The Holy Quran (With readable font)

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سُورَةُ فاٰطِرٍالمكية45بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحٖیمِٱَلْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ فاٰطِرِ السَّمٰواٰتِ وَالْاَرْضِ جاٰعِلِ الْمَلآٰئِكَةِ رُسُلًا اُولٖیٓ اَجْنِحَةٍ مَثْنٰی وَثُلاٰثَ وَرُباٰعَۚ یَزٖیدُ فِی الْخَلْقِ ماٰ یَشآٰءُۚ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ عَلٰی كُلِّ شَیْءٍ قَدٖیرٌ۝١۝ماٰ یَفْتَحِ اللّٰهُ لِلنّاٰسِ مِنْ رَحْمَةٍ فَلاٰ مُمْسِكَ لَهاٰۖ وَماٰ یُمْسِكْ فَلاٰ مُرْسِلَ لَهُۥ مِنْ بَعْدِهٖۚ وَهُوَ الْعَزٖیزُ الْحَكٖیمُ۝٢۝یآٰ اَیُّهَا النّاٰسُ اذْكُرُوا نِعْمَتَ اللّٰهِ عَلَیْكُمْۚ هَلْ مِنْ خاٰلِقٍ غَیْرُ اللّٰهِ یَرْزُقُكُمْ مِنَ السَّمآٰءِ وَالْاَرْضِۚ لآٰ اِلٰهَ اِلّاٰ هُوَۖ فَاَنّٰی تُؤْفَكُونَ۝٣۝وَاِنْ یُكَذِّبُوكَ فَقَدْ كُذِّبَتْ رُسُلٌ مِنْ قَبْلِكَۚ وَاِلَی اللّٰهِ تُرْجَعُ الْاُمُورُ۝٤۝یآٰ اَیُّهَا النّاٰسُ اِنَّ وَعْدَ اللّٰهِ حَقٌّۖ فَلاٰ تَغُرَّنَّكُمُ الْحَیٰوةُ الدُّنْیاٰ وَلاٰ یَغُرَّنَّكُمْ بِاللّٰهِ الْغَرُورُ۝٥۝اِنَّ الشَّیْطاٰنَ لَكُمْ عَدُوٌّ فَاتَّخِذُوهُ عَدُوًّاۚ اِنَّماٰ یَدْعُوا حِزْبَهُۥ لِیَكُونُوا مِنْ اَصْحاٰبِ السَّعٖیرِ۝٦۝ٱَلَّذٖینَ كَفَرُوا لَهُمْ عَذاٰبٌ شَدٖیدٌۖ وَالَّذٖینَ ءاٰمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصّاٰلِحاٰتِ لَهُمْ مَغْفِرَةٌ وَاَجْرٌ كَبٖیرٌ۝٧۝اَفَمَنْ زُیِّنَ لَهُۥ سُوٓءُ عَمَلِهٖ فَرَءاٰهُ حَسَنًاۖ فَاِنَّ اللّٰهَ یُضِلُّ مَنْ یَشآٰءُ وَیَهْدٖی مَنْ یَشآٰءُۖ فَلاٰ تَذْهَبْ نَفْسُكَ عَلَیْهِمْ حَسَراٰتٍۚ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ عَلٖیمٌ بِماٰ یَصْنَعُونَ۝٨۝وَاللّٰهُ الَّذٖیٓ اَرْسَلَ الرِّیاٰحَ فَتُثٖیرُ سَحاٰبًا فَسُقْناٰهُ اِلٰی بَلَدٍ مَیِّتٍ فَاَحْیَیْناٰ بِهِ الْاَرْضَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهاٰۚ كَذٰلِكَ النُّشُورُ۝٩۝مَنْ كاٰنَ یُرٖیدُ الْعِزَّةَ فَلِلّٰهِ الْعِزَّةُ جَمٖیعًاۚ اِلَیْهِ یَصْعَدُ الْكَلِمُ الطَّیِّبُ وَالْعَمَلُ الصّاٰلِحُ یَرْفَعُهُۥۚ وَالَّذٖینَ یَمْكُرُونَ السَّیِّئاٰتِ لَهُمْ عَذاٰبٌ شَدٖیدٌۖ وَمَكْرُ اُولٰٓئِكَ هُوَ یَبُورُ۝١٠۝وَاللّٰهُ خَلَقَكُمْ مِنْ تُراٰبٍ ثُمَّ مِنْ نُطْفَةٍ ثُمَّ جَعَلَكُمْ اَزْواٰجًاۚ وَماٰ تَحْمِلُ مِنْ اُنْثٰی وَلاٰ تَضَعُ اِلّاٰ بِعِلْمِهٖۚ وَماٰ یُعَمَّرُ مِنْ مُعَمَّرٍ وَلاٰ یُنْقَصُ مِنْ عُمُرِهٖٓ اِلّاٰ فٖی كِتاٰبٍۚ اِنَّ ذٰلِكَ عَلَی اللّٰهِ یَسٖیرٌ۝١١۝وَماٰ یَسْتَوِی الْبَحْراٰنِ هٰذاٰ عَذْبٌ فُراٰتٌ سآٰئِغٌ شَراٰبُهُۥ وَهٰذاٰ مِلْحٌ اُجاٰجٌۖ وَمِنْ كُلٍّ تَأْكُلُونَ لَحْمًا طَرِیًّا وَتَسْتَخْرِجُونَ حِلْیَةً تَلْبَسُونَهاٰۖ وَتَرَی