الزخرف

And whether [or not] We take you away [in death], indeed, We will take retribution upon them. ^[41]

Or whether [or not] We show you that which We have promised them, indeed, We are Perfect in Ability. ^[42]

So adhere to that which is revealed to you. Indeed, you are on a straight path. ^[43]

And indeed, it is a remembrance for you and your people, and you [all] are going to be questioned. ^[44]

And ask those We sent before you of Our messengers; have We made besides the Most Merciful deities to be worshipped? ^[45]

And certainly did We send Moses with Our signs to Pharaoh and his establishment, and he said, "Indeed, I am the messenger of the Lord of the worlds." ^[46]

But when he brought them Our signs, at once they laughed at them. ^[47]

And We showed them not a sign except that it was greater than its sister, and We seized them with affliction that perhaps they might return [to faith]. ^[48]

And they said [to Moses], "O magician, invoke for us your Lord by what He has promised you. Indeed, we will be guided." ^[49]

But when We removed from them the affliction, at once they broke their word. ^[50]

And Pharaoh called out among his people; he said, "O my people, does not the kingdom of Egypt belong to me, and these rivers flowing beneath me; then do you not see? ^[51]

Or am I [not] better than this one who is insignificant and hardly makes himself clear? ^[52]

Then why have there not been placed upon him bracelets of gold or come with him the angels in conjunction?" ^[53]

So he bluffed his people, and they obeyed him. Indeed, they were [themselves] a people defiantly disobedient [of Allah]. ^[54]

And when they angered Us, We took retribution from them and drowned them all. ^[55]

And We made them a precedent and an example for the later peoples. ^[56]

And when the son of Mary was presented as an example, immediately your people laughed aloud. ^[57]

And they said, "Are your gods better, or is he?" They did not present the comparison except for [mere] argument. But, [in fact], they are a people prone to dispute. ^[58]

Jesus was not but a servant upon whom We bestowed favor, and We made him an example for the Children of Israel. ^[59]

And if We willed, We could have made [instead] of you angels succeeding [one another] on the earth. ^[60]