The Qur'an (Oxford World's Classics)

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The Quran 6: 101
higher than what they ascribe to Him, 101 the Creator of the heavens
and earth! How could He have children when He has no spouse,
when He created all things, and has full knowledge of all things?
102 This is God, your Lord, there is no God but Him, the Creator of
all things, so worship Him; He is in charge of everything. 103 No
vision can take Him in, but He takes in all vision. a He is the All
Subtle, the All Aware.
104 Now clear proof has come to you from your Lord: if anyone
sees it, that will be to his advantage; if anyone is blind to it, that will
be to his loss – [Say], ‘I am not your guardian.’ 105 This is how We
explain Our revelations in various ways – though b they will say,
‘You [Muhammad] have been studying’– to make them clear for
those who know. 106 Follow what has been revealed to you from your
Lord, there is no God but Him. Turn away from those who join
other gods with Him. 107 If it had been God’s will, they would not
have done so, but We have not made you their guardian, nor are you
their keeper.
108 [Believers], do not revile those they call on beside God in case
they, in their hostility and ignorance, revile God. To each community
We make their own actions seem alluring, but in the end they
will return to their Lord and He will inform them of all they did.
109 They swear by God with their most solemn oaths that if a miraculous
sign came to them they would believe in it. Say [Prophet],
‘Signs are in the power of God alone.’ What will make you
[believers] realize that even if a sign came to them they still would
not believe? 110 We would make their hearts and their eyes turn away,
just as they did not believe the first time, and leave them to flounder
in their obstinacy. 111 Even if We sent the angels down to them, and
the dead spoke to them, and We gathered all things right in front of
them, they still would not believe, unless God so willed, but most of
them are ignorant [of this]. 112 In the same way We assigned to each
prophet an enemy, evil humans and evil jinn. They suggest alluring
words to one another in order to deceive – if it had been your Lord’s
will, [Prophet], they would not have done this: leave them to their
inventions – 113 so that the hearts of those who do not believe in the
a No human eye is able to see God, but God sees everything we see: this is another
illustration of our powerlessness compared with Him.
b See Razi; the preposition li in Arabic here indicates result rather than purpose.