⁵⁰ But when We removed from them the punishment, then they reneged.

⁵¹ And Pharaoh¹ called to his people, saying: “O my people: is not² the dominion of Egypt³ mine, and these rivers flowing beneath me⁴ — do you then not⁵ see! —

⁵² “Or am I better than this, who is despised and barely makes himself clear?

⁵³ “Oh, that armlets of gold had but¹ been cast upon him! Or angels had but come with him in conjunction!”

⁵⁴ So he swayed¹ his people, and they obeyed him; they were a perfidious² people.

⁵⁵ And when they had angered Us, We took vengeance on them and drowned them all together,

⁵⁶ And made them a precedent and an example for those who came later.

⁵⁷ And when the son of Mary¹ is struck as a similitude, then thy people clamour² thereat,

⁵⁸ And they say: “Are our gods better or is he?” They strike it for thee only by way of contention.¹ The truth is,² they are a contentious people.

⁵⁹ He was only a servant whom We favoured, and We made him an example for the children of Israel.

⁶⁰ And had We willed, We would have appointed among you angels to be successors in the earth.

⁶¹ And it¹ is knowledge pertaining to the Hour; doubt not concerning it,² and follow Me.³ This is a straight path.

⁶² And let not the satan¹ divert you; he is to you an open enemy.

⁶³ And when Jesus¹ came with the clear signs, he said: “I have come to you with wisdom,² and to make plain³ some of that concerning that wherein you differ; so be in prudent fear⁴ of God, and obey me.⁵

⁶⁴ “God, He is my Lord and your Lord; so serve Him. This is a straight path.”

⁶⁵ Then the parties among them differed; so woe to those who did wrong from the punishment of a painful day!

⁶⁶ Look they save for the Hour to come upon them unexpectedly when they perceive not!¹

⁶⁷ Friends, that day, will be enemies to one another save those of prudent fear.¹

⁶⁸ “O My servants: you need not fear this day, nor will you grieve!

⁶⁹ “Those who believed in¹ Our proofs² and were submitting:³

⁷⁰ “Enter the Garden, you and your wives rejoicing!”

⁷¹ — Circulated¹ among them will be plates and cups of gold; and therein is what the souls desire and the eyes delight in — “And therein will you abide eternally.

⁷² “And that is the Garden which you are made to inherit for what you did.

⁷³ “For you therein is abundant fruit, whereof you will eat.”

⁷⁴ The lawbreakers in the punishment of Gehenna abide eternally:

⁷⁵ It will not be abated for them, and they are therein in despair;

⁷⁶ And We wronged them not, but they were the wrongdoers.¹

⁷⁷ And they will call out: “O Mālik:¹ let thy Lord make an end of us!” He will say: “Indeed, you will remain.”

⁷⁸ We have brought you the truth,¹ but most of you are averse to the truth.

⁷⁹ If¹ they determine² any matter:³ then do We determine.⁴

⁸⁰ If¹ they think that We cannot hear their secret thought and their private conversation:² verily,³ Our messengers are with them recording.

⁸¹ Say thou: “If the Almighty¹ had a son, then would I be first of those who serve.”²

⁸² Glory¹ be to the Lord of the Heavens and the Earth, the Lord of the Throne, above what they describe!

⁸³ So leave thou them alone to discourse vainly¹ and play until they meet their day which they are promised.

⁸⁴ And He it is who in heaven is God¹ and in earth is God;² and He is the Wise, the Knowing.

⁸⁵ And blessed be He to whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth and what is between them¹ and with whom is knowledge of the Hour! And to Him will you be returned.

⁸⁶ And those to whom they call, besides¹ Him, possess no intercession save whoso bore witness to the truth,² and they know.³

⁸⁷ And if thou askest them who created them, they will say: “God.” How then are they deluded?

⁸⁸ And his¹ saying was: “O my Lord: these are a people who do not believe!”²

⁸⁹ So overlook thou them, and say thou: “Peace!” Then will they come to know!