Surely the creation of the heavens and the earth is greater than the creation of man. But most men do not know. Moreover the blind and the seeing are not equal, nor the sinner and they who believe and do the things that are right;--little do they mind! Verily the Hour is assuredly coming: there is no doubt of it;--but most men do not believe. And your Lord saith, “Call upon me;--I will hearken unto you: but as to those who are too puffed up for my service, they shall enter Hell in contempt.” It is God who made you the night to rest in, and the day for seeing: verily God is bounteous to man, but most men are not thankful. That is God your Lord, Creator of all things: there is no god but He: then why do ye turn away? Thus do they turn away who gainsay the signs of God-- God, who made you the earth for a resting-place and the heaven for a tent, and formed you and made goodly your forms and provided you with good things--that is God, your Lord. Then blessed be God, the Lord of the worlds! He is the Living One. No god is there but He! then call upon Him, purifying your service to Him. Praise be to God, the Lord of the worlds! Say: Verily I am forbidden to serve those whom ye call on beside God, since there came to me manifestations from my Lord, and I am bidden to resign myself to the Lord of the worlds. He it is who created you of dust, then of a germ, then of blood; then bringeth you forth a babe: then ye come to your strength, then ye become old men (but some of you die before) and reach the appointed term: haply ye will understand! It is He who giveth life and death; and when He decreeth a thing, He only saith to it, “Be,” and it is. Hast thou not beheld those who cavil at the signs of God, how they are turned aside? They who call the Book, and that with which we have sent our apostles, a lie: they shall soon know! When the shackles shall be on their necks, and the chains, whilst they are dragged into Hell--then in the fire shall they be burned-- Then shall it be said to them, “Where is that which ye joined in worship beside God?” They shall say, “They are lost to us, Nay! we did not call before upon anything.” Thus God misleadeth the unbelievers. “That is because ye exulted on earth in what was not true, and because ye were insolent.” Enter the gates of Hell to abide therein for ever: and wretched is the abode of the proud!