21.21 . Or have they chosen Gods from the earth who raise the dead?
21.22 . If there were therein Gods beside Allah , then verily both ( the heavens and the earth ) had been disordered . Glorified be Allah , the Lord of the Throne , from all that they ascribe ( unto Him ) .
21.23 . He will not be questioned as to that which He doeth , but they will be questioned .
21.24 . Or have they chosen other gods beside Him? Say : Bring your proof ( of their godhead ) . This is the Reminder of those with me and those before me , but most of them know not the Truth and so they are averse .
21.25 . And We sent no messenger before thee but We inspired him , ( saying ) : There is no God save Me ( Allah ) , so worship Me .
21.26 . And they say : The Beneficent hath taken unto Himself a son . Be He glorified! Nay , but ( those whom they call sons ) are honored slaves ;
21.27 . They speak not until He hath spoken , and they act by His command .
21.28 . He knoweth what is before them and what is behind them , and they cannot intercede except for him whom He accepteth , and they quake for awe of Him .
21.29 . And one of them who should say : Lo! I am a God beside Him , that one We should repay with hell . Thus We repay wrong doers .
21.30 . Have not those who disbelieve known that the heavens and the earth were of one piece , then We parted them , and We made every living thing of water? Will they not then believe?
21.31 . And We have placed in the earth firm hills lest it quake with them , and We have placed therein ravines as roads that haply they may find their way .
21.32 . And We have made the sky a roof withheld ( from them ) . Yet they turn away from its portents .
21.33 . And He it is Who created the night and the day , and the sun and the moon . They float , each in an orbit .
21.34 . We appointed immortality for no mortal before thee . What! if thou diest , can they be immortal?
21.35 . Every soul must taste of death , and We try you with evil and with good , for ordeal . And unto Us ye will be returned .
21.36 . And when those who disbelieve behold thee , they but choose thee out for mockery , ( saying ) : Is this he who maketh mention of your gods? And they would deny all mention of the Beneficent .
21.37 . Man is made of haste . I shall show you My portents , but ask Me not to hasten .
21.38 . And they say : When will this promise ( be fulfilled ) , if ye are truthful?
21.39 . If those who disbelieved but knew the time when they will not be able to drive off the fire from their faces and from their backs , and they will not be helped!
21.40 . Nay , but it will come upon them unawares so that it will stupefy them , and they will be unable to repel it , neither will they be reprieved .