43. And WE sent not as Messengers before thee but men to whom WE sent revelation - so ask those who possess the reminder, if you know not - 44. With clear Signs and Scriptures. And WE have sent down to thee the Reminder that thou mayest explain to mankind that which has been sent down to them, and that they may reflect. 45. Do, then, those who devise evil plans, feel secure that ALLAH will humiliate them in their own land, or that the punishment will not come upon them whence they do not know ? 46. Or that HE will not seize them in their going to and fro so that they shall not be able to frustrate HIS plans ? 47. Or that HE will not destroy them through a process of gradual attrition ? Your Lord is indeed Compassionate, Merciful. 48. Have they not observed, bowing in humility before ALLAH that the shadows of everything which ALLAH has created shift from the right and from the left, and they are being humbled ? 49. And whatever is in the heavens and whatever creature is in the earth submits humbly to ALLAH, and the angels too, and they are not proud. 50. They fear their Lord above them, and they do what they are commanded. 51. ALLAH has said, `Take not for worship two gods. There is only One God. So fear ME alone.' 52. And to HIM belongs whatever is in the heavens and the earth and to HIM is obedience due for ever. Will you then take any other than ALLAH as your Protector ? 53. And whatever blessing you have, it is from ALLAH. And when affliction befalls you, it is unto HIM that you cry for help; 54. Then, when HE removes the affliction from you, behold ! a party among you begins to ascribe associates to their Lord, |