In like manner will We put it into the hearts of the sinners _of Mekkeh to do so_; They shall not believe in him, and the punishment of the former generations hath passed. And if We should open above them a gate in heaven, and they should pass the day mounting up to it, They would say, ‘Our eyes are only intoxicated, or rather we are a people enchanted.’ (xv. 6-15.) XXX. †Verily, it is the excellent Ḳur-án, Written in the Preserved Book.[92] None shall touch it but they who are purified.[93] It is a revelation from the Lord of the Worlds. (lvi. 76-79.) XXXI. SAY, Verily if mankind and the Jinn assembled together for the purpose of producing the like of this Ḳur-án,[94] they could not produce the like thereof, although they helped one another.[95] And We have explained unto men in this Ḳur-án every _kind of_ parable,[96] but the greater number of men have refused [all else] save unbelief, And have said, ‘We will by no means believe in thee until thou cause a fountain to gush forth for us from the earth, _Or_ thou have a garden of palm-trees and grapes, and thou cause rivers to spring forth in the midst thereof in abundance, _Or_ thou cause heaven to fall down upon us, as thou hast pretended, in pieces, or thou bring God and the angels before _us_, _Or_ thou have a house of gold, or thou ascend into heaven, and we will not believe thy ascending until thou cause a book to descend unto us which we may read.’ SAY, Extolled be the perfection of my Lord! Am I [aught] save a man, [sent] as a Messenger? And nothing hath hindered men from believing when the direction hath come unto them, but their saying, ‘Hath God sent a man as a Messenger?’[97] SAY, If there were upon the earth angels walking at ease,[98] We had sent down unto them from heaven an angel as a Messenger.[99] SAY, God is a sufficient witness between me and you: for He knoweth and seeth His servants. (xvii. 90-98.) XXXII. And this Ḳur-án is not an invention[100] of one who is not God, but _it hath been sent down_ as a confirmation of those _books which have been_ before it, and an explanation of the Scripture—there is no doubt thereof—from the Lord of the Worlds. Do they say, ‘He[101] hath forged it?’ SAY, Then bring ye a Soorah[102] like unto it and call whom ye can,[103] other than God, if ye speak truth. Nay they have charged with falsehood that which they comprehend not, and the explanation thereof[104] hath not yet come unto them. In like manner did those who were before them charge _their Messengers_ with falsehood; but see how was the end of the offenders! (x. 38-40.) XXXIII. If ye be in doubt concerning that which We have sent down unto Our servant _Moḥammad_,[105] bring ye a Soorah like unto it,[106] and invoke your witnesses,[107] other than God, if ye be speakers of truth. But if ye do _it_ not (and do _it_ ye shall not), fear the fire whose fuel is men and stones: it is prepared for the unbelievers. (ii. 21, 22.)