Responding to the Liars' Excuses

All praise is for Allah Who created the heavens and earth, and made darkness and light. Yet those who disbelieve set up equals to their Lord.

It is He Who created you from clay, then decreed a term [for your life], and another term [for resurrection] known only to Him – yet you still doubt.

He is Allah in the heavens and on earth. He knows your secrets and what you reveal, and knows whatever you earn.

No sign ever comes to them from the their Lord except that they turn away from it.

They rejected the truth when it came to them, but soon they will face the consequences of what they used to ridicule.

Have they not seen how many generations We destroyed before them? We had made them more powerful in the land than We have made you. We sent down for them abundant rain and made rivers flow beneath them. Yet We destroyed them for their sins and brought forth after them other generations.

Even if We had sent down to you [O Prophet] a revelation written on paper, and they were to touch it with their hands, the disbelievers would still have said, “This is nothing but clear magic!”

They say: Why has no angel been sent down to him? If We did send down an angel, the matter would have been decided and then they would not be given any respite.

And if We had made him an angel, We would have surely made him [appear as] a man, and We would have caused them confusion just as they are confused.

And there were messengers before you [O Prophet] who were ridiculed, but those who mocked them were overwhelmed by what they used to ridicule.

Say, “Travel through the land, then see how was the end of the deniers.”

Say, “To whom belongs all that is in the heavens and earth?” Say, “To Allah.” He has taken it upon Himself to be Merciful. He will surely gather you for the Day of Resurrection about which there is no doubt. Those who have ruined themselves will not believe.