وَأَنَّ
ٱلۡمَسَٰجِدَ
لِلَّهِ
فَلَا
تَدۡعُواْ
مَعَ
ٱللَّهِ
أَحَدٗا
١٨

The places of worship are ˹only˺ for Allah, so do not invoke anyone besides Him.
وَأَنَّهُۥ
لَمَّا
قَامَ
عَبۡدُ
ٱللَّهِ
يَدۡعُوهُ
كَادُواْ
يَكُونُونَ
عَلَيۡهِ
لِبَدٗا
١٩
Yet when the servant of Allah1 stood up calling upon Him ˹alone˺, the pagans almost swarmed over him.
قُلۡ
إِنَّمَآ
أَدۡعُواْ
رَبِّي
وَلَآ
أُشۡرِكُ
بِهِۦٓ
أَحَدٗا
٢٠
Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “I call only upon my Lord, associating none with Him ˹in worship˺.”
قُلۡ
إِنِّي
لَآ
أَمۡلِكُ
لَكُمۡ
ضَرّٗا
وَلَا
رَشَدٗا
٢١
Say, “It is not in my power to harm or benefit you.”
قُلۡ
إِنِّي
لَن
يُجِيرَنِي
مِنَ
ٱللَّهِ
أَحَدٞ
وَلَنۡ
أَجِدَ
مِن
دُونِهِۦ
مُلۡتَحَدًا
٢٢
Say, “No one can protect me from Allah ˹if I were to disobey Him˺, nor can I find any refuge other than Him.
إِلَّا
بَلَٰغٗا
مِّنَ
ٱللَّهِ
وَرِسَٰلَٰتِهِۦۚ
وَمَن
يَعۡصِ
ٱللَّهَ
وَرَسُولَهُۥ
فَإِنَّ
لَهُۥ
نَارَ
جَهَنَّمَ
خَٰلِدِينَ
فِيهَآ
أَبَدًا
٢٣
˹My duty is˺ only to convey ˹the truth˺ from Allah and ˹deliver˺ His messages.” And whoever disobeys Allah and His Messenger will certainly be in the Fire of Hell, to stay there for ever and ever.
حَتَّىٰٓ
إِذَا
رَأَوۡاْ
مَا
يُوعَدُونَ
فَسَيَعۡلَمُونَ
مَنۡ
أَضۡعَفُ
نَاصِرٗا
وَأَقَلُّ
عَدَدٗا
٢٤
Only when they see what they have been threatened with will they know who is weaker in helpers and inferior in manpower.
قُلۡ
إِنۡ
أَدۡرِيٓ
أَقَرِيبٞ
مَّا
تُوعَدُونَ
أَمۡ
يَجۡعَلُ
لَهُۥ
رَبِّيٓ
أَمَدًا
٢٥
Say, “I do not know if what you are promised is near or my Lord has set a distant time for it.
عَٰلِمُ
ٱلۡغَيۡبِ
فَلَا
يُظۡهِرُ
عَلَىٰ
غَيۡبِهِۦٓ
أَحَدًا
٢٦
˹He is the˺ Knower of the unseen, disclosing none of it to anyone,
إِلَّا
مَنِ
ٱرۡتَضَىٰ
مِن
رَّسُولٖ
فَإِنَّهُۥ
يَسۡلُكُ
مِنۢ
بَيۡنِ
يَدَيۡهِ
وَمِنۡ
خَلۡفِهِۦ
رَصَدٗا
٢٧
except messengers of His choice. Then He appoints angel-guards before and behind them
لِّيَعۡلَمَ
أَن
قَدۡ
أَبۡلَغُواْ
رِسَٰلَٰتِ
رَبِّهِمۡ
وَأَحَاطَ
بِمَا
لَدَيۡهِمۡ
وَأَحۡصَىٰ
كُلَّ
شَيۡءٍ
عَدَدَۢا
٢٨
to ensure that the messengers fully deliver the messages of their Lord—though He ˹already˺ knows all about them, and keeps account of everything.”
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