⁵⁰ (And We have expounded it¹ among them that they might take heed; but most men refuse save denial.

⁵¹ And had We willed, We would have raised up in every city a warner;

⁵² So obey thou not the false claimers of guidance,¹ and strive thou against them thereby² with a great striving.)

⁵³ And He it is that loosed the two seas: the one fresh and sweet, and the other salty and bitter, and made between them¹ a barrier, and a complete partition.²

⁵⁴ And He it is that created from water a mortal, and made for him blood relations and marriage relations; and thy Lord is powerful.

⁵⁵ And they serve, besides¹ God, what neither benefits them nor harms them; and the false claimer of guidance² is a helper against his Lord.

⁵⁶ And We sent thee only as a bearer of glad tidings and a warner.¹

⁵⁷ Say thou: “I ask not of you for it any reward save that whoso wills might take to his Lord a path.”

⁵⁸ And place thou thy trust in the Living, who dies not; and give thou glory¹ with His praise. And sufficient is He, of the transgressions² of His servants, as one aware

⁵⁹ Who created the heavens and the earth and what is between them¹ in six days,² then established Himself upon the Throne — the Almighty³ — so ask thou about it⁴ one aware.⁵

⁶⁰ And when it is said to them: “Submit¹ to the Almighty,”² they say: “And what is the Almighty?³ Are we to submit⁴ to what thou commandest us?” And it increases them in aversion.

⁶¹ Blessed be He who has made in the sky constellations, and made therein a torch, and an illuminating moon.¹

⁶² And He it is that made the night and the day a succession for him who desires to take heed, or desires gratitude.

⁶³ And the servants of the Almighty¹ are they who walk upon the earth modestly,² and when the ignorant address them, they speak peace;³

⁶⁴ And who spend the night to their Lord submitting¹ and standing;

⁶⁵ And who say: “Our Lord: avert Thou from us the punishment of Gehenna”;¹ (the punishment thereof is unrelenting,

⁶⁶ Evil is it as a dwelling-place and a residence)

⁶⁷ And who, when they spend, are neither extravagant nor miserly; — and there is a place in-between —

⁶⁸ And who call not, with God, to another god, nor kill the soul which God has made unlawful save with justice,¹ nor commit unlawful sexual intercourse;² (and whoso does that will meet with a penalty,³

⁶⁹ The punishment will be doubled for him on the Day of Resurrection, and he will abide eternally therein, humiliated,

⁷⁰ Save he who repents and believes and works righteousness, and those: God will change their evil deeds¹ to good deeds; and God is forgiving and merciful;

⁷¹ And whoso repents and works righteousness, it is he who repents to God completely.¹)

⁷² And who do not bear witness to falsehood, and when they pass by vain speech, pass by with dignity;

⁷³ And who when they are reminded of the proofs¹ of their Lord, fall not down upon them deaf and blind;

⁷⁴ And who say: “Our Lord: give Thou to us from our wives and our progeny a comfort of the eyes, and make Thou us a model¹ for those of prudent fear,”²

⁷⁵ Those will be rewarded with the upper chamber¹ because they were patient, and they will be met therein with greetings and peace,

⁷⁶ They abiding eternally therein; good as a dwelling-place and a residence.

⁷⁷ Say thou: “My Lord would not concern Himself with you were it not for your call;¹ but you have denied, so it² will be requisite.”³