moon to perform their services: each _of them_ runneth an appointed course. This is GOD, your LORD: his _is_ the kingdom. But the _idols_ which ye invoke besides him have not the power even over the skin of a date-stone: if ye invoke them, they will not hear your calling; and although they should hear, yet they would not answer you. On the day of resurrection they shall disclaim your having associated _them with God_: and none shall declare unto thee _the truth_, like one who is well acquainted _therewith_. O men, ye have need of GOD; but GOD is self-sufficient, and to be praised. If he pleaseth, he can take you away, and produce a new creature _in your stead_: neither _will_ this _be_ difficult with GOD. A burdened _soul_ shall not bear the burden of another: and if a heavy-burdened _soul_ call _on another_ to bear part of its _burden_, no part thereof shall be borne _by the person who shall be called on_, although he be _ever so nearly_ related. Thou shalt admonish those who fear their LORD in secret, and are constant at prayer: and whoever cleanseth himself _from the guilt of disobedience_, cleanseth himself to _the advantage_ of his own soul; for all shall be assembled before GOD _at the last day_. The blind and the seeing shall not be held equal; neither darkness and light; nor the cool shade and the scorching wind: neither shall the living and the dead be held equal. GOD shall cause him to hear whom he pleaseth: but thou shalt not make those to hear who are in _their_ graves. Thou _art_ no other than a preacher; verily we have sent thee with truth, a bearer of good tidings, and a denouncer of threats.