Are the disbelievers not aware that the heavens and the earth used to be joined together and that We ripped them apart, that We made every living thing from water? Will they not believe?

And We put firm mountains on the earth, lest it should sway under them, and set broad paths on it, so that they might follow the right direction,

and We made the sky a well-secured canopy- yet from its wonders they turn away.

It is He who created night and day, the sun and the moon, each floating in its orbit.

أَوَلَمْ يَرَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ أَنَّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ كَانَتَا رَتْقࣰا فَفَتَقْنَٰهُمَاۖ وَجَعَلْنَا مِنَ ٱلْمَآءِ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ حَيٍّۚ أَفَلَا يُؤْمِنُونَ

وَجَعَلْنَا فِي ٱلْأَرْضِ رَوَٰسِيَ أَن تَمِيدَ بِهِمْ وَجَعَلْنَا فِيهَا فِجَاجࣰا سُبُلࣰا لَّعَلَّهُمْ يَهْتَدُونَ

وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلسَّمَآءَ سَقْفࣰا مَّحْفُوظࣰاۖ وَهُمْ عَنْ ءَايَٰتِهَا مُعْرِضُونَ

وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَ ٱلَّيْلَ وَٱلنَّهَارَ وَٱلشَّمْسَ وَٱلْقَمَرَۖ كُلࣱّ فِي فَلَكࣲ يَسْبَحُونَ

We have not granted everlasting life to any other human being before you either [Muhammad]- if you die, will [the disbelievers] live for ever?

Every soul is certain to taste death: We test you all through the bad and the good, and to Us you will all return.

When the disbelievers see you, they laugh at you: ‘Is this the one who talks about your gods?’ They reject any talk of the Lord of Mercy.

Man was created hasty: I will show you My signs soon, so do not ask Me to hasten them.

They say, ‘When will this promise be fulfilled, if what you say is true?’

If the disbelievers only knew, the time will arrive when they will not be able to ward off the Fire from their faces or their backs, and they will get no help.

It will come upon them suddenly and stupefy them; they will be powerless to push it away; they will not be reprieved.

Messengers before you [Muhammad] were also ridiculed, but those who mocked them were overwhelmed in the end by the very thing they had mocked.

وَمَا جَعَلْنَا لِبَشَرࣲ مِّن قَبْلِكَ ٱلْخُلْدَۖ أَفَإِي۟ن مِّتَّ فَهُمُ ٱلْخَٰلِدُونَ

كُلُّ نَفْسࣲ ذَآئِقَةُ ٱلْمَوْتِۗ وَنَبْلُوكُم بِٱلشَّرِّ وَٱلْخَيْرِ فِتْنَةࣰۖ وَإِلَيْنَا تُرْجَعُونَ

وَإِذَا رَءَاكَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ إِن يَتَّخِذُونَكَ إِلَّا هُزُوًا أَهَٰذَا ٱلَّذِي يَذْكُرُ ءَالِهَتَكُمْ وَهُم بِذِكْرِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ هُمْ كَٰفِرُونَ

خُلِقَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مِنْ عَجَلࣲۚ سَأُو۟رِيكُمْ ءَايَٰتِي فَلَا تَسْتَعْجِلُونِ

وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَىٰ هَٰذَا ٱلْوَعْدُ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰدِقِينَ

لَوْ يَعْلَمُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ حِينَ لَا يَكُفُّونَ عَن وُجُوهِهِمُ ٱلنَّارَ وَلَا عَن ظُهُورِهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يُنصَرُونَ

بَلْ تَأْتِيهِم بَغْتَةࣰ فَتَبْهَتُهُمْ فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ رَدَّهَا وَلَا هُمْ يُنظَرُونَ

وَلَقَدِ ٱسْتُهْزِئَ بِرُسُلࣲ مِّن قَبْلِكَ فَحَاقَ بِٱلَّذِينَ سَخِرُوا۟ مِنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ

Say, ‘Who could protect you night and day from the Lord of Mercy?’ Yet they turn away when their Lord is mentioned.

Do they have gods who can defend them against Us? Their gods have no power to help themselves, nor can they be protected from Us.

We have allowed these sinners and their forefathers to enjoy life for a long time. But do they not see how We are shrinking their borders? Is it they who will prevail?

