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Say, ‘[Yes] even if you were [as hard as] stone, or iron,

or any other substance you think hard to bring to life.’ Then they will say, ‘Who will bring us back?’ Say, ‘The One who created you the first time.’ Then they will shake their heads at you and say, ‘When will that be?’ Say, ‘It may well be very soon:

it will be the Day when He calls you, and you answer by praising Him, and you think you have stayed [on earth] only a little while.’

[Prophet], tell My servants to say what is best. Satan sows discord among them: Satan is a sworn enemy of man.

Your Lord has the most knowledge about all of you: if He pleases He will have mercy on you, and if He pleases He will punish you. [Prophet], We did not send you to take charge of them.

Your Lord knows best about everyone in the heavens and the earth. We gave some prophets more than others: We gave David a book [of Psalms].

Say, ‘Call upon those you claim to be deities beside God: they have no power to remove or avert any harm from you.’

Those [angels] they pray to are themselves seeking a way to their Lord, even those who are closest to Him. They hope for His mercy and fear His punishment. The punishment of your Lord is much to be feared:

there is no community We shall not destroy, or punish severely, before the Day of Resurrection- this is written in the Book.