Saheeh International

However, I gave enjoyment to these [people of Makkah] and their fathers1 until there came to them the truth and a clear Messenger.2

         

Saheeh International

But when the truth came to them, they said, "This is magic, and indeed we are, concerning it, disbelievers."

          

Saheeh International

And they said, "Why was this Qur’ān not sent down upon a great man from [one of] the two cities?"1

                         

Saheeh International

Do they distribute the mercy of your Lord? It is We who have apportioned among them their livelihood in the life of this world and have raised some of them above others in degrees [of rank] that they may make use of one another for service. But the mercy of your Lord is better than whatever they accumulate.

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Saheeh International

And if it were not that the people would become one community [of disbelievers],1 We would have made for those who disbelieve in the Most Merciful - for their houses - ceilings and stairways of silver upon which to mount.

     

Saheeh International

And for their houses - doors and couches [of silver] upon which to recline

            

Saheeh International

And gold ornament. But all that is not but the enjoyment of worldly life. And the Hereafter with your Lord is for the righteous.

           

Saheeh International

And whoever is blinded from remembrance of the Most Merciful - We appoint for him a devil, and he is to him a companion.

       

Saheeh International

And indeed, they [i.e., the devils] avert them from the way [of guidance] while they think that they are [rightly] guided

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Saheeh International

Until, when he comes to Us [at Judgement], he says [to his companion], "How I wish there was between me and you the distance between the east and west; and what a wretched companion."