All that is in the heavens and the earth magnifieth God, and He is the Mighty, the Wise. His is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth, He giveth life and giveth death, and He is powerful over all things. He is the first and the last, the seen and the unseen, and all things doth He know. It is He who created the heavens and the earth in six days, then ascended the Throne; He knoweth what goeth into the earth and what cometh out of it, and what cometh down from the sky and what riseth up into it; and He is with you, wherever ye be; and God seeth what ye do. His is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth, and to God shall all things return. He maketh the night to follow the day, and He maketh the day to follow the night, and He knoweth the secrets of the breast. Believe in God and His apostle, and give alms of what He hath made you to inherit; for to those of you who believe and give alms shall be a great reward. What aileth you that ye do not believe in God and His Apostle who calleth you to believe in your Lord? He hath already accepted your covenant if ye believe. It is He who hath sent down to His servant manifest signs to lead you from darkness into light: for God is indeed kind and merciful towards you. And what aileth you that ye give not alms in the path of God, when God’s is the heritage of the heavens and the earth? Those of you who give before the victory, and fight, shall not be deemed equal,--they are of nobler degree than those who give afterwards and fight. Yet to all hath God promised the beauteous reward; and God knoweth what ye do. Who is he who will lend God a good loan?--He will double it for him, and his shall be a noble recompense.