And believe in what I have revealed, verifying that which is with you, and be not the first to deny it, neither take a mean price in exchange for My communications; and Me, Me alone should you fear.

Most surely the first house appointed for men is the one at Bekka, blessed and a guidance for the nations.

Say: Shall I take a guardian besides Allah, the Originator of the heavens and the earth, and He feeds (others) and is not (Himself) fed. Say: I am commanded to be the first who submits himself, and you should not be of the polytheists.

And of them is he who hearkens to you, and We have cast veils over their hearts lest they understand it and a heaviness into their ears; and even if they see every sign they will not believe in it; so much so that when they come to you they only dispute with you; those who disbelieve say: This is naught but the stories of the ancients.

And certainly you have come to Us alone as We created you at first, and you have left behind your backs the things which We gave you, and We do not see with you your intercessors about whom you asserted that they were (Allah's) associates in respect to you; certainly the ties between you are now cut off and what you asserted is gone from you.

And We will turn their hearts and their sights, even as they did not believe in it the first time, and We will leave them in their inordinacy, blindly wandering on.

No associate has He; and this am I commanded, and I am the first of those who submit.

And when Musa came at Our appointed time and his Lord spoke to him, he said: My Lord! show me (Thyself), so that I may look upon Thee. He said: You cannot (bear to) see Me but look at the mountain, if it remains firm in its place, then will you see Me; but when his Lord manifested His glory to the mountain He made it crumble and Musa fell down in a swoon; then when he recovered, he said: Glory be to Thee, I turn to Thee, and I am the first of the believers.

And when Our communications are recited to them, they say: We have heard indeed; if we pleased we could say the like of it; this is nothing but the stories of the ancients.

Say to those who disbelieve, if they desist, that which is past shall be forgiven to them; and if they return, then what happened to the ancients has already passed.

What! will you not fight a people who broke their oaths and aimed at the expulsion of the Messenger, and they attacked you first; do you fear them? But Allah is most deserving that you should fear Him, if you are believers.

Therefore if Allah brings you back to a party of them and then they ask your permission to go forth, say: By no means shall you ever go forth with me and by no means shall you fight an enemy with me; surely you chose to sit the first time, therefore sit (now) with those who remain behind.

And (as for) the foremost, the first of the Muhajirs and the Ansars, and those who followed them in goodness, Allah is well pleased with them and they are well pleased with Him, and He has prepared for them gardens beneath which rivers flOw, to abide in them for ever; that is the mighty achievement.

Never stand in it; certainly a masjid founded on piety from the very first day is more deserving that you should stand in it; in it are men who love that they should be purified; and Allah loves those who purify themselves.

And certainly We sent (messengers) before you among the nations of yore.

They do not believe in it, and indeed the example of the former people has already passed.

And when it is said to them, what is it that your Lord has revealed? They say: Stories of the ancients;

If you do good, you will do good for your own souls, and if you do evil, it shall be for them. So when the second promise came (We raised another people) that they may bring you to grief and that they may enter the mosque as they entered it the first time, and that they might destroy whatever they gained ascendancy over with utter destruction.

Or some other creature of those which are too hard (to receive life) in your minds! But they will say: Who will return us? Say: Who created you at first. Still they will shake their heads at you and say: When will it be? Say: Maybe it has drawn nigh.

And nothing could have hindered Us that We should send signs except that the ancients rejected them; and We gave to Samood the she-camel-- a manifest sign-- but on her account they did injustice, and We do not send signs but to make (men) fear.

And they shall be brought before your Lord, standing in ranks: Now certainly you have come to Us as We created you at first. Nay, you thought that We had not appointed to you a time of the fulfillment of the promise.

And nothing prevents men from believing when the guidance comes to them, and from asking forgiveness of their Lord, except that what happened to the ancients should overtake them, or that the chastisement should come face to face with them.

He said: Take hold of it and fear not; We will restore it to its former state:

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

They said: O Musa! will you cast, or shall we be the first who cast down?

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?

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).

