The Qur'an (Oxford World's Classics)

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The Quran 6: 28
sent back, we would not reject the revelations of our Lord, but be
among the believers.’ 28 No! The truth they used to hide will become all
too clear to them. Even if they were brought back, they would only
return to the very thing that was forbidden to them – they are such
liars! 29 They say, ‘There is nothing beyond our life in this world: we
shall not be raised from the dead.’ 30 If you could only see, when they
are made to stand before their Lord, how He will say, ‘Is this not
real?’ They will say, ‘Yes indeed, by our Lord.’ He will say, ‘Then
taste the torment for having disbelieved.’ 31 Lost indeed are those
who deny the meeting with their Lord until, when the Hour suddenly
arrives, they say, ‘Alas for us that we disregarded this!’ They
will bear their burdens on their backs. How terrible those burdens
will be! 32 The life of this world is nothing but a game and a distraction;
the Home in the Hereafter is best for those who are aware of
God. Why will you [people] not understand?
33 We know well that what they say grieves you [Prophet]. It is not
you they disbelieve: the evildoers reject God’s revelation. 34 Other
messengers were disbelieved before you, and they bore their rejection
and persecution steadfastly until Our aid arrived – no one can
alter God’s promises. You have already received accounts of these
messengers. 35 If you find rejection by the disbelievers so hard to
bear, then seek a tunnel into the ground or a ladder into the sky,
if you can, and bring them a sign: God could bring them all to
guidance if it were His will, so do not join the ignorant. 36 Only those
who can hear will respond; as for the dead, God will raise them up,
and to Him they will all be returned.
37 They also say, ‘Why has no sign been sent down to him from his
Lord?’ Say, ‘God certainly has the power to send down a sign,’
though most of them do not know: 38 all the creatures that crawl on
the earth and those that fly with their wings are communities like
yourselves. We have missed nothing out of the Record – in the end
they will be gathered to their Lord. 39 Those who reject Our signs are
deaf, dumb, and in total darkness. God leaves whoever He will to
stray, and sets whoever He will on a straight path. 40 Say, ‘Think: if
the punishment of God or the Hour should come to you, would you
call on anyone other than God, if you are being truthful?’ 41 No
indeed, it is on Him that you would call. If it were His will, He could
remove whatever harm made you call on Him, and then you would
forget what you now associate with Him.