He said: This is what we sought for; so they returned retracing their footsteps.

And how can you have patience in that of which you have not got a comprehensive knowledge?

He said: Blame me not for what I forgot, and do not constrain me to a difficult thing in my affair.

He said: This shall be separation between me and you; now I will inform you of the significance of that with which you could not have patience.

And as for the wall, it belonged to two orphan boys in the city, and there was beneath it a treasure belonging to them, and their father was a righteous man; so your Lord desired that they should attain their maturity and take out their treasure, a mercy from your Lord, and I did not do it of my own accord. This is the significance of that with which you could not have patience.

Even so! and We had a full knowledge of what he had.

He said: That in which my Lord has established me is better, therefore you only help me with workers, I will make a fortified barrier between you and them;

So they were not able to scale it nor could they make a hole in it.

Thus it is that their recompense is hell, because they disbelieved and held My communications and My messengers in mockery.

O sister of Haroun! your father was not a bad man, nor, was your mother an unchaste woman.

And He has made me blessed wherever I may be, and He has enjoined on me prayer and poor-rate so long as I live;

It beseems not Allah that He should take to Himself a ! son, glory to be Him; when He has decreed a matter He only says to it "Be," and it is.

When he said to his father; O my father! why do you worship what neither hears nor sees, nor does it avail you in the least:

O my father! truly the knowledge has come to me which has not come to you, therefore follow me, I will guide you on a right path:

And I will withdraw from you and what you call on besides Allah, and I will call upon my Lord; may be I shall not remain unblessed in calling upon my Lord.

So when he withdrew from them and what they worshipped besides Allah, We gave to him Ishaq and Yaqoub, and each one of them We made a prophet.

And we do not descend but by the command of your Lord; to Him belongs whatever is before us and whatever is behind us and whatever is between these, and your Lord is not forgetful.

The Lord of the heavens and the earth and what is between them, so serve Him and be patient in His service. Do you know any one equal to Him?

And says man: What! when I am dead shall I truly be brought forth alive?

Say: As for him who remains in error, the Beneficent Allah will surely prolong his length of days, until they see what they were threatened with, either the punishment or the hour; then they shall know who is in more evil plight and weaker in forces

By no means! We write down what he says, and We will lengthen to him the length of the chastisement

And We will inherit of him what he says, and he shall come to Us alone.

And it is not worthy of the Beneficent Allah that He should take (to Himself) a son.

We have not revealed the Quran to you that you may be unsuccessful.

His is what is in the heavens and what is in the earth and what is between them two and what is beneath the ground.

And I have chosen you, so listen to what is revealed:

Surely the hour is coming-- I am about to make it manifest-- so that every soul may be rewarded as it strives:

And what is this in your right hand, O Musa!

When We revealed to your mother what was revealed;

He said: Then what is the state of the former generations?

And cast down what is in your right hand; it shall devour what they have wrought; they have wrought only the plan of a magician, and the magician shall not be successful wheresoever he may come from.

They said: We do not prefer you to what has come to us of clear arguments and to He Who made us, therefore decide what you are going to decide; you can only decide about this world's life.

Surely we believe in our Lord that He may forgive us our sins and the magic to which you compelled us; and Allah is better and more abiding.

And Firon followed them with his armies, so there came upon them of the sea that which came upon them.

And Firon led astray his people and he did not guide (them) aright.

Eat of the good things We have given you for sustenance, and be not inordinate with respect to them, lest My wrath should be due to you, and to whomsoever My wrath is due be shall perish indeed.

And what caused you to hasten from your people, O Musa?

They said: We did not break (our) promise to you of our own accord, but we were made to bear the burdens of the ornaments of the people, then we made a casting of them, and thus did the Samiri suggest.

(Musa) said: O Haroun! what prevented you, when you saw them going astray,

He said: What was then your object, O Samiri?

He said: I saw (Jibreel) what they did not see, so I took a handful (of the dust) from the footsteps of the messenger, then I threw it in the casting; thus did my soul commend to me

Thus do We relate to you (some) of the news of what has gone before; and indeed We have given to you a Reminder from Ourselves.

We know best what they say, when the fairest of them in course would say: You tarried but a day.

He knows what is before them and what is behind them, while they do not comprehend it in knowledge.

He shall say: My Lord! why hast Thou raised me blind and I was a seeing one indeed?

Bear then patiently what they say, and glorify your Lord by the praising of Him before the rising of the sun and before its setting, and during hours of the night do also glorify (Him) and during parts of the day, that you may be well pleased

And do not stretch your eyes after that with which We have provided different classes of them, (of) the splendor of this world's life, that We may thereby try them; and the sustenance (given) by your Lord is better and more abiding.

And they say: Why does he not bring to us a sign from his Lord? Has not there come to them a clear evidence of what is m the previous books?

There comes not to them a new reminder from their Lord but they hear it while they sport,

Nay! say they: Medleys of dreams; nay! he has forged it; nay! he is a poet; so let him bring to us a sign as the former (prophets) were sent (with).

There did not believe before them any town which We destroyed, will they then believe?

And We did not send before you any but men to whom We sent revelation, so ask the followers of the reminder if you do not

And We did not make them bodies not eating the food, and they were not to abide (forever).

Do not fly (now) and come back to what you were made to lead easy lives in and to your dwellings, haply you will be questioned.

And this ceased not to be their cry till We made them cut

And We did not create the heaven and the earth and what is between them for sport.

And We did not send before you any messenger but We revealed to him that there is no god but Me, therefore serve Me.

He knows what is before them and what is behind them, and they do not intercede except for him whom He approves and for fear of Him they tremble.

And We did not ordain abiding for any mortal before you. What! Then if you die, will they abide?

