Quran — Page 311

And hast thou ever considered [the kind of man] who is bent on denying the truth of Our messages and says, "I will surely be given wealth and children"?

Has he, perchance, attained to a realm which is beyond the reach of a created being's perception? or has he concluded a covenant with the Most Gracious?

Nay! We shall record what he says, and We shall lengthen the length of his suffering [in the hereafter],

and divest him of all that he is [now] speaking of: for [on Judgment Day] he will appear before Us in a lonely state.

For [such as] these have taken to worshipping deities other than God, hoping that they would be a [source of] strength for them.

But nay! [On Judgment Day] these [very objects of adoration] will disavow the worship that was paid to them, and will turn against those [who had worshipped them]!

ART THOU NOT aware that We have let loose all [manner of] satanic forces upon those who deny the truth - [forces] that impel them [towards sin] with strong impulsion?

Hence, be not in haste [to call down God's punishment] upon them: for We but number the number of their days.

On the Day when We shall gather the Godconscious unto [Us,] the Most Gracious, as honoured guests,

and drive those who were lost in sin unto hell as a thirsty herd is driven to a well –

[on that Day] none will have [the benefit of] intercession unless he has [in his lifetime] entered into a bond with the Most Gracious.

As it is, some assert, "The Most Gracious has taken unto Himself a son„!

Indeed, [by this assertion] you have brought forth something monstrous,

whereat the heavens might well-nigh be rent into fragments, and the earth be split asunder, and the mountains fall down in ruins!

That men. should ascribe a son to the Most Gracious,

although it is inconceivable that the Most Gracious should take unto Himself a son!

Not one of all [the beings] that are in the heavens or on earth appears before the Most Gracious other than as a servant:

indeed, He has full cognizance of them, and has numbered them with [unfailing] numbering;

and every one of them will appear before Him on Resurrection Day in a lonely state.