الْفُلْكَ فٖیهِ مَواٰخِرَ لِتَبْتَغُوا مِنْ فَضْلِهٖ وَلَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ۝١٢۝یُولِجُ الَّیْلَ فِی النَّهاٰرِ وَیُولِجُ النَّهاٰرَ فِی الَّیْلِ وَسَخَّرَ الشَّمْسَ وَالْقَمَرَۖ كُلٌّ یَجْرٖی لِاَجَلٍ مُسَمًّیۚ ذٰلِكُمُ اللّٰهُ رَبُّكُمْ لَهُ الْمُلْكُۚ وَالَّذٖینَ تَدْعُونَ مِنْ دُونِهٖ ماٰ یَمْلِكُونَ مِنْ قِطْمٖیرٍ۝١٣۝اِنْ تَدْعُوهُمْ لاٰ یَسْمَعُوا دُعآٰءَكُمْ وَلَوْ سَمِعُوا مَا اسْتَجاٰبُوا لَكُمْۖ وَیَوْمَ الْقِیاٰمَةِ یَكْفُرُونَ بِشِرْكِكُمْۚ وَلاٰ یُنَبِّئُكَ مِثْلُ خَبٖیرٍ۝١٤۝یآٰاَیُّهَا النّاٰسُ اَنْتُمُ الْفُقَرآٰءُ اِلَی اللّٰهِۖ وَاللّٰهُ هُوَ الْغَنِیُّ الْحَمٖیدُ۝١٥۝اِنْ یَشَأْ یُذْهِبْكُمْ وَیَأْتِ بِخَلْقٍ جَدٖیدٍ۝١٦۝وَماٰ ذٰلِكَ عَلَی اللّٰهِ بِعَزٖیزٍ۝١٧۝وَلاٰ تَزِرُ واٰزِرَةٌ وِزْرَ اُخْرٰیۚ وَاِنْ تَدْعُ مُثْقَلَةٌ اِلٰی حِمْلِهاٰ لاٰ یُحْمَلْ مِنْهُ شَیْءٌ وَلَوْ كاٰنَ ذاٰ قُرْبٰٓیۗ اِنَّماٰ تُنْذِرُ الَّذٖینَ یَخْشَوْنَ رَبَّهُمْ بِالْغَیْبِ وَاَقاٰمُوا الصَّلٰوةَۚ وَمَنْ تَزَكّٰی فَاِنَّماٰ یَتَزَكّٰی لِنَفْسِهٖۚ وَاِلَی اللّٰهِ الْمَصٖیرُ۝١٨۝وَماٰ یَسْتَوِی الْاَعْمٰی وَالْبَصٖیرُ۝١٩۝وَلَا الظُّلُماٰتُ وَلَا النُّورُ۝٢٠۝وَلَا الظِّلُّ وَلَا الْحَرُورُ۝٢١۝وَماٰ یَسْتَوِی الْاَحْیآٰءُ وَلَا الْاَمْواٰتُۚ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ یُسْمِعُ مَنْ یَشآٰءُۖ وَمآٰ اَنْتَ بِمُسْمِعٍ مَنْ فِی الْقُبُورِ۝٢٢۝اِنْ اَنْتَ اِلّاٰ نَذٖیرٌ۝٢٣۝اِنّآٰ اَرْسَلْناٰكَ بِالْحَقِّ بَشٖیرًا وَنَذٖیرًاۚ وَاِنْ مِنْ اُمَّةٍ اِلّاٰ خَلاٰ فٖیهاٰ نَذٖیرٌ۝٢٤۝وَاِنْ یُكَذِّبُوكَ فَقَدْ كَذَّبَ الَّذٖینَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ جآٰءَتْهُمْ رُسُلُهُمْ بِالْبَیِّناٰتِ وَبِالزُّبُرِ وَبِالْكِتاٰبِ الْمُنٖیرِ۝٢٥۝ثُمَّ اَخَذْتُ الَّذٖینَ كَفَرُواۖ فَكَیْفَ كاٰنَ نَكٖیرِ۝٢٦۝اَلَمْ تَرَ اَنَّ اللّٰهَ اَنْزَلَ مِنَ السَّمآٰءِ مآٰءً فَاَخْرَجْناٰ بِهٖ ثَمَراٰتٍ مُخْتَلِفًا اَلْواٰنُهاٰۚ وَمِنَ الْجِباٰلِ جُدَدٌ بٖیضٌ وَحُمْرٌ مُخْتَلِفٌ اَلْواٰنُهاٰ وَغَراٰبٖیبُ سُودٌ۝٢٧۝وَمِنَ النّاٰسِ وَالدَّوآٰبِّ وَالْاَنْعاٰمِ مُخْتَلِفٌ اَلْواٰنُهُۥ كَذٰلِكَۗ اِنَّماٰ یَخْشَی اللّٰهَ مِنْ عِباٰدِهِ الْعُلَمآٰءُۗ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ عَزٖیزٌ غَفُورٌ۝٢٨۝اِنَّ الَّذٖینَ یَتْلُونَ كِتاٰبَ اللّٰهِ وَاَقاٰمُوا الصَّلٰوةَ وَاَنْفَقُوا مِمّاٰ رَزَقْناٰهُمْ سِرًّا وَعَلاٰنِیَةً یَرْجُونَ تِجاٰرَةً لَنْ تَبُورَ۝٢٩۝لِیُوَفِّیَهُمْ اُجُورَهُمْ وَیَزٖیدَهُمْ مِنْ فَضْلِهٖٓۚ اِنَّهُۥ غَفُورٌ شَكُورٌ۝٣٠۝وَالَّذٖیٓ اَوْحَیْنآٰ اِلَیْكَ مِنَ الْكِتاٰبِ هُوَ الْحَقُّ مُصَدِّقًا لِماٰ بَیْنَ یَدَیْهِۗ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ بِعِباٰدِهٖ لَخَبٖیرٌ بَصٖیرٌ۝٣١۝ثُمَّ اَوْرَثْنَا الْكِتاٰبَ الَّذٖینَ اصْطَفَیْناٰ مِنْ عِباٰدِناٰۖ فَمِنْهُمْ ظاٰلِمٌ لِنَفْسِهٖ وَمِنْهُمْ مُقْتَصِدٌ وَمِنْهُمْ ساٰبِقٌ بِالْخَیْراٰتِ بِاِذْنِ اللّٰهِۚ ذٰلِكَ هُوَ الْفَضْلُ الْكَبٖیرُ۝٣٢۝جَنّاٰتُ عَدْنٍ یَدْخُلُونَهاٰ یُحَلَّوْنَ فٖیهاٰ مِنْ اَساٰوِرَ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ وَلُؤْلُؤًاۖ وَلِباٰسُهُمْ فٖیهاٰ حَرٖیرٌ۝٣٣۝وَقاٰلُوا الْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ الَّذٖیٓ اَذْهَبَ عَنَّا الْحَزَنَۖ اِنَّ رَبَّناٰ لَغَفُورٌ شَكُورٌ۝٣٤۝ٱَلَّذٖیٓ اَحَلَّناٰ داٰرَ الْمُقاٰمَةِ مِنْ فَضْلِهٖ لاٰ یَمَسُّناٰ فٖیهاٰ نَصَبٌ وَلاٰ یَمَسُّناٰ فٖیهاٰ لُغُوبٌ۝٣٥۝وَالَّذٖینَ كَفَرُوا لَهُمْ ناٰرُ جَهَنَّمَ لاٰ یُقْضٰی عَلَیْهِمْ فَیَمُوتُوا وَلاٰ یُخَفَّفُ عَنْهُمْ مِنْ عَذاٰبِهاٰۚ كَذٰلِكَ نَجْزٖی كُلَّ كَفُورٍ۝٣٦۝وَهُمْ یَصْطَرِخُونَ فٖیهاٰ رَبَّنآٰ اَخْرِجْناٰ نَعْمَلْ صاٰلِحًا غَیْرَ الَّذٖی كُنّاٰ نَعْمَلُۚ اَوَلَمْ نُعَمِّرْكُمْ ماٰ یَتَذَكَّرُ فٖیهِ مَنْ تَذَكَّرَ وَجآٰءَكُمُ النَّذٖیرُۖ فَذُوقُوا فَماٰ لِلظّاٰلِمٖینَ مِنْ نَصٖیرٍ۝٣٧۝اِنَّ اللّٰهَ عاٰلِمُ غَیْبِ السَّمٰواٰتِ وَالْاَرْضِۚ اِنَّهُۥ عَلٖیمٌ بِذاٰتِ الصُّدُورِ۝٣٨۝هُوَ الَّذٖی جَعَلَكُمْ خَلآٰئِفَ فِی الْاَرْضِۚ فَمَنْ كَفَرَ فَعَلَیْهِ كُفْرُهُۥۖ وَلاٰ یَزٖیدُ الْكاٰفِرٖینَ كُفْرُهُمْ عِنْدَ رَبِّهِمْ اِلّاٰ مَقْتًاۖ وَلاٰ یَزٖیدُ الْكاٰفِرٖینَ كُفْرُهُمْ اِلّاٰ خَساٰرًا۝٣٩۝قُلْ اَرَاَیْتُمْ شُرَكآٰءَكُمُ الَّذٖینَ تَدْعُونَ مِنْ دُونِ اللّٰهِ اَرُونٖی ماٰذاٰ خَلَقُوا مِنَ الْاَرْضِ اَمْ لَهُمْ شِرْكٌ فِی السَّمٰواٰتِ اَمْ ءاٰتَیْناٰهُمْ كِتاٰبًا فَهُمْ عَلٰی بَیِّنَتٍ مِنْهُۚ بَلْ اِنْ یَعِدُ الظّاٰلِمُونَ بَعْضُهُمْ بَعْضًا اِلّاٰ غُرُورًا۝٤٠۝اِنَّ اللّٰهَ یُمْسِكُ السَّمٰواٰتِ وَالْاَرْضَ اَنْ تَزُولاٰۚ وَلَئِنْ زاٰلَتآٰ اِنْ اَمْسَكَهُماٰ مِنْ اَحَدٍ مِنْ بَعْدِهٖٓۚ اِنَّهُۥ كاٰنَ حَلٖیمًا غَفُورًا۝٤١۝وَاَقْسَمُوا بِاللّٰهِ جَهْدَ اَیْماٰنِهِمْ لَئِنْ جآٰءَهُمْ نَذٖیرٌ لَیَكُونُنَّ اَهْدٰی مِنْ اِحْدَی الْاُمَمِۖ فَلَمّاٰ جآٰءَهُمْ نَذٖیرٌ ماٰ زاٰدَهُمْ اِلّاٰ نُفُورًا۝٤٢۝ٱِسْتِكْباٰرًا فِی الْاَرْضِ وَمَكْرَ السَّیِّیِٔۚ وَلاٰ یَحٖیقُ الْمَكْرُ السَّیِّیُٔ اِلّاٰ بِاَهْلِهٖۚ فَهَلْ یَنْظُرُونَ اِلّاٰ سُنَّتَ الْاَوَّلٖینَۚ فَلَنْ تَجِدَ لِسُنَّتِ اللّٰهِ تَبْدٖیلًاۖ وَلَنْ تَجِدَ لِسُنَّتِ اللّٰهِ تَحْوٖیلًا۝٤٣۝اَوَلَمْ یَسٖیرُوا فِی الْاَرْضِ فَیَنْظُرُوا كَیْفَ كاٰنَ عاٰقِبَةُ الَّذٖینَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ وَكاٰنُوٓا اَشَدَّ مِنْهُمْ قُوَّةًۚ وَماٰ كاٰنَ اللّٰهُ لِیُعْجِزَهُۥ مِنْ شَیْءٍ فِی السَّمٰواٰتِ وَلاٰ فِی الْاَرْضِۚ اِنَّهُۥ كاٰنَ عَلٖیمًا قَدٖیرًا۝٤٤۝وَلَوْ یُؤاٰخِذُ اللّٰهُ النّاٰسَ بِماٰ كَسَبُوا ماٰ تَرَكَ عَلٰی ظَهْرِهاٰ مِنْ دآٰبَّةٍ وَلٰكِنْ یُؤَخِّرُهُمْ اِلٰٓی اَجَلٍ مُسَمًّیۖ فَاِذاٰ جآٰءَ اَجَلُهُمْ فَاِنَّ اللّٰهَ كاٰنَ بِعِباٰدِهٖ بَصٖیرًا۝٤٥۝

