Will they wait until Allah comes to them in canopies of clouds, with angels (in His train) and the question is (thus) settled? but to Allah do all questions go back (for decision).

Hast thou not Turned thy vision to the Chiefs of the Children of Israel after (the time of) Moses? they said to a prophet (That was) among them: "Appoint for us a king, that we May fight in the cause of Allah." He said: "Is it not possible, if ye were commanded to fight, that that ye will not fight?" They said: "How could we refuse to fight in the cause of Allah, seeing that we were turned out of our homes and our families?" but when they were commanded to fight, they turned back, except a small band among them. But Allah Has full knowledge of those who do wrong.

After (the excitement) of the distress, He sent down calm on a band of you overcome with slumber, while another band was stirred to anxiety by their own feelings, Moved by wrong suspicions of Allah-suspicions due to ignorance. They said: "What affair is this of ours?" Say thou: "Indeed, this affair is wholly Allah's." They hide in their minds what they dare not reveal to thee. They say (to themselves): "If we had had anything to do with this affair, We should not have been in the slaughter here." Say: "Even if you had remained in your homes, those for whom death was decreed would certainly have gone forth to the place of their death"; but (all this was) that Allah might test what is in your breasts and purge what is in your hearts. For Allah knoweth well the secrets of your hearts.

Say: "O people of the Book! Do ye disapprove of us for no other reason than that we believe in Allah, and the revelation that hath come to us and that which came before (us), and (perhaps) that most of you are rebellious and disobedient?"

Say: "Shall I point out to you something much worse than this, (as judged) by the treatment it received from Allah? those who incurred the curse of Allah and His wrath, those of whom some He transformed into apes and swine, those who worshipped evil;- these are (many times) worse in rank, and far more astray from the even path!"

Behold! the disciples, said: "O Jesus the son of Mary! can thy Lord send down to us a table set (with viands) from heaven?" Said Jesus: "Fear Allah, if ye have faith."

Say: "Think ye, if the punishment of Allah comes to you, whether suddenly or openly, will any be destroyed except those who do wrong?

Say: "I tell you not that with me are the treasures of Allah, nor do I know what is hidden, nor do I tell you I am an angel. I but follow what is revealed to me." Say: "can the blind be held equal to the seeing?" Will ye then consider not?

Those who give partners (to Allah) will say: "If Allah had wished, we should not have given partners to Him nor would our fathers; nor should we have had any taboos." So did their ancestors argue falsely, until they tasted of Our wrath. Say: "Have ye any (certain) knowledge? If so, produce it before us. Ye follow nothing but conjecture: ye do nothing but lie."

Are they waiting to see if the angels come to them, or thy Lord (Himself), or certain of the signs of thy Lord! the day that certain of the signs of thy Lord do come, no good will it do to a soul to believe in them then if it believed not before nor earned righteousness through its faith. Say: "Wait ye: we too are waiting."

Do they just wait for the final fulfilment of the event? On the day the event is finally fulfilled, those who disregarded it before will say: "The messengers of our Lord did indeed bring true (tidings). Have we no intercessors now to intercede on our behalf? Or could we be sent back? then should we behave differently from our behaviour in the past." In fact they will have lost their souls, and the things they invented will leave them in the lurch.

Those who reject Our signs and the meeting in the Hereafter,- vain are their deeds: Can they expect to be rewarded except as they have wrought?

Say: "Can you expect for us (any fate) other than one of two glorious things- (Martyrdom or victory)? But we can expect for you either that Allah will send his punishment from Himself, or by our hands. So wait (expectant); we too will wait with you."

Whenever there cometh down a Sura, they look at each other, (saying), "Doth anyone see you?" Then they turn aside: Allah hath turned their hearts (from the light); for they are a people that understand not.

Say: "Of your 'partners', can any originate creation and repeat it?" Say: "It is Allah Who originates creation and repeats it: then how are ye deluded away (from the truth)?"

Say: "Of your 'partners' is there any that can give any guidance towards truth?" Say: "It is Allah Who gives guidance towards truth, is then He Who gives guidance to truth more worthy to be followed, or he who finds not guidance (himself) unless he is guided? what then is the matter with you? How judge ye?"

"At length will be said to the wrong-doers: 'Taste ye the enduring punishment! ye get but the recompense of what ye earned!'"

These two kinds (of men) may be compared to the blind and deaf, and those who can see and hear well. Are they equal when compared? Will ye not then take heed?

He said: "Shall I trust you with him with any result other than when I trusted you with his brother aforetime? But Allah is the best to take care (of him), and He is the Most Merciful of those who show mercy!"

