We assign an evil one as a comrade for whoever turns away from the revelations of the Lord of Mercy:

evil ones bar people from the right path, even though they may think they are well guided.

When such a person comes to Us, he will say [to his comrade], ‘If only you had been as far away from me as east is from west. What an evil comrade!’

[It will be said to them], ‘You have done wrong. Having partners in punishment will not console you today.’

Can you [Prophet] make the deaf hear? Or guide either the blind or those who are in gross error?

Either We shall take you away and punish them- indeed We will-

or We shall let you witness the punishment We threatened them with; We have full power over them.

Hold fast to what has been revealed to you- you truly are on the right path-

for it is a reminder for you and your people: you will all be questioned.

Ask the prophets We sent before you: ‘Did We ever appoint any gods to be worshipped besides the Lord of Mercy?’

وَمَن يَعْشُ عَن ذِكْرِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ نُقَيِّضْ لَهُۥ شَيْطَٰنࣰا فَهُوَ لَهُۥ قَرِينࣱ

وَإِنَّهُمْ لَيَصُدُّونَهُمْ عَنِ ٱلسَّبِيلِ وَيَحْسَبُونَ أَنَّهُم مُّهْتَدُونَ

حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَآءَنَا قَالَ يَٰلَيْتَ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكَ بُعْدَ ٱلْمَشْرِقَيْنِ فَبِئْسَ ٱلْقَرِينُ

وَلَن يَنفَعَكُمُ ٱلْيَوْمَ إِذ ظَّلَمْتُمْ أَنَّكُمْ فِي ٱلْعَذَابِ مُشْتَرِكُونَ

أَفَأَنتَ تُسْمِعُ ٱلصُّمَّ أَوْ تَهْدِي ٱلْعُمْيَ وَمَن كَانَ فِي ضَلَٰلࣲ مُّبِينࣲ

فَإِمَّا نَذْهَبَنَّ بِكَ فَإِنَّا مِنْهُم مُّنتَقِمُونَ

أَوْ نُرِيَنَّكَ ٱلَّذِي وَعَدْنَٰهُمْ فَإِنَّا عَلَيْهِم مُّقْتَدِرُونَ

فَٱسْتَمْسِكْ بِٱلَّذِيٓ أُوحِيَ إِلَيْكَۖ إِنَّكَ عَلَىٰ صِرَٰطࣲ مُّسْتَقِيمࣲ

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَذِكْرࣱ لَّكَ وَلِقَوْمِكَۖ وَسَوْفَ تُسْـَٔلُونَ

وَسْـَٔلْ مَنْ أَرْسَلْنَا مِن قَبْلِكَ مِن رُّسُلِنَآ أَجَعَلْنَا مِن دُونِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ءَالِهَةࣰ يُعْبَدُونَ

We sent Moses to Pharaoh and his courtiers and he said, ‘I am truly a messenger from the Lord of the Worlds,’

but when he presented Our signs to them, they laughed,

even though each sign We showed them was greater than the previous one. We inflicted torment on them so that they might return to the right path.

They said, ‘Sorcerer, call on your Lord for us, by virtue of His pledge to you: we shall certainly accept guidance,’

but as soon as We relieved their torment they broke their word.

Pharaoh proclaimed to his people, ‘My people, is the Kingdom of Egypt not mine? And these rivers that flow at my feet, are they not mine? Do you not see?

Am I not better than this contemptible wretch who can scarcely express himself?

Why has he not been given any gold bracelets? Why have no angels come to accompany him?’

In this way he moved his people to accept and they obeyed him- they were perverse people.

When they provoked Us, We punished and drowned them all:

We made them a lesson and an example for later people.

وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا مُوسَىٰ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَآ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ وَمَلَإِي۟هِۦ فَقَالَ إِنِّي رَسُولُ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

فَلَمَّا جَآءَهُم بِـَٔايَٰتِنَآ إِذَا هُم مِّنْهَا يَضْحَكُونَ

وَمَا نُرِيهِم مِّنْ ءَايَةٍ إِلَّا هِيَ أَكْبَرُ مِنْ أُخْتِهَاۖ وَأَخَذْنَٰهُم بِٱلْعَذَابِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ

وَقَالُوا۟ يَٰٓأَيُّهَ ٱلسَّاحِرُ ٱدْعُ لَنَا رَبَّكَ بِمَا عَهِدَ عِندَكَ إِنَّنَا لَمُهْتَدُونَ

فَلَمَّا كَشَفْنَا عَنْهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابَ إِذَا هُمْ يَنكُثُونَ

