⁵⁰ And they schemed a scheme, and We schemed a scheme; and they perceived not.

⁵¹ Then see thou how was the final outcome of their scheme: that We destroyed them and their people all together,

⁵² So those are their houses, desolate because of the wrong they did; in that is a proof¹ for people who know.

⁵³ And We delivered those who heeded warning¹ and were in prudent fear.²

⁵⁴ And Lot: when he said to his people: “Do you commit sexual immorality¹ with open eyes?²

⁵⁵ “Do you approach men with lust instead of¹ women? The truth is,² you are a people in ignorance.”

⁵⁶ But the response of his people was only that they said: “Turn the family of Lot out of your city; they are men who keep themselves pure!”

⁵⁷ And We delivered him and his household save his wife; We decreed her to be of those who stayed behind.

⁵⁸ And We rained upon them a rain;¹ and evil is the rain of those who were warned.

⁵⁹ Say thou: “Praise belongs to God, and peace be upon His servants whom He has chosen!” Is God better, or that to which they ascribe a partnership?¹

⁶⁰ If:¹ He who created the heavens and the earth: — and sent down for you water from the sky wherewith We cause to grow gardens full of delight whereof it was not for you to cause the trees to grow² — is there any god with God?³ The truth is,⁴ they are a people who ascribe equals.

⁶¹ If:¹ He who made the earth a fixed lodging,² and made rivers in its midst, and made firm mountains therein, and made a barrier³ between the two seas:⁴ is there any god with God?⁵ The truth is,⁶ most of them know not.

⁶² If:¹ He who responds to one distressed when he calls to Him, and removes the evil, and makes you successors of the earth:² is there any god with God?³ Little do you take heed.

⁶³ If:¹ He who guides you in the darknesses of the land and the sea, and who sends the winds as glad tidings at the time² of His mercy:³ is there any god with God?⁴ Exalted be God above that to which they ascribe a partnership!⁵

⁶⁴ If:¹ He who begins creation, then repeats it, and provides for you from the heaven and the earth:² is there any god with God?³ Say thou: “Bring your evidence, if you be truthful.”⁴

⁶⁵ Say thou: “None in the heavens and the earth knows the Unseen save God.” And they perceive not when they will be raised.

⁶⁶ The truth is,¹ their knowledge fails² concerning the Hereafter. The truth is,³ they are in doubt about it. The truth is,⁴ they are blind to it.

⁶⁷ And those who ignore warning¹ say: “When we are dust, and our fathers, will we be brought forth?

⁶⁸ “We have been promised this, we and our fathers, before; this is only legends of the former peoples.”

⁶⁹ Say thou: “Travel in the earth and see how was the final outcome of the lawbreakers.”

⁷⁰ And grieve thou not over them, nor be thou in distress because of what they scheme.

⁷¹ And they say: “When is this promise, if you¹ be truthful?”

⁷² Say thou: “It may be that close behind you is some of what you would hasten.”

⁷³ And thy Lord is bountiful to mankind, but most of them are not grateful.

⁷⁴ And thy Lord knows what their breasts conceal, and what they make known.

⁷⁵ And there is nothing hidden¹ in the heaven and the earth save is in a clear writ.²

⁷⁶ This Qur’an¹ relates to the children of Israel most of that wherein they differ,

⁷⁷ And it is guidance, and a mercy for the believers.¹

⁷⁸ Thy Lord will decide between them by His judgment; and He is the Exalted in Might, the Knowing.

⁷⁹ And place thou thy trust in God; thou art upon the manifest truth.¹

⁸⁰ Thou wilt not make the dead to hear, nor wilt thou make the deaf to hear the call when they turn and go.¹

⁸¹ And thou wilt not guide the blind out of their error. Thou wilt only make hear¹ him who believes in² Our proofs,³ so they are submitting.⁴

⁸² And when the word befalls them, We will bring forth for them a creature from the earth¹ telling them that men were of Our proofs² not certain.³

⁸³ And the day We gather from every community a crowd of those who deny Our proofs,¹ then will they be marshalled.²

⁸⁴ When¹ they have come, He will say: “Did you deny My proofs,² when you had not encompassed them in knowledge? Or what was it you did?”

⁸⁵ And the word will befall them because they did wrong, and they will not speak.

⁸⁶ Have they not considered that We made the night that they might rest therein, and the day sight-giving? In that are proofs¹ for people who believe.

⁸⁷ And the day the Trumpet is blown, then terrified will be whoso is in the heavens and the earth save who God wills, and all will come to Him abased.

⁸⁸ And thou seest the mountains; thou thinkest them solid, but they will pass as the passing of clouds: — the work of God who perfected all things; He is aware of what you do.

⁸⁹ Whoso brings a good deed, for him will be better than it; and they will from the terror of that day be secure.

⁹⁰ And whoso brings evil¹ will be thrown on their faces into the Fire: “Are you rewarded save for what you did?”

⁹¹ “I have but been commanded to serve the Lord of this land¹ who made it inviolable; and to Him all things belong. And I am commanded to be of those submitting,²

⁹² “And to recite the Qur’an.”¹ And whoso is guided, he is but guided for himself;² and whoso strays, then say thou: “I am only of the warners.”

⁹³ And say thou: “Praise belongs to God. He will show His proofs¹ to you, and you will recognise them.” And thy Lord is not unmindful of what you do.