136. Rub’ el-Hizb ربع ١٣٦

So it will be. God will help those who retaliate against an aggressive act merely with its like and are then wronged again: God is pardoning and most forgiving.

So it will be, because God makes night pass into day, and day into night, and He is all hearing and all seeing.

So it will be, because it is God alone who is the Truth, and whatever else they invoke is sheer falsehood: it is God who is the Most High, the Most Great.

Have you [Prophet] not considered how God sends water down from the sky and the next morning the earth becomes green? God is truly most subtle, all aware;

everything in the heavens and earth belongs to Him; God alone is self-sufficient, worthy of all praise.

Have you not considered how God has made everything on the earth of service to you? That ships sail the sea at His command? That He keeps the heavens from falling down on the earth without His permission? God is most compassionate and most merciful to mankind-

it is He who gave you [people] life, will cause you to die, then will give you life again- but man is ungrateful.

We have appointed acts of devotion for every community to observe, so do not let them argue with you [Prophet] about this matter. Call them to your Lord- you are on the right path-

and if they argue with you, say, ‘God is well aware of what you are doing.’

On the Day of Resurrection, God will judge between you regarding your differences.

Are you [Prophet] not aware that God knows all that is in the heavens and earth? All this is written in a Record; this is easy for God.

Yet beside God they serve that for which He has sent no authority and of which they have no knowledge: the evildoers will have no one to help them.

[Prophet], you can see the hostility on the faces of the disbelievers when Our messages are recited clearly to them: it is almost as if they are going to attack those who recite Our messages to them. Say, ‘Shall I tell you what is far worse than what you feel now? The Fire that God has promised the disbelievers! What a dismal end!’

People, here is an illustration, so listen carefully: those you call on beside God could not, even if they combined all their forces, create a fly, and if a fly took something away from them, they would not be able to retrieve it. How feeble are the petitioners and how feeble are those they petition!

They have no grasp of God’s true measure: God is truly most strong and mighty.

God chooses messengers from among the angels and from among men. God is all hearing, all seeing:

He knows what lies before and behind them. All matters return to Him.

Believers, bow down, prostrate yourselves, worship your Lord, and do good so that you may succeed.

Strive hard for God as is His due: He has chosen you and placed no hardship in your religion, the faith of your forefather Abraham. God has called you Muslims––both in the past and in this [message]––so that the Messenger can bear witness about you and so that you can bear witness about other people. So keep up the prayer, give the prescribed alms, and seek refuge in God: He is your protector––an excellent protector and an excellent helper.