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 they shall say,

Who supplieth you out of the Heavens and the Earth? God. And either we or ye have guidance, or are in palpable error!

Not as to our faults shall ye be questioned; neither shall we be questioned as to your actions. Our Lord will gather us together: then will He judge between us in justice; for He is the Judge, the Knowing!

Shew me those whom ye have united with Him as associates: Nay, rather, He is God, the Mighty, the Wise! And we have sent thee to mankind at large, to announce and to threaten. But most men understand not. And they say, Ye are menaced with a day, which not for an hour shall ye retard or hasten on.

The unbelievers say, But couldst thou see when the wicked shall be set before their Lord! With reproaches will they answer one another. The weak shall say to the mighty ones, Then shall the mighty ones say to the weak,

And the weak shall say to the mighty ones, And they shall proclaim their repentance after they have seen the punishment! And yokes will we place on the necks of those who have not believed! Shall they be rewarded but as they have wrought?

And never have we sent a warner to any city whose opulent men did not say,

And they said, Of a truth my Lord will be liberal or sparing in his supplies to whom he pleaseth: but the greater part of men acknowledge it not.

Neither by your riches nor by your children shall you bring yourselves into nearness with Us; but they who believe and do the thing that is right shall have a double reward for what they shall have done: and in the pavilions of Paradise shall they dwell secure!