Surah FatirMakiha45In the Name of Allah, the All-beneficent, the All-merciful.All praise belongs to Allah, originator of the heavens and the earth, maker of the angels [His] messengers, possessing wings, two, three or four [of them]. He adds to the creation whatever He wishes. Indeed Allah has power over all things. ﴾1﴿Whatever mercy Allah unfolds for the people, no one can withhold it; and whatever He withholds no one can release it except Him, and He is the All-mighty, the All-wise. ﴾2﴿O mankind! Remember Allah’s blessing upon you! Is there any creator other than Allah who provides for you from the sky and the earth? There is no god except Him. So where do you stray? ﴾3﴿If they impugn you, certainly [other] apostles were impugned before you, and all matters are returned to Allah. ﴾4﴿O mankind! Allah’s promise is indeed true. So do not let the life of the world deceive you, nor let the Deceiver deceive you concerning Allah. ﴾5﴿Satan is indeed your enemy, so treat him as an enemy. He only invites his confederates so that they may be among the inmates of the Blaze. ﴾6﴿There is a severe punishment for the faithless; but for those who have faith and do righteous deeds, there will be forgiveness and a great reward. ﴾7﴿Is someone the evil of whose conduct is presented as decorous to him, so he regards it as good.... Indeed Allah leads astray whomever He wishes, and guides whomever He wishes. So do not fret yourself to death regretting for them. Indeed Allah knows best what they do. ﴾8﴿It is Allah who sends the winds and they raise a cloud; then We drive it toward a dead land and with it revive the earth after its death. Likewise will be the resurrection [of the dead]. ﴾9﴿Whoever seeks honour [should know that] honour entirely belongs to Allah. To Him ascends the good word, and He elevates righteous conduct; as for those who devise evil schemes, there is a severe punishment for them, and their plotting shall come to naught. ﴾10﴿Allah created you from dust, then from a drop of [seminal] fluid, then He made you mates. No female conceives or delivers except with His knowledge, and no elderly person advances