⁵⁰ Say thou: “Have you considered:¹ if His punishment come to you by night or by day, what is there of it the lawbreakers will seek to hasten?”

⁵¹ Then is it, when it has befallen, you will believe in¹ it? Now?² When you had sought to hasten it?

⁵² Then will it be said to those who did wrong: “Taste the punishment of eternity!” Are you to be rewarded save for what you earned?

⁵³ And they ask thee to inform them: “Is it true?”¹ Say thou: “Yea, by my Lord, it is true;² and you cannot escape.”³

⁵⁴ And were there for each soul that did wrong all that is in the earth, it would seek to ransom itself¹ thereby; and they cannot express² the remorse when they see the punishment, and it is concluded between them with equity;³ and they will not be wronged.

⁵⁵ In truth,¹ to God belongs what is in the heavens and the earth. In truth,² the promise of God is true;³ but most of them know not.

⁵⁶ He gives life and He gives death; and to Him will you be returned.

⁵⁷ O mankind: there has come to you an admonition from your Lord, and healing for what is in the breasts, and guidance, and a mercy for the believers.¹

⁵⁸ Say thou: “At the bounty of God, and at His mercy: —” At that let them exult; it is better than what they amass.

⁵⁹ Say thou: “Have you seen¹ what God has sent down for you of provision, and you have made thereof lawful and unlawful?” Say thou: “Did God give you leave, or is it about God that you invent?”

⁶⁰ And what will those who invent lies¹ about God think on the Day of Resurrection? God is bountiful to mankind, but most of them are not grateful.

⁶¹ And thou art not in any matter,¹ and thou recitest not from it² any recital,³ and you⁴ do no deed save that We are over you witnesses when you are engaged therein;⁵ and there does not escape thy Lord the weight of an atom in the earth or in the heaven. Whether less than that, or greater, it is in a clear writ.⁶

⁶² In truth,¹ the allies of God: no fear will be upon them, nor will they grieve.

⁶³ Those who heed warning¹ and are in prudent fear:²

⁶⁴ For them are glad tidings in the life of this world and in the Hereafter: — there is no changing the words of God — that¹ is the Great Achievement.

⁶⁵ And let not their speech grieve thee; power and glory¹ belong to God altogether; He is the Hearing, the Knowing.

⁶⁶ In truth,¹ to God belongs whoso is in the heavens and whoso is in the earth; and they follow — those who call to partners² other than³ God — they follow only assumption; and they are only guessing.

⁶⁷ He it is that made for you the night wherein to rest, and the day, sight-giving; in that are proofs¹ for people who hear.

⁶⁸ They say: “God has taken a son.” Glory¹ be to Him! He is the Free from Need; to Him belongs what is in the heavens and what is in the earth! You have no authority for this; do you ascribe to God what you know not?

⁶⁹ Say thou: “Those who invent lies¹ about God will not succeed.”

⁷⁰ An enjoyment in the World, then to Us is their return; then will We let them taste the severe punishment because of what they denied.

⁷¹ And recite thou to them the report of Noah, when he said to his people: “O my people: if my presence¹ and my reminding you of the proofs² of God be grievous to you, then in God have I placed my trust; so resolve upon your plan³ and your partners;⁴ then let not your plan⁵ be unclear⁶ to you;⁷ then move decisively⁸ against me, and grant me no respite.

⁷² “And if you turn away, then have I asked of you no reward; my reward is only upon¹ God; and I have been commanded to be among those submitting.”²

⁷³ Then they denied him;¹ so We delivered him, and those with him in the ship, and made them successors, and We drowned those who denied Our proofs.² Then see thou how was the final outcome of those who had been warned!

⁷⁴ Then raised We up, after him, messengers to their people, and they came to them with clear signs; but they were not to believe in¹ what they had denied before; thus do We seal the hearts of the transgressors.

⁷⁵ Then raised We up, after them, Moses and Aaron before Pharaoh¹ and his eminent ones with Our proofs,² but they had waxed proud; and they were a people of lawbreakers.

⁷⁶ And when the truth¹ came to them from Us, they said: “This is obvious sorcery.”²

⁷⁷ Moses said: “Do you say of the truth¹ when it has come to you: ‘Is this sorcery?’² But the sorcerers³ will not be successful.”

⁷⁸ They said: “Hast thou come to us to turn us away from that upon which we found our fathers, and that there be for you¹ majesty in the land? And we do not believe you.”²

⁷⁹ And Pharaoh¹ said: “Bring to me every learned sorcerer.”²

⁸⁰ And when the sorcerers¹ came, Moses said to them: “Cast what you will cast!”

⁸¹ And when they had cast, Moses said: “What you have brought is sorcery;¹ God will make it vain;² God makes not right the work of the workers of corruption.

⁸² “And God establishes the truth¹ by His words, though the lawbreakers be averse.”

⁸³ And there believed not Moses save a progeny of his people, for fear of Pharaoh¹ and their eminent ones, that they would subject them to means of denial;² and Pharaoh³ was exalted in the land, and he was of the committers of excess.

⁸⁴ And Moses said: “O my people: if you believe in¹ God, then place your trust in Him, if you are submitting.”²

⁸⁵ And they said: “In God have we placed our trust.” — “Our Lord: make Thou not us a means of denial¹ for the wrongdoing² people,

⁸⁶ “And deliver Thou us by Thy mercy from the people of the false claimers of guidance.”¹

⁸⁷ And We instructed¹ Moses and his brother: “Settle your² people in Egypt³ in houses,⁴ and make your houses a destination;⁵ and uphold the duty;⁶ and bear thou glad tidings to the believers.”⁷

⁸⁸ And Moses said: “Our Lord: Thou hast given Pharaoh¹ and his eminent ones adornment and wealth in the life of this world, our Lord, that they might lead astray from Thy path. Our Lord: destroy Thou their wealth, and harden Thou their hearts, so that they believe not until they see the painful punishment.”

⁸⁹ He said: “Your¹ supplication has been answered; so take² a straight path, and follow³ not the path of those who know not.”

⁹⁰ And We brought the children of Israel across the sea; and Pharaoh¹ followed² them with his forces in sectarian zealotry³ and enmity. When⁴ the drowning had overtaken him,⁵ he said: “I believe there is no god save He in whom the children of Israel believe; and I am of those submitting.”⁶

⁹¹ “Now?¹ And thou opposedst before, and wast of the workers of corruption?

⁹² “So this day will We save thee in thy body, that thou be a proof¹ to those after thee.”² But most among men are heedless of Our proofs.³

⁹³ And We settled the children of Israel in a goodly settlement, and provided them with good things; and they differed not until knowledge came to them. Thy Lord will judge between them on the Day of Resurrection concerning that wherein they differed.

⁹⁴ And if thou art in doubt¹ about what We have sent down to thee, then ask thou those who read the Writ² before thee.³ The truth⁴ from thy Lord has come to thee, so be thou not of those who doubt.

⁹⁵ And be thou not of those who deny the proofs¹ of God, for thou wouldst be among the losers.

⁹⁶ Those upon whom the word of thy Lord has become binding,¹ they will not believe.²

⁹⁷ And though every proof¹ come to them until they see the painful punishment[...].²

⁹⁸ Oh, that a city had but¹ believed and profited by its faith save the people of Jonah!² When they believed, We removed from them the punishment of disgrace in the life of this world, and gave them enjoyment for a time.

⁹⁹ And had thy Lord willed, whoso is in the earth would have believed — all of them all together. Wouldst thou then compel mankind until they believe?