件大。我曾以刑罚惩治他们，以便他们悔悟。

他们说：“我们的众神灵更好呢？还是他更好呢？”他们只是为强词夺理而举他为例，不然，他们是好辩的民众。

他只是一个仆人，我赐他恩典，并以他为以色列后裔的示范。

他们只企望着复活时不知不觉地忽然来临他们。

在那日，一般朋友将互相仇视，惟敬畏者则不然。

他们舍他而祈祷的，没有替人说情的权柄；惟依真理而作证，且深知其证辞的人们，则不然。

除他外，绝无应受崇拜的。他能使死者生，能使生者死，他是你们的主，也是你们祖先的主。

“我们只有初次的死亡，我们不会复活。

我只本真理而创造之，但他们大半不知道。

惟真主所怜恤者则不然。他确是万能的，确是至慈的。

他们在乐园中，除初次死亡外不再尝死的滋味。真主将使他们得免于火狱的刑罚。

我曾昭示他们关于此事的许多明证，他们在知识降临他们之后，才因互相嫉妒而争论。复活日，你的主必定判决他们所争论的是非。

他们说：“只有我们的今世生活，我们死的死，生的生，只有光阴能使我们消灭。”他们对于那事，一无所知，他们专事猜测。

他们说：“只有我们的今世生活，我们死的死，生的生，只有光阴能使我们消灭。”他们对于那事，一无所知，他们专事猜测。

他们说：“只有我们的今世生活，我们死的死，生的生，只有光阴能使我们消灭。”他们对于那事，一无所知，他们专事猜测。

有人对他们宣读我的明显的迹象的时候，他们只是借口说：“你们把我们的祖先召唤回来吧，如果你们是说实话的。”