Quran — Page 568

and so, no friend has here today,

nor any food save the filth

which none but the sinners eat!"

BUT NAY! I call to witness an that you can see,

as well as all that you cannot see!

Behold, this [Qur’an] is indeed the [inspired] word of a noble apostle,

and is not – however little you may [be prepared to] believe it - the word of a poet;

and neither is it - however little you may [be prepared to] take it to heart - the word of a soothsayer:

[it is] a revelation from the Sustainer of all the worlds.

Now if he [whom We have entrusted with it] had dared to attribute some [of his own] sayings unto Us,

We would indeed have seized him by his right hand,

and would indeed have cut his life-vein.

and none of you could have saved him!

And, verily, this [Qur’an] is a reminder to all the God-conscious!

And, behold, well do We know that among you are such as will give the lie to it:

yet, behold, this [rejection] will indeed become a source of bitter regret for all who deny the truth [of God's revelation] –

for, verily, it is truth absolute!

Extol, then the limitless glory of thy Sustainer's mighty name!

ONE who is minded to ask might ask about the suffering which [in the hereafter] is bound to befall

those who deny the truth. [Know, then, that] nothing can ward it off,

[since it will come] from God, unto whom there are many ways of ascent:

all the angels and all the inspiration [ever granted to man] ascend unto Him [daily,] in a day the length whereof is [like] fifty thousand years…

Therefore, [O believer,] endure all adversity with goodly patience:

behold, men look upon that [reckoning] as something far away –

but, We see it as near!

[It will take place] on a Day when the sky will be like molten lead,

and the mountains will be like tufts of wool,

and [when] no friend will ask about his friend,