Quran — Page 7

[For although] We did say, "Down with you all from this [state]," there shall, none the less, most certainly come unto you guidance from Me: and those who follow My guidance need have no fear, and neither shall they grieve;

but those who are bent on denying the truth and giving the lie to Our messages - they are destined for the fire, and therein shall they abide.

O CHILDREN of Israel! Remember those blessings of Mine with which I graced you, and fulfil your promise unto Me, [whereupon] I shall fulfil My promise unto you; and of Me, of Me stand in awe!

Believe in that which I have [now] bestowed from on high, confirming the truth already in your possession, and be not foremost among those who deny its truth; and do not barter away My messages for a trifling gain; and of Me, of Me be conscious

And do not overlay the truth with falsehood, and do not knowingly suppress the truth;

and be constant in prayer, and spend in charity, and bow down in prayer with all who thus bow down.

Do you bid other people to be pious, the while you forget your own selves -and yet you recite the divine writ? Will you not, then, use your reason?;

And seek aid in steadfast patience and prayer: and this, indeed, is a hard thing for all but the humble in spirit,

who know with certainty that they shall meet their Sustainer and that unto Him they shall return.

O children of Israel! Remember those blessings of Mine with which I graced you, and how I favoured you above all other people;

and remain conscious of [the coming of] a Day when no human being shall in the least avail another, nor shall intercession be accepted from any of them, nor ransom taken from them, and none shall be succoured.