in years, nor is anything diminished of his life, but it is [recorded] in a Book. That is indeed easy for Allah. ﴾11﴿Not alike are the two seas: this one sweet and agreeable, pleasant to drink, and that one briny and bitter, and from each you eat fresh meat and obtain ornaments, which you wear. And you see the ships plowing through them, that you may seek of His bounty, and so that you may give thanks. ﴾12﴿He makes the night pass into the day and makes the day pass into the night, and He has disposed the sun and the moon, each moving for a specified term. That is Allah, your Lord; to Him belongs all sovereignty. As for those whom you invoke besides Him, they do not control so much as the husk of a date stone. ﴾13﴿If you invoke them they will not hear your invocation, and even if they heard they cannot respond to you, and on the Day of Resurrection they will forswear your polytheism, and none can inform you like the One who is all-aware. ﴾14﴿ O mankind! You are the ones who stand in need of Allah, and Allah—He is the All-sufficient, the All-laudable. ﴾15﴿If He wishes, He will take you away, and bring about a new creation; ﴾16﴿and that is not a hard thing for Allah. ﴾17﴿No bearer shall bear another’s burden, and should someone heavily burdened call [another] to carry it, nothing of it will be carried [by anyone] even if he should be a near relative. You can only warn those who fear their Lord in secret and maintain the prayer. Whoever purifies himself, purifies only for his own sake, and to Allah is the return. ﴾18﴿The blind one and the seer are not equal, ﴾19﴿nor darkness and light; ﴾20﴿nor shade and torrid heat; ﴾21﴿nor are the living equal to the dead. Indeed Allah makes whomever He wishes to hear, and you cannot make those who are in the graves hear you. ﴾22﴿You are but a warner. ﴾23﴿Indeed We have sent you with the truth as a bearer of good news and as a warner; and there is not a nation but a warner has passed in it. ﴾24﴿If they impugn you, those before them have impugned [likewise]: their apostles brought them manifest proofs, [holy] writs, and illuminating scriptures. ﴾25﴿Then I seized the faithless. So how was My rebuttal! ﴾26﴿Have you not regarded that Allah sends down water from the sky, with which We produce fruits of diverse hues. And in the mountains are stripes, white and red, of diverse hues, and [others] pitch black? ﴾27﴿And of humans and beasts and cattle there are likewise diverse