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 the chiefs of those who disbelieved from among his people said: He is nothing but a mortal like yourselves who desires that he may have superiority over you, and if Allah had pleased, He could certainly have sent down angels. We have not heard of this among our fathers of yore:

Is it then that they do not ponder over what is said, or is it that there has come to them that which did not come to their fathers of old?

Nay, they say the like of what the ancients said:

Certainly we are promised this, and (so were) our fathers aforetime; this is naught but stories of those of old.

And they say: The stories of the ancients-- he has got them written-- so these are read out to him morning and evening.

He said: Your Lord and the Lord of your fathers of old.

Surely we hope that our Lord will forgive us our wrongs because we are the first of the believers.

This is naught but a custom of the ancients;

And guard against (the punishment of) Him who created you and the former nations.

And most surely the same is in the scriptures of the ancients.

We have certainly been promised this, we and our fathers before; these are naught but stories of the ancients

So when Musa came to them with Our clear signs, they said: This is nothing but forged enchantment, and we never heard of it amongst our fathers of old.

And certainly We gave Musa the Book after We had destroyed the former generations, clear arguments for men and a guidance and a mercy, that they may be mindful.

And He is Allah, there is no god but He! All praise is due to Him in this (life) and the hereafter, and His is the judgment, and to Him you shall be brought back.

And stay in your houses and do not display your finery like the displaying of the ignorance of yore; and keep up prayer, and pay the poor-rate, and obey Allah and His Messenger. Allah only desires to keep away the uncleanness from you, O people of the House! and to purify you a (thorough) purifying.

(In) behaving proudly in the land and in planning evil; and the evil plans shall not beset any save the authors of it. Then should they wait for aught except the way of the former people? For you shall not find any alteration in the course of Allah; and you shall not find any change in the course of Allah.

Say: He will give life to them Who brought them into existence at first, and He is cognizant of all creation

Or our fathers of yore?

Except our previous death? And we shall not be chastised?

And certainly most of the ancients went astray before them,

Allah, your Lord and the Lord of your fathers of yore?

Had we a reminder from those of yore,

And I am commanded that I shall be the first of those who submit.

And they shall say to their skins: Why have you borne witness against us? They shall say: Allah Who makes everything speak has made us speak, and He created you at first, and to Him you shall be brought back.

And how many a prophet have We sent among the ancients.

Then We destroyed those who were stronger than these in prowess, and the case of the ancients has gone before,

Say: If the Beneficent Allah has a son, I am the foremost of those who serve.

There is no god but He; He gives life and causes death, your Lord and the Lord of your fathers of yore.

There is naught but our first death and we shall not be raised again.

They shall not taste therein death except the first death, and He will save them from the punishment of the hell,

And he who says to his parents: Fie on you! do you threaten me that I shall be brought forth when generations have already passed away before me? And they both call for Allah's aid: Woe to you! believe, surely the promise of Allah is true. But he says: This is nothing but stories of the ancients.

Were We then fatigued with the first creation? Yet are they in doubt with regard to a new creation.

Nay! for Allah is the hereafter and the former (life).

And that He did destroy the Ad of old

This is a warner of the warners of old.

A numerous company from among the first,

A numerous company from among the first,

Or our fathers of yore?

Say: The first and the last,

And certainly you know the first growth, why do you not then mind?

He is the First and the Last and the Ascendant (over all) and the Knower of hidden things, and He is Cognizant of all things.

He it is Who caused those who disbelieved of the followers of the Book to go forth from their homes at the first banishment you did not think that they would go forth, while they were certain that their fortresses would defend them against Allah; but Allah came to them whence they did not expect, and cast terror into their hearts; they demolished their houses with their own hands and the hands of the believers; therefore take a lesson, O you who have eyes!

When Our communications are recited to him, he says: Stories of those of yore.

Did We not destroy the former generations?

This is the day of decision: We have gathered you and those of yore.

So Allah seized him with the punishment of the hereafter and the former life.

When Our communications are recited to him, he says: Stories of those of yore.

Most surely this is in the earlier scriptures,

And most surely Ours is the hereafter and the former.

And surely what comes after is better for you than that which has gone before.