That is part of the wisdom which thy Lord hath revealed to thee. And make no other god beside God, or thou wilt be thrown into Hell in reproach and banishment. Hath then the Lord assigned to you sons, and shall He take for himself daughters from among the angels? verily ye do say a tremendous saying! And we made variations in this Korān to warn them; yet it only increaseth their repulsion. Say: If there were other gods with Him, as ye say, they would then seek occasion against the Lord of the throne. Extolled be His glory, and be He greatly exalted far above what they say! The seven heavens, and the earth, and all that is therein, magnify Him, and there is naught but magnifieth His praise; only ye understand not their worship. Verily He is forbearing, forgiving. When thou declaimest the Korān, we put between thee and those who believe not in the life to come a close veil; And we put coverings over their hearts, lest they should understand it, and deafness in their ears. And when thou tellest of thy Lord in the Korān as One, they turn their backs in repulsion. We know well what they listen for, when they listen to thee, and when they whisper apart, when the wicked say, “Ye do but follow a man enchanted.” See what comparisons they make for thee! but they wander and cannot find the way. They say, “What! when we have become bones and dust, shall we forsooth be raised as a new creature?” Say: Yes! were ye stones, or iron, or any creature, the hardest [to raise again] that your minds can imagine. But they will say, “Who shall restore us?” Say: He who began you in the beginning! And they will wag their heads at thee and say, “When shall this be?” Say: Maybe it is nigh at hand.-- A day when God shall summon you and ye shall answer with His praise; and ye shall think that ye have tarried but a little while. And say to my servants that they speak pleasantly: verily the Devil provoketh strife among them; verily the Devil is man’s open enemy. Your Lord knoweth you well; if He please He will have mercy on you; or if He please He will torment you; and we have not sent thee to be our governor over them! Thy Lord knoweth well who is in the heavens and in the earth. And we distinguished some of the prophets above others, and we gave to David the Psalms. Say: Call ye upon those whom ye profess beside Him; but they will have no power to put away trouble from you or alter it. Those whom they invoke do themselves strive for access to their Lord, which of them shall be nearest: and they hope for His mercy and fear His torment: verily the torment of thy Lord is to be dreaded. There is no city but we will destroy it before the Day of Resurrection, or torment it with grievous torment. That is