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but they will say, ‘Did your messengers not come to you with clear evidence of the truth?’ They will say, ‘Yes they did,’ and the keeper will say, ‘You can plead, then, but the pleas of disbelievers will always be in vain.’

We support Our messengers and the believers, in the present life and on the Day when witnesses arise.

On the Day when excuses will not profit the evildoers, their fate will be rejection and they will have the worst of homes.

We gave Moses guidance and passed down the Scripture to the Children of Israel,

as a guide and a reminder to people of understanding.

So be patient, Prophet, for what God has promised is sure to come. Ask forgiveness for your sins; praise your Lord morning and evening.

As for those who, with no authority to do so, dispute God’s messages, there is nothing in their hearts but a thirst for a greatness they will never attain. Seek refuge in God, for He is the All Hearing, the All Seeing.

The creation of the heavens and earth is greater by far than the creation of mankind, though most people do not know it.

The blind and the sighted are not equal, just as those who believe and do good works and those who do evil are not equal: how seldom you reflect!