Say: Have you considered if Allah should destroy me and those with me-- rather He will have mercy on us; yet who will protect the unbelievers from a painful punishment?

Except in the case of their wives or those whom their right hands possess-- for these surely are not to be blamed,

Half of it, or lessen it a little,

Or add to it, and recite the Quran as it ought to be recited.

To him among you who wishes to go forward or remain behind.

Therefore wait patiently for the command of your Lord, and obey not from among them a sinner or an ungrateful one.

To clear or to warn.

On the day that they see it, it will be as though they had not tarried but the latter part of a day or the early part of it.

Or become reminded so that the reminder should profit him?

But when they measure out to others or weigh out for them, they are deficient.

Or the giving of food in a day of hunger

Or to the poor man lying in the dust.

Or enjoined guarding (against evil)?