And it will come to pass that those who are [now] bent on denying this truth will wish that they had surrendered themselves to God [in their life time].
Leave them alone; let them eat and enjoy themselves the while the hope [of vain delights] be guiles them: for in time they will come to know [the truth].
[Yet] We never send down angels otherwise than in accordance with the [demands of] truth; and [were the angels to appear now,] lo! they [who reject this divine writ] would have no further respite!
Behold, it is We Ourselves who have bestowed from on high, step by step, this reminder? and, behold, it is We who shall truly guard it [from all corruption].
For, no single thing exists that does not have its source with Us; and nought do We bestow from on high unless it be in accordance with a measure well-defined.
And We let loose the winds to fertilize [plants] and We send down water from the skies and let you drink thereof: and it is not you who dispose of its source-
[Whereupon Iblis] said: "O my Sustainer! Since Thou hast thwarted me, I shall indeed make [all that is evil] on earth seem goodly to them, and shall most certainly beguile them-into grievous error -
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إِلَّا عِبَادَكَ مِنْهُمُ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ
[all] save such of them as are truly Thy servants!"
And [by then] We shall have removed whatever unworthy thoughts or feelings may have been [lingering] in their breasts, [and they shall rest] as brethren, facing one another [in love] upon thrones of happiness.
They answered: "Nay, but we have come unto thee with [the announcement of] something that they [who are given to evil] have always been wont to call in question,
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وَأَتَيْنَٰكَ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَإِنَّا لَصَٰدِقُونَ
and we are bringing thee the certainty [of its fulfilment]: for, behold, we are speaking the truth indeed.
Go, then., with thy household while it is yet night, with thyself following them in the rear; and let none of you look back, but proceed whither you are bidden."
[But the angels spoke thus:] "As thou livest, [O Lot, they will not listen to thee:] behold, in their delirium [of lust] they are but blindly stumbling to and fro!"
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فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلصَّيْحَةُ مُشْرِقِينَ
And thereupon the blast [of Our punishment] overtook them at the time of sunrise,
AND [remember:] We have not created the heavens and the earth and all that is between them without [an inner] truth; but, behold, the Hour [when this will become clear to all] is indeed yet to come. Hence, forgive [men's failings] with fair forbearance:
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إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ ٱلْخَلَّٰقُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ
verily, thy Sustainer is the all-knowing Creator of all things!
[so] turn, not thine eyes [longingly] towards the worldly benefits which We have granted unto some of those [that deny the truth]. And neither grieve over those [who refuse to heed thee], but spread the wings of thy tenderness over the believers,
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وَقُلْ إِنِّىٓ أَنَا ٱلنَّذِيرُ ٱلْمُبِينُ
and say: "Behold, I am indeed the plain warner [promised by God]!
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كَمَآ أَنزَلْنَا عَلَى ٱلْمُقْتَسِمِينَ
[For, thou art the bearer of a divine writ] such as We have bestowed from on high upon those who [afterwards] broke it up into parts,
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ٱلَّذِينَ جَعَلُوا۟ ٱلْقُرْءَانَ عِضِينَ
[and] who [now] declare this Qur'an to be [a tissue of] falsehoods!
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فَوَرَبِّكَ لَنَسْـَٔلَنَّهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ
But, by thy Sustainer! [On the Day of Judgment] We shall indeed call them to account, one and all,