AL-ANBIYA (THE PROPHETS) : 1-20
21: 1. Closer and closer to mankind comes their Reckoning: yet they heed not and they turn away.
21: 2. Never comes (aught) to them of a renewed Message from their Lord, but they listen to it as in jest,-
21: 3. Their hearts toying as with trifles. The wrong-doers conceal their private counsels, (saying), "Is this (one) more than a man like yourselves? Will ye go to witchcraft with your eyes open?"
21: 4. Say: "My Lord knoweth (every) word (spoken) in the heavens and on earth: He is the One that heareth and knoweth (all things)."
21: 5. "Nay," they say, "(these are) medleys of dream! - Nay, He forged it! - Nay, He is (but) a poet! Let him then bring us a Sign like the ones that were sent to (Prophets) of old!"
21: 6. (As to those) before them, not one of the populations which We destroyed believed: will these believe?
21: 7. Before thee, also, the messengers We sent were but men, to whom We granted inspiration: If ye realise this not, ask of those who possess the Message.
21: 8. Nor did We give them bodies that ate no food, nor were they exempt from death.
21: 9. In the end We fulfilled to them Our Promise, and We saved them and those whom We pleased, but We destroyed those who transgressed beyond bounds.
21:10. We have revealed for you (O men!) a book in which is a Message for you: will ye not then understand?
21:11. How many were the populations We utterly destroyed because of their iniquities, setting up in their places other peoples?
21:12. Yet, when they felt Our Punishment (coming), behold, they (tried to) flee from it.
21:13. Flee not, but return to the good things of this life which were given you, and to your homes in order that ye may be called to account.
21:14. They said: "Ah! woe to us! We were indeed wrong-doers!"
21:15. And that cry of theirs ceased not, till We made them as a field that is mown, as ashes silent and quenched.
21:16. Not for (idle) sport did We create the heavens and the earth and all that is between!
21:17. If it had been Our wish to take (just) a pastime, We should surely have taken it from the things nearest to Us, if We would do (such a thing)!
21:18. Nay, We hurl the Truth against falsehood, and it knocks out its brain, and behold, falsehood doth perish! Ah! woe be to you for the (false) things ye ascribe (to Us).
21:19. To Him belong all (creatures) in the heavens and on earth: Even those who are in His (very) Presence are not too proud to serve Him, nor are they (ever) weary (of His service):
21:20. They celebrate Hiraises night and day, nor do they ever flag or intermit.
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