وَنَادَىٰ فِرْعَوْنُ فِي قَوْمِهِۦ قَالَ يَٰقَوْمِ أَلَيْسَ لِي مُلْكُ مِصْرَ وَهَٰذِهِ ٱلْأَنْهَٰرُ تَجْرِي مِن تَحْتِيٓۚ أَفَلَا تُبْصِرُونَ

أَمْ أَنَا۠ خَيْرࣱ مِّنْ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِي هُوَ مَهِينࣱ وَلَا يَكَادُ يُبِينُ

فَلَوْلَآ أُلْقِيَ عَلَيْهِ أَسْوِرَةࣱ مِّن ذَهَبٍ أَوْ جَآءَ مَعَهُ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ مُقْتَرِنِينَ

فَٱسْتَخَفَّ قَوْمَهُۥ فَأَطَاعُوهُۚ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَوْمࣰا فَٰسِقِينَ

فَلَمَّآ ءَاسَفُونَا ٱنتَقَمْنَا مِنْهُمْ فَأَغْرَقْنَٰهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ

فَجَعَلْنَٰهُمْ سَلَفࣰا وَمَثَلࣰا لِّلْـَٔاخِرِينَ

When the son of Mary is cited as an example, your people [Prophet] laugh and jeer,

saying, ‘Are our gods better or him?’- they cite him only to challenge you: they are a contentious people-

if it had been Our will, We could have made you angels, succeeding one another on earth.

This [Quran] gives knowledge of the Hour: do not doubt it. Follow Me for this is the right path;

do not let Satan hinder you, for he is your sworn enemy.

When Jesus came with clear signs he said, ‘I have brought you wisdom; I have come to clear up some of your differences for you. Be mindful of God and obey me:

God is my Lord and your Lord. Serve Him: this is the straight path.’

Yet still the different factions among them disagreed- woe to the evildoers: they will suffer the torment of a grievous day!-

what are they waiting for but the Hour, which will come upon them suddenly and take them unawares?

On that Day, friends will become each other’s enemies. Not so the righteous-

۞ وَلَمَّا ضُرِبَ ٱبْنُ مَرْيَمَ مَثَلًا إِذَا قَوْمُكَ مِنْهُ يَصِدُّونَ

وَقَالُوٓا۟ ءَأَٰلِهَتُنَا خَيْرٌ أَمْ هُوَۚ مَا ضَرَبُوهُ لَكَ إِلَّا جَدَلَۢاۚ بَلْ هُمْ قَوْمٌ خَصِمُونَ

وَلَوْ نَشَآءُ لَجَعَلْنَا مِنكُم مَّلَٰٓئِكَةࣰ فِي ٱلْأَرْضِ يَخْلُفُونَ

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَعِلْمࣱ لِّلسَّاعَةِ فَلَا تَمْتَرُنَّ بِهَا وَٱتَّبِعُونِۚ هَٰذَا صِرَٰطࣱ مُّسْتَقِيمࣱ

وَلَا يَصُدَّنَّكُمُ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُۖ إِنَّهُۥ لَكُمْ عَدُوࣱّ مُّبِينࣱ

وَلَمَّا جَآءَ عِيسَىٰ بِٱلْبَيِّنَٰتِ قَالَ قَدْ جِئْتُكُم بِٱلْحِكْمَةِ وَلِأُبَيِّنَ لَكُم بَعْضَ ٱلَّذِي تَخْتَلِفُونَ فِيهِۖ فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ رَبِّي وَرَبُّكُمْ فَٱعْبُدُوهُۚ هَٰذَا صِرَٰطࣱ مُّسْتَقِيمࣱ

فَٱخْتَلَفَ ٱلْأَحْزَابُ مِنۢ بَيْنِهِمْۖ فَوَيْلࣱ لِّلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ مِنْ عَذَابِ يَوْمٍ أَلِيمٍ

هَلْ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَّا ٱلسَّاعَةَ أَن تَأْتِيَهُم بَغْتَةࣰ وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ

ٱلْأَخِلَّآءُ يَوْمَئِذِۭ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ عَدُوٌّ إِلَّا ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ

‘My servants, there is no fear for you today, nor shall you grieve’––

those who believed in Our revelations and devoted themselves to Us.

‘Enter Paradise, you and your spouses: you will be filled with joy.’

Dishes and goblets of gold will be passed around them with all that their souls desire and their eyes delight in. ‘There you will remain:

this is the Garden you are given as your own, because of what you used to do,

and there is abundant fruit in it for you to eat.’

But the evildoers will remain in Hell’s punishment,

from which there is no relief: they will remain in utter despair.

We never wronged them; they were the ones who did wrong.

