وَ لَقَدْ صَرَّفْنَا فِیْ هٰذَا الْقُرْاٰنِ لِیَذَّكَّرُوْا ؕ وَ مَا یَزِیْدُهُمْ اِلَّا نُفُوْرًا۝۴۱

We have explained (the truth) in various ways in this Qur´an, that they may be warned; but it only increased their refractoriness.

قُلْ لَّوْ كَانَ مَعَهٗۤ اٰلِهَةٌ كَمَا یَقُوْلُوْنَ اِذًا لَّابْتَغَوْا اِلٰی ذِی الْعَرْشِ سَبِیْلًا۝۴۲

Say: "Had there been other gods with Him, as they assert, they would surely have sought a way (of opposition) against the Lord of the Throne."

سُبْحٰنَهٗ وَ تَعٰلٰی عَمَّا یَقُوْلُوْنَ عُلُوًّا كَبِیْرًا۝۴۳

Too glorious and high is He, too exalted for what they say!

تُسَبِّحُ لَهُ السَّمٰوٰتُ السَّبْعُ وَ الْاَرْضُ وَ مَنْ فِیْهِنَّ ؕ وَ اِنْ مِّنْ شَیْءٍ اِلَّا یُسَبِّحُ بِحَمْدِهٖ وَ لٰكِنْ لَّا تَفْقَهُوْنَ تَسْبِیْحَهُمْ ؕ اِنَّهٗ كَانَ حَلِیْمًا غَفُوْرًا۝۴۴

The seven skies, the earth, and all that lies within them, sing hallelujas to Him. There is nothing that does not chant His praises, but you do not understand their hymns of praise. He is verily clement and forgiving.

وَ اِذَا قَرَاْتَ الْقُرْاٰنَ جَعَلْنَا بَیْنَكَ وَ بَیْنَ الَّذِیْنَ لَا یُؤْمِنُوْنَ بِالْاٰخِرَةِ حِجَابًا مَّسْتُوْرًاۙ۝۴۵

When you recite the Qur´an, We place a hidden veil between you and those who do not believe in the Hereafter;

وَّ جَعَلْنَا عَلٰی قُلُوْبِهِمْ اَكِنَّةً اَنْ یَّفْقَهُوْهُ وَ فِیْۤ اٰذَانِهِمْ وَقْرًا ؕ وَ اِذَا ذَكَرْتَ رَبَّكَ فِی الْقُرْاٰنِ وَحْدَهٗ وَلَّوْا عَلٰۤی اَدْبَارِهِمْ نُفُوْرًا۝۴۶

And We put covers over their hearts and deafness in their ears that they should not understand it. So when you invoke your Lord alone in the Qur´an they turn their backs and walk away.

نَحْنُ اَعْلَمُ بِمَا یَسْتَمِعُوْنَ بِهٖۤ اِذْ یَسْتَمِعُوْنَ اِلَیْكَ وَ اِذْ هُمْ نَجْوٰۤی اِذْ یَقُوْلُ الظّٰلِمُوْنَ اِنْ تَتَّبِعُوْنَ اِلَّا رَجُلًا مَّسْحُوْرًا۝۴۷

We know well with what (intent) they hear you, for when they confer privately the wicked say: "You follow but a man deluded."

اُنْظُرْ كَیْفَ ضَرَبُوْا لَكَ الْاَمْثَالَ فَضَلُّوْا فَلَا یَسْتَطِیْعُوْنَ سَبِیْلًا۝۴۸

See, what comparisons they coin for you, and go astray, and thus cannot find the way.

وَ قَالُوْۤا ءَاِذَا كُنَّا عِظَامًا وَّ رُفَاتًا ءَاِنَّا لَمَبْعُوْثُوْنَ خَلْقًا جَدِیْدًا۝۴۹

Yet they say: "When we are turned to bones and bits, shall we be raised as a new creation?"

قُلْ كُوْنُوْا حِجَارَةً اَوْ حَدِیْدًاۙ۝۵۰

Tell them: "(Even if) you turn to stones or steel,