1Alif, Lām, Rā.⁴⁶⁸ These are the verses of the wise⁴⁶⁹ Book.

2Have the people been amazed that We revealed [revelation] to a man from among them, [saying], "Warn mankind and give good tidings to those who believe that they will have a [firm] precedence of honor⁴⁷⁰ with their Lord"? [But] the disbelievers say, "Indeed, this is an obvious magician."

3Indeed, your Lord is Allāh, who created the heavens and the earth in six days and then established Himself above the Throne,⁴⁷¹ arranging the matter [of His creation]. There is no intercessor except after His permission. That is Allāh, your Lord, so worship Him. Then will you not remember?

4To Him is your return all together. [It is] the promise of Allāh [which is] truth. Indeed, He begins the [process of] creation and then repeats it that He may reward those who have believed and done righteous deeds, in justice. But those who disbelieved will have a drink of scalding water and a painful punishment for what they used to deny.

5It is He who made the sun a shining light and the moon a derived light and determined for it phases – that you may know the number of years and account [of time]. Allāh has not created this except in truth. He details the signs for a people who know.

6Indeed, in the alternation of the night and the day and [in] what Allāh has created in the heavens and the earth are signs for a people who fear Allāh.

7Indeed, those who do not expect the meeting with Us and are satisfied with the life of this world and feel secure therein and those who are heedless of Our signs –

8For those their refuge will be the Fire because of what they used to earn.

9Indeed, those who have believed and done righteous deeds – their Lord will guide them because of their faith. Beneath them rivers will flow in the Gardens of Pleasure.

10Their call therein will be, "Exalted are You, O Allāh," and their greeting therein will be, "Peace." And the last of their call will be, "Praise to Allāh, Lord of the worlds!"

11And if Allāh was to hasten for the people the evil [they invoke]⁴⁷² as He hastens for them the good, their term would have been ended for them.⁴⁷³ But We leave the ones who do not expect the meeting with Us, in their transgression, wandering blindly.

12And when affliction touches man, he calls upon Us, whether lying on his side or sitting or standing; but when We remove from him his affliction, he continues [in disobedience] as if he had never called upon Us to [remove] an affliction that touched him. Thus is made pleasing to the transgressors that which they have been doing.

13And We had already destroyed generations before you when they wronged, and their messengers had come to them with clear proofs, but they were