They will cry, ‘Malik, if only your Lord would finish us off,’ but he will answer, ‘No! You are here to stay.’

We have brought you the Truth but most of you despise it.

Have these disbelievers thought up some scheme? We too have been scheming.

Do they think We cannot hear their secret talk and their private counsel? Yes we can: Our messengers are at their sides, recording everything.

Say [Prophet], ‘If the Lord of Mercy [truly] had offspring I would be the first to worship [them], but-

exalted be the Lord of the heavens and earth, the Lord of the Throne- He is far above their false descriptions.’

Leave them to wade in deeper and play about, until they face the Day they have been promised.

It is He who is God in heaven and God on earth; He is the All Wise, the All Knowing;

Exalted is He who has control of the heavens and earth and everything between them; He has knowledge of the Hour; you will all be returned to Him.

Those gods they invoke besides Him have no power of intercession, unlike those who bore witness to the truth and recognized it.

If you [Prophet] ask them who created them they are sure to say, ‘God,’ so why are they so deluded?

The Prophet has said, ‘My Lord, truly these are people who do not believe,’

but turn away from them and say, ‘Peace’: they will come to know.

يَٰعِبَادِ لَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلْيَوْمَ وَلَآ أَنتُمْ تَحْزَنُونَ

ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا وَكَانُوا۟ مُسْلِمِينَ

ٱدْخُلُوا۟ ٱلْجَنَّةَ أَنتُمْ وَأَزْوَٰجُكُمْ تُحْبَرُونَ

يُطَافُ عَلَيْهِم بِصِحَافࣲ مِّن ذَهَبࣲ وَأَكْوَابࣲۖ وَفِيهَا مَا تَشْتَهِيهِ ٱلْأَنفُسُ وَتَلَذُّ ٱلْأَعْيُنُۖ وَأَنتُمْ فِيهَا خَٰلِدُونَ

وَتِلْكَ ٱلْجَنَّةُ ٱلَّتِيٓ أُورِثْتُمُوهَا بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ

لَكُمْ فِيهَا فَٰكِهَةࣱ كَثِيرَةࣱ مِّنْهَا تَأْكُلُونَ

إِنَّ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ فِي عَذَابِ جَهَنَّمَ خَٰلِدُونَ

لَا يُفَتَّرُ عَنْهُمْ وَهُمْ فِيهِ مُبْلِسُونَ

وَمَا ظَلَمْنَٰهُمْ وَلَٰكِن كَانُوا۟ هُمُ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ

وَنَادَوْا۟ يَٰمَٰلِكُ لِيَقْضِ عَلَيْنَا رَبُّكَۖ قَالَ إِنَّكُم مَّٰكِثُونَ

لَقَدْ جِئْنَٰكُم بِٱلْحَقِّ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَكُمْ لِلْحَقِّ كَٰرِهُونَ

أَمْ أَبْرَمُوٓا۟ أَمْرࣰا فَإِنَّا مُبْرِمُونَ

أَمْ يَحْسَبُونَ أَنَّا لَا نَسْمَعُ سِرَّهُمْ وَنَجْوَىٰهُمۚ بَلَىٰ وَرُسُلُنَا لَدَيْهِمْ يَكْتُبُونَ

قُلْ إِن كَانَ لِلرَّحْمَٰنِ وَلَدࣱ فَأَنَا۠ أَوَّلُ ٱلْعَٰبِدِينَ

سُبْحَٰنَ رَبِّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ رَبِّ ٱلْعَرْشِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ

فَذَرْهُمْ يَخُوضُوا۟ وَيَلْعَبُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ يُلَٰقُوا۟ يَوْمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِي يُوعَدُونَ

وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِي فِي ٱلسَّمَآءِ إِلَٰهࣱ وَفِي ٱلْأَرْضِ إِلَٰهࣱۚ وَهُوَ ٱلْحَكِيمُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ

وَتَبَارَكَ ٱلَّذِي لَهُۥ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا وَعِندَهُۥ عِلْمُ ٱلسَّاعَةِ وَإِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ

وَلَا يَمْلِكُ ٱلَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِهِ ٱلشَّفَٰعَةَ إِلَّا مَن شَهِدَ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَهُمْ يَعْلَمُونَ

وَلَئِن سَأَلْتَهُم مَّنْ خَلَقَهُمْ لَيَقُولُنَّ ٱللَّهُۖ فَأَنَّىٰ يُؤْفَكُونَ

وَقِيلِهِۦ يَٰرَبِّ إِنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ قَوْمࣱ لَّا يُؤْمِنُونَ

فَٱصْفَحْ عَنْهُمْ وَقُلْ سَلَٰمࣱۚ فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