He said: "Know ye how ye dealt with Joseph and his brother, not knowing (what ye were doing)?"

Say: "Who is the Lord and Sustainer of the heavens and the earth?" Say: "(It is) Allah." Say: "Do ye then take (for worship) protectors other than Him, such as have no power either for good or for harm to themselves?" Say: "Are the blind equal with those who see? Or the depths of darkness equal with light?" Or do they assign to Allah partners who have created (anything) as He has created, so that the creation seemed to them similar? Say: "Allah is the Creator of all things: He is the One, the Supreme and Irresistible."

Say: "Who is the Lord and Sustainer of the heavens and the earth?" Say: "(It is) Allah." Say: "Do ye then take (for worship) protectors other than Him, such as have no power either for good or for harm to themselves?" Say: "Are the blind equal with those who see? Or the depths of darkness equal with light?" Or do they assign to Allah partners who have created (anything) as He has created, so that the creation seemed to them similar? Say: "Allah is the Creator of all things: He is the One, the Supreme and Irresistible."

Do the (ungodly) wait until the angels come to them, or there comes the Command of thy Lord (for their doom)? So did those who went before them. But Allah wronged them not: nay, they wronged their own souls.

Allah sets forth the Parable (of two men: one) a slave under the dominion of another; He has no power of any sort; and (the other) a man on whom We have bestowed goodly favours from Ourselves, and he spends thereof (freely), privately and publicly: are the two equal? (By no means;) praise be to Allah. But most of them understand not.

Allah sets forth (another) Parable of two men: one of them dumb, with no power of any sort; a wearisome burden is he to his master; whichever way be directs him, he brings no good: is such a man equal with one who commands Justice, and is on a Straight Way?

"Or thou have a house adorned with gold, or thou mount a ladder right into the skies. No, we shall not even believe in thy mounting until thou send down to us a book that we could read." Say: "Glory to my Lord! Am I aught but a man,- a messenger?"

Moses said to him: "May I follow thee, on the footing that thou teach me something of the (Higher) Truth which thou hast been taught?"

Say: "Shall we tell you of those who lose most in respect of their deeds?-

"Lord of the heavens and of the earth, and of all that is between them; so worship Him, and be constant and patient in His worship: knowest thou of any who is worthy of the same Name as He?"

But how many (countless) generations before them have We destroyed? Canst thou find a single one of them (now) or hear (so much as) a whisper of them?

他们只等待真主在云荫中与众天神同齐降临，事情将被判决。一切事情，只归真主安排。

你不知道穆萨死後以色列人中的领袖吗？当时他们对一个同族的先知说：“请你替我们立一个国王，我们就为主道而战斗。”他说：“如果战斗成为你们的定制，你们会不战斗吗？”他们说：“我们已被敌人逐出故乡，父子离散，我们怎能不为主道而战斗呢？”战斗已成为他们的定制的时候，他们除少数人外，都违背命令了。真主是全知不义的人的。

在忧患之后，他又降安宁给你们，使你们中一部分人瞌睡；另一部分人则为自身而焦虑，他们象蒙昧时代的人一样，对真主妄加猜测，他们说：“我们有一点胜利的希望吗?”你说：“一切事情，的确都是真主所主持的。”他们的心里怀着不敢对你表示的恶意；他们说：“假若我们有一点胜利的希望，我们的同胞不致阵亡在这里。”你说：“假若你们坐在家里，那么命中注定要阵亡的人，必定外出，走到他们阵亡的地方；（真主这样做），以便他试验你们的心事，锻炼你们心中的信仰。真主是全知心事的。”

你说：“信奉天经的人啊!你们责备我们，只为我们确信真主，确信他降示我们的经典，和他以前降示的经典；只为你们大半是犯罪的人。”

你说：“我告诉你们在真主那里所受的报酬有比这更恶劣的，好吗﹖有等人曾受主的弃绝和谴怒，他使他们－部分变成猴子和猪，一部分崇拜恶魔，这等人，他们的地位是更恶劣的，他们离开正道是更远的。”

当时，众门徒说：“麦尔彦之子尔撒啊，你的主能从天上降筵席给我们吗﹖”他说：“你们当敬畏真主，如果你们是信士的话。”

你说：“你们告诉我吧，如果真主的刑罚忽然或显然降临你们，那末，除不义的民众外，还有谁会被毁灭呢？”

你说：“我不对你们说：我有真主的一切宝藏。我也不对你们说：我能知幽玄。我也不对你们说：我是一个天神。我只是遵从我所受的启示。”你说：“无眼的人与有眼的人是不是相等的？难道你们不该想想吗？”