Say, ‘I warn you only through the Revelation.’ The deaf will not hear the warning call,

yet if a mere breath of your Lord’s punishment touches them, they will be sure to cry, ‘Woe to us! We were wrong!’

We will set up scales of justice for the Day of Resurrection so that no one can be wronged in the least, and if there should be even the weight of a mustard seed, We shall bring it out- We take excellent account.

قُلْ مَن يَكْلَؤُكُم بِٱلَّيْلِ وَٱلنَّهَارِ مِنَ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِۚ بَلْ هُمْ عَن ذِكْرِ رَبِّهِم مُّعْرِضُونَ

أَمْ لَهُمْ ءَالِهَةࣱ تَمْنَعُهُم مِّن دُونِنَاۚ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ نَصْرَ أَنفُسِهِمْ وَلَا هُم مِّنَّا يُصْحَبُونَ

بَلْ مَتَّعْنَا هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ وَءَابَآءَهُمْ حَتَّىٰ طَالَ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْعُمُرُۗ أَفَلَا يَرَوْنَ أَنَّا نَأْتِي ٱلْأَرْضَ نَنقُصُهَا مِنْ أَطْرَافِهَآۚ أَفَهُمُ ٱلْغَٰلِبُونَ

قُلْ إِنَّمَآ أُنذِرُكُم بِٱلْوَحْيِۚ وَلَا يَسْمَعُ ٱلصُّمُّ ٱلدُّعَآءَ إِذَا مَا يُنذَرُونَ

وَلَئِن مَّسَّتْهُمْ نَفْحَةࣱ مِّنْ عَذَابِ رَبِّكَ لَيَقُولُنَّ يَٰوَيْلَنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ

وَنَضَعُ ٱلْمَوَٰزِينَ ٱلْقِسْطَ لِيَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ فَلَا تُظْلَمُ نَفْسࣱ شَيْـࣰٔاۖ وَإِن كَانَ مِثْقَالَ حَبَّةࣲ مِّنْ خَرْدَلٍ أَتَيْنَا بِهَاۗ وَكَفَىٰ بِنَا حَٰسِبِينَ

We gave Moses and Aaron [the Scripture] that distinguishes right from wrong, a light and a reminder for those who are mindful of God,

those who stand in awe of their Lord, though He is unseen, and who fear the Hour.

This [Quran] too is a blessed message We have sent down- are you [people] going to deny it?

وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَا مُوسَىٰ وَهَٰرُونَ ٱلْفُرْقَانَ وَضِيَآءࣰ وَذِكْرࣰا لِّلْمُتَّقِينَ

ٱلَّذِينَ يَخْشَوْنَ رَبَّهُم بِٱلْغَيْبِ وَهُم مِّنَ ٱلسَّاعَةِ مُشْفِقُونَ

وَهَٰذَا ذِكْرࣱ مُّبَارَكٌ أَنزَلْنَٰهُۚ أَفَأَنتُمْ لَهُۥ مُنكِرُونَ

He said to his father and his people, ‘What are these images to which you are so devoted?’

They replied, ‘We found our fathers worshipping them.’

He said, ‘You and your fathers have clearly gone astray.’

They asked, ‘Have you brought us the truth or are you just playing about?’

He said, ‘Listen! Your true Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth, He who created them, and I am a witness to this.

By God I shall certainly plot against your idols as soon as you have turned your backs!’

إِذْ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوْمِهِۦ مَا هَٰذِهِ ٱلتَّمَاثِيلُ ٱلَّتِيٓ أَنتُمْ لَهَا عَٰكِفُونَ

قَالُوا۟ وَجَدْنَآ ءَابَآءَنَا لَهَا عَٰبِدِينَ

قَالَ لَقَدْ كُنتُمْ أَنتُمْ وَءَابَآؤُكُمْ فِي ضَلَٰلࣲ مُّبِينࣲ

قَالُوٓا۟ أَجِئْتَنَا بِٱلْحَقِّ أَمْ أَنتَ مِنَ ٱللَّٰعِبِينَ

قَالَ بَل رَّبُّكُمْ رَبُّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ٱلَّذِي فَطَرَهُنَّ وَأَنَا۠ عَلَىٰ ذَٰلِكُم مِّنَ ٱلشَّٰهِدِينَ

وَتَٱللَّهِ لَأَكِيدَنَّ أَصْنَٰمَكُم بَعْدَ أَن تُوَلُّوا۟ مُدْبِرِينَ