In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most
Merciful.
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Ra. These are the verses of the Book
and a clear Qur’an.
Perhaps those who disbelieve would wish that they were
Muslims. Leave them to eat
and enjoy themselves and let hope delude them. They are going to
know. And We have not destroyed a city but that it had a
known decree. No nation can precede its
term, nor can they
delay it. And they say, “O you to whom the message has been sent down, you are truly
mad. If you do not
bring us
angels, if you should be of the truthful.” We do not send down the angels except with the truth, and they are not, and they will not be reprieved. Indeed, it is We who
sent down the message and indeed, We will be its
guardian. And We have certainly sent
before you among the sects of the
former peoples. And there came to them no
messenger but they
ridiculed him. Thus do We cause the Qur’an to penetrate the hearts of the
criminals so that they do not believe in him. And indeed, the people of
former times have passed away. And if We opened to him a
gate from
the heaven and they continued therein to
ascend, they would surely say, “
Our eyes have only been dazzled. Rather, we are a
people
bewitched.”