以物配主的人将说：“假若真主意欲，那末，我们和我们的祖先，都不以物配主，我们也不以任何物为禁物。”他们之前的人，曾这样否认（他们族中的使者），直到他们尝试了我的刑罚。你说：“你们有真知灼见，可以拿出来给我们看看吗？你们只凭猜测，尽说谎话。”

他们只有等待众天神的降临，只有等待你的主（的刑罚）来临，或你的主的一部分迹象的降临。你的主的一部分迹象降临之日，凡以前未曾信道，或虽信道而未行善的人，在那日，即使信道，也无益了。你说：“你们等待吧！我们确是等待的。”

他们只等待那部经典的效果，他的效果到来的日子，从前忘记这经典的人将会说：“我们的主的众使者，确已昭示真理了！我们有几位说情的人来替我们说情，或准我们返回尘世去，舍罪恶而立善功吗？”他们确已亏折了自身，他们所捏造的事已回避他们了。

否认我的迹象和后世会见的人，他们的善功是无效的，他们只受自己行为的报酬。

你说：“你们只期待著我们获得两大善果之一，我们却期待著真主降天灾来折磨你们，或借我们的手惩治你们。你们期待著吧，我们确是与你们一道期待著的！”

当降示一章经的时候，他们面面相觑（说）：“有人看见你们吗？”然后，他们就溜走了。真主已改变他们的心，因为他们是不理解的民众。

你说：“你们的配主，有能创造万物，而且加以再造的吗？”你说：“真主能创造万物，而且能加以再造。你们怎么混淆黑白呢？”

你说：“你们的配主有能导人于真理的吗？”你说：“真主能导人于真理。是能导人于真理的更宜于受人顺从呢？还是须受引导才能遵循正道的，更宜于受人顺从呢？你们怎么啦？你们怎么这样判断呢？”

然后，有人要对不义的人们说：“你们尝试永久的刑罚吧！你们只因自己的谋求而受报酬。”

有两派人，这一派譬如是又瞎又聋的人，那－派譬如是又明又聪的人，难道这两派彼此的情况是一样的吗？你们怎么不觉悟呢？

他说：“对于他我能信任你们，正如以前对于他哥哥我信任你们一样吗？真主是最善于保护的，也是最慈爱的。”

他说：“你们知道吗？当你们是愚昧的时候，你们是怎样对待优素福和他弟弟的呢？”

你说：“谁是天地的主？”你说：“真主。”你说：“难道你们舍真主而把那些不能自主祸福者当作保佑者吗？”你说，”盲人与非盲人是一样的吗？黑暗与光明是一样的吗？”他们为真主树立了许多伙伴，难道那些伙伴能像真主那样创造万物，以致他们分辨不出两种创造吗？你说：“真主是万物的创造者，他确是独一的，确是万能的。”

你说：“谁是天地的主？”你说：“真主。”你说：“难道你们舍真主而把那些不能自主祸福者当作保佑者吗？”你说，”盲人与非盲人是一样的吗？黑暗与光明是一样的吗？”他们为真主树立了许多伙伴，难道那些伙伴能像真主那样创造万物，以致他们分辨不出两种创造吗？你说：“真主是万物的创造者，他确是独一的，确是万能的。”

（不信道者）只能等待天神们来临他们，或等待你的主的命令降临。在他们之前的人就是这样做的。真主没有亏枉他们，但他们却亏枉了自己。

真主打一个比喻：一个奴隶，不能自由处理任何事务，一个自由人，我赏赐他忧厚的给养，而他秘密地和公开地加以施舍；他们俩人是一样的吗？一切赞颂，全归真主！但他们大半不知道。

真主又打一个比喻：两个男人，一个是哑巴，什么事也不能做，却是他主人的累赘，无论主人打发他到那里去，都不能带一点福利回来；另一个走的是正路，他劝人主持公道。他们俩人是一样的吗？

或者你有一所黄金屋；或者你升上天去，我们绝不信你确已升天，直到你降示我们所能阅读的经典。”你说：“赞颂我的主超绝万物！我只是一个曾奉使命的凡人。”

穆萨对他说：“我要追随你，希望你把你所学得的正道传授我。好吗？”

你说：“我告诉你们在行为方面最吃亏的人，好吗？

他是天地万物的主，你应当崇拜他，你应当耐心，你知道他有匹敌吗？

在他们之前，我曾毁灭了许多世代，你能发现那些世代中的任何人，或听见他们所发的微声吗？