(iv. 80, 81.) LIX. †No soul can believe but by the permission of God. (x. 100.) LX. †And whoso willeth taketh the way to his Lord: But ye shall not will it, unless God will it. (lxxvi. 29, 30.) LXI. †Expend in the way of God, and throw not yourselves into destruction.[157] (ii. 191.) _ANGELS AND JINN._[158] LXII. They say, ‘The Compassionate hath gotten offspring.’[159] Extolled be His purity! Nay, _they are_ honoured servants. They prevent Him not in speech,[160] and according to His command they act. He knoweth what is before them and what is behind them, and they shall not intercede Save for whom He shall please, and they fear in dread of Him. And him[161] among them who saith, ‘I am a god beside Him,’ that [angel] We will recompense with Hell. (xxi. 26-30.) LXIII. †SAY, It hath been revealed to me that a company of the Jinn listened [to me] and said, ‘Verily we have heard a wonderful discourse[162] Which guideth unto right: wherefore we believed in it, and we will by no means associate any one with our Lord.... We tried the heaven, but we found it filled with a mighty garrison and darting flames; We sat on some of its seats to listen, but whosoever listeneth now findeth a darting flame in ambush for him. We know not whether evil be meant for them that are on the earth, or whether their Lord intendeth for them a right guidance. There are among us the good, and among us _those who are_ not so,—we are of various ways. (lxxii. 1, 2, 8-11.) _TRUE RELIGION AND FALSE._ LXIV. Verily God commandeth justice and the doing of good and the giving unto the relation: and He forbiddeth wickedness and iniquity and oppression. He admonisheth you that ye may reflect. (xvi. 92.)[163] LXV. †By the Night when she spreadeth her veil, By the Day when it appeareth in glory, By Him who made male and female; Verily your aims are indeed different! As then for him who giveth [alms] and feareth [God], And yieldeth assent to the Good, To him will We therefore make easy the path to happiness. But as to him who is covetous and bent on riches, And calleth the Good a lie, To him will We make easy the path to distress; And what shall his wealth avail him when he goeth down headlong? Truly man’s guidance is with Us, And Ours the next Life and this life Present. I warn you therefore of the flaming fire; None shall be burned at it but the most wretched,— Who hath called the truth a lie and turned his back. But the greatly God-fearing shall escape it,— Who giveth away his substance that he may become pure, And who [offereth] not favours to any one for the sake of recompense, But only as seeking the face of his Lord the Most High. And assuredly in the end he shall be well content.[1] (xcii.) LXVI.