The Qur'an (Oxford World's Classics)

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The Quran 16: 32
will have everything they wish. This is the way God rewards the
righteous, 32 those whose lives the angels take in a state of goodness.
They will say to them, ‘Peace be upon you. Enter the Garden as a
reward for what you have done.’ 33 Are the disbelievers waiting for
the angels to come to them, or your Lord’s Judgement? Those who
went before them did the same. God did not wrong them; they
wronged themselves. 34 So the evil they had done hit them and they
were surrounded by the very thing they had mocked.
35 Those who worshipped others alongside God say, ‘If God had
willed, we would not have worshipped anything but Him, nor
would our fathers. We would not have declared anything forbidden
without His sanction.’ Those before them said the same. Are the
messengers obliged to do anything other than deliver [their message]
clearly? 36 We sent a messenger to every community, saying, ‘Worship
God and shun false gods.’ Among them were some God guided;
misguidance took hold of others. So travel through the earth and see
what was the fate of those who denied the truth. 37 Though you
[Prophet] may be eager to guide them, God does not guide those
who misguide [others], a nor will they have anyone to help them.
38 They have sworn by God with their strongest oaths that He will
not raise the dead to life. But He will – it is His binding promise,
though most people do not realize it – 39 in order to make clear for
them what they have differed about and so that the disbelievers may
realize that what they said was false. 40 When We will something to
happen, all that We say is, ‘Be,’ and it is. 41 As for those who emigrated
in God’s cause after being wronged, We shall give them a
good home in this world, but the reward of the Hereafter will be far
greater, if they only knew it. 42 They are the ones who are steadfast
and put their trust in their Lord.
43 [Prophet], all the messengers We sent before you were simply
men to whom We had given the Revelation: you [people] can ask
those who have knowledge if you do not know. 44 We sent them with
clear signs and scriptures. We have sent down the message to you too
[Prophet], so that you can explain to people what was sent for them,
so that they may reflect.
45 Are those who plan evil so sure that God will not make the earth
swallow them up, that punishment will not come on them from some
a Cf. verse 25.