And certainly messengers before you were scoffed at, then there befell those of them who scoffed that at which they had scoffed.

Say: I warn you only by revelation; and the deaf do not hear the call whenever they are warned.

When he said to his father and his people: What are these images to whose worship you cleave?

Then they were made to hang down their heads: Certainly you know that they do not speak.

He said: What! do you then serve besides Allah what brings you not any benefit at all, nor does it harm you?

Fie on you and on what you serve besides Allah; what! do you not then understand?

Therefore We responded to him and took off what harm he had, and We gave him his family and the like of them with them: a mercy from Us and a reminder to the worshippers.

Surely you and what you worship besides Allah are the firewood of hell; to it you shall come.

Had these been gods, they would not have come to it and all shall abide therein.

They will not hear its faintest sound, and they shall abide in that which their souls long for.

On the day when We will roll up heaven like the rolling up of the scroll for writings, as We originated the first creation, (so) We shall reproduce it; a promise (binding on Us); surely We will bring it about.

And We have not sent you but as a mercy to the worlds.

But if they turn back, say: I have given you warning in fairness and I do not know whether what you are threatened with is near or far;

Surely He knows what is spoken openly and He knows what you hide;

He said: O my Lord! judge Thou with truth; and our Lord is the Beneficent Allah, Whose help is sought against what you ascribe (to Him).

On the day when you shall see it, every woman giving suck shall quit in confusion what she suckled, and every pregnant woman shall lay down her burden, and you shall see men intoxicated, and they shall not be intoxicated but the chastisement of Allah will be severe.

O people! if you are in doubt about the raising, then surely We created you from dust, then from a small seed, then from a clot, then from a lump of flesh, complete in make and incomplete, that We may make clear to you; and We cause what We please to stay in the wombs till an appointed time, then We bring you forth as babies, then that you may attain your maturity; and of you is he who is caused to die, and of you is he who is brought back to the worst part of life, so that after having knowledge he does not know anything; and you see the earth sterile land, but when We send down on it the water, it stirs and swells and brings forth of every kind a beautiful herbage.

This is due to what your two hands have sent before, and because Allah is not in the least unjust to the servants.

He calls besides Allah upon that which does not harm him and that which does not profit him, that is the great straying.

Surely Allah will cause those who believe and do good deeds to enter gardens beneath which rivers flow, surely Allah does what He pleases.

Whoever thinks that Allah will not assist him in this life and the hereafter, let him stretch a rope to the ceiling, then let him cut (it) off, then let him see if his struggle will take away that at which he is enraged.

Do you not see that Allah is He, Whom obeys whoever is in the heavens and whoever is in the earth, and the sun and the moon and the stars, and the mountains and the trees, and the animals and many of the people; and many there are against whom chastisement has become necessary; and whomsoever Allah abases, there is none who can make him honorable; surely Allah does what He pleases.

With it shall be melted what is in their bellies and (their) skins as well.

That they may witness advantages for them and mention the name of Allah during stated days over what He has given them of the cattle quadrupeds, then eat of them and feed the distressed one, the needy.

That (shall be so); and whoever respects the sacred ordinances of Allah, it is better for him with his Lord; and the cattle are made lawful for you, except that which is recited to you, therefore avoid the uncleanness of the idols and avoid false words,

And to every nation We appointed acts of devotion that they may mention the name of Allah on what He has given them of the cattle quadrupeds; so your god is One God, therefore to Him should you submit, and give good news to the humble,

(To) those whose hearts tremble when Allah is mentioned, and those who are patient under that which afflicts them, and those who keep up prayer, and spend (benevolently) out of what We have given them.

There does not reach Allah their flesh nor their blood, but to Him is acceptable the guarding (against evil) on your part; thus has He made them subservient to you, that you may magnify Allah because He has guided you aright; and give good news to those who do good (to others).

And We did not send before you any messenger or prophet, but when he desired, the Shaitan made a suggestion respecting his desire; but Allah annuls that which the Shaitan casts, then does Allah establish His communications, and Allah is Knowing, Wise,

So that He may make what the Shaitan casts a trial for those in whose hearts is disease and those whose hearts are hard; and most surely the unjust are in a great opposition,

That (shall be so); and he who retaliates with the like of that with which he has been afflicted and he has been oppressed, Allah will most certainly aid him; most surely Allah is Pardoning, Forgiving.

That is because Allah is the Truth, and that what they call upon besides Him-- that is the falsehood, and because Allah is the High, the Great.

His is whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is in the earth; and most surely Allah is the Self-sufficient, the Praised.

Do you not see that Allah has made subservient to you whatsoever is in the earth and the ships running in the sea by His command? And He withholds the heaven from falling on the earth except with His permission; most surely Allah is Compassionate, Merciful to men.

And if they contend with you, say: Allah best knows what you do.

Do you not know that Allah knows what is in the heaven and the earth? Surely this is in a book; surely this is easy to Allah.

And they serve besides Allah that for which He has not sent any authority, and that of which they have no knowledge; and for the unjust there shall be no helper.

They have not estimated Allah with the estimation that i due to Him; most surely Allah is Strong, Mighty.

He knows what is before them and what is behind them and to Allah are all affairs turned back.

And strive hard in (the way of) Allah, (such) a striving a is due to Him; He has chosen you and has not laid upon you an hardship in religion; the faith of your father Ibrahim; He named you Muslims before and in this, that the Messenger may be a bearer of witness to you, and you may be bearers of witness to the people; therefore keep up prayer and pay the poor-rate and hold fast by Allah; He is your Guardian; how excellent the Guardian and how excellent the Helper!

Except before their mates or those whom their right hands possess, for they surely are not blameable,