God hath created the Heavens and the Earth for a serious end.11 Verily in this is a sign to those who believe.

Recite the portions of the Book which have been revealed to thee and discharge the duty of prayer:  for prayer restraineth from the filthy and the blame-worthy.  And the gravest duty is the remembrance of God; and God knoweth what ye do.

Dispute not, unless in kindly sort, with the people of the Book;12 save with such of them as have dealt wrongfully with you:  And say ye, “We believe in what hath been sent down to us and hath been sent down to you.  Our God and your God is one, and to him are we self-surrendered” (Muslims).

Thus have we sent down the Book of the Koran to thee:  and they to whom we have given the Book of the law believe in it:  and of these Arabians there are those who believe in it:  and none, save the Infidels, reject our signs.

Thou didst not recite any book (of revelation) before it:  with that right hand of thine thou didst not transcribe one:  else might they who treat it as a vain thing have justly doubted: 

But it is a clear sign in the hearts of those whom “the knowledge” hath reached.  None except the wicked reject our signs.

And they say, “Unless a sign be sent down to him from his Lord. . . .”  Say:  Signs are in the power of God alone.  I am only a plain spoken warner.

Is it not enough for them that we have sent down to thee the Book to be recited to them?  In this verily is a mercy and a warning to those who believe.

Say:  God is witness enough between me and you.

He knoweth all that is in the Heavens and the Earth, and they who believe in vain things13 and disbelieve in God-these shall be the lost ones.

They will challenge thee to hasten the punishment:  but had there not been a season fixed for it, that punishment had already come upon them.  But it shall overtake them suddenly when they look not for it.

They will challenge thee to hasten the punishment:  but verily Hell shall be round about the infidels.

One day the punishment shall wrap them round, both from above them and from beneath their feet; and God will say, “Taste ye your own doings.”

O my servants who have believed!  Vast truly is my Earth:14 me, therefore! yea worship me.

Every soul shall taste of death.  Then to us shall ye return.

But those who shall have believed and wrought righteousness will we lodge in gardens with palaces, beneath which the rivers flow.  For ever shall they abide therein.  How goodly the reward of those who labour,

Who patiently endure, and put their trust in their Lord!

How many animals are there which provide not15 their own food!  God feedeth them and you.  He Heareth, Knoweth all things.

If thou ask them who hath created the Heavens and the Earth, and hath imposed laws on the sun and on the moon, they will certainly say, “God.”  How then can they devise lies?