وَلَقَد صَرَّفنا في هـٰذَا القُرآنِ لِيَذَّكَّروا وَما يَزيدُهُم إِلّا نُفورًا
We’ve explained variously in this Quran so that they may remember, but it only increases their rebellion.
قُل لَو كانَ مَعَهُ آلِهَةٌ كَما يَقولونَ إِذًا لَابتَغَوا إِلىٰ ذِي العَرشِ سَبيلًا
Say, “If there were other gods along with Him, as they claim, they would’ve sought a way to the Lord of the Throne.”
سُبحانَهُ وَتَعالىٰ عَمّا يَقولونَ عُلُوًّا كَبيرًا
Far exalted is He above what they say, in His grandeur and supremacy.
تُسَبِّحُ لَهُ السَّماواتُ السَّبعُ وَالأَرضُ وَمَن فيهِنَّ ۚ وَإِن مِن شَيءٍ إِلّا يُسَبِّحُ بِحَمدِهِ وَلـٰكِن لا تَفقَهونَ تَسبيحَهُم ۗ إِنَّهُ كانَ حَليمًا غَفورًا
The seven heavens, the earth, and everything within them praise His glory. There is not a thing that does not glorify Him with praise, but you do not understand their glorification. He is Ever-Forbearing, Most Forgiving.
وَإِذا قَرَأتَ القُرآنَ جَعَلنا بَينَكَ وَبَينَ الَّذينَ لا يُؤمِنونَ بِالآخِرَةِ حِجابًا مَستورًا
When you read the Quran, We place an invisible barrier between you and those who don’t believe in the Hereafter.
وَجَعَلنا عَلىٰ قُلوبِهِم أَكِنَّةً أَن يَفقَهوهُ وَفي آذانِهِم وَقرًا ۚ وَإِذا ذَكَرتَ رَبَّكَ فِي القُرآنِ وَحدَهُ وَلَّوا عَلىٰ أَدبارِهِم نُفورًا
We placed covers on their hearts, preventing them from understanding it, and deafness in their ears. When you mention your Lord’s singularity in the Quran, they recoil in repulsion.
نَحنُ أَعلَمُ بِما يَستَمِعونَ بِهِ إِذ يَستَمِعونَ إِلَيكَ وَإِذ هُم نَجوىٰ إِذ يَقولُ الظّالِمونَ إِن تَتَّبِعونَ إِلّا رَجُلًا مَسحورًا
We know what they listen to, when they listen to you, when they conspire, when the wrongdoers say, “You are merely following a man under a spell.”
انظُر كَيفَ ضَرَبوا لَكَ الأَمثالَ فَضَلّوا فَلا يَستَطيعونَ سَبيلًا
Look at the comparisons they make for you; they are astray and can’t find a way.
وَقالوا أَإِذا كُنّا عِظامًا وَرُفاتًا أَإِنّا لَمَبعوثونَ خَلقًا جَديدًا
And they say, “When we are bones and crumbled particles, will we truly be resurrected in a new creation?”
قُل كونوا حِجارَةً أَو حَديدًا
Respond, “Be you stones or iron.
أَو خَلقًا مِمّا يَكبُرُ في صُدورِكُم ۚ فَسَيَقولونَ مَن يُعيدُنا ۖ قُلِ الَّذي فَطَرَكُم أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ ۚ فَسَيُنغِضونَ إِلَيكَ رُءوسَهُم وَيَقولونَ مَتىٰ هُوَ ۖ قُل عَسىٰ أَن يَكونَ قَريبًا
Or any creation you deem more even formidable.” Then they will question, “Who will restore us?” Respond, “The One who created you in the first place.” Then they’ll shake their heads at you and ask, “When will this happen?” Say, “It could be quite soon.”