hues. Only those of Allah’s servants having knowledge fear Him. Indeed Allah is all-mighty, all-forgiving. ﴾28﴿Indeed those who recite the Book of Allah and maintain the prayer, and spend secretly and openly out of what We have provided them, expect a commerce that will never go bankrupt, ﴾29﴿so that He may pay them their full reward and enhance them out of His bounty. Indeed He is all-forgiving, all-appreciative. ﴾30﴿That which We have revealed to you of the Book is the truth, confirming what was [revealed] before it. Indeed Allah is all-aware, all-seeing about His servants. ﴾31﴿Then We made those whom We chose from Our servants heirs to the Book. Yet some of them are those who wrong themselves, and some of them are average, and some of them are those who take the lead in all the good works by Allah’s will. That is the greatest grace [of Allah]! ﴾32﴿Gardens of Eden, which they will enter, adorned therein with bracelets of gold and pearl, and their garments therein will be of silk. ﴾33﴿They will say, ‘All praise belongs to Allah, who has removed all grief from us. Indeed Our Lord is all-forgiving, all-appreciative, ﴾34﴿who has settled us in the everlasting abode by His grace. In it we are untouched by toil, and untouched by fatigue.’ ﴾35﴿As for the faithless, there is for them the fire of hell: they will neither be done away with so that they may die, nor shall its punishment be lightened for them. Thus do We requite every ingrate. ﴾36﴿They shall cry therein for help: ‘Our Lord! Bring us out, so that we may act righteously—differently from what we used to do!’ ‘Did We not give you a lifelong enough that one who is heedful might take admonition? And [moreover] the warner had [also] come to you. Now taste [the consequence of your deeds], for the wrongdoers have no helper.’ ﴾37﴿Indeed Allah is the knower of the Unseen of the heavens and the earth. Indeed, He knows well what is in the breasts. ﴾38﴿It is He who made you successors on the earth. So whoever is faithless, his unfaith is to his own detriment. The unfaith of the faithless does not increase them with their Lord [in anything] except disfavour, and their unfaith increases the faithless in nothing except loss. ﴾39﴿Say, ‘Tell me about your ‘partners’ whom you invoke besides Allah? Show me what [part] of the earth have they created. Have they any share in the heavens?’ Have We given them a scripture so that they stand on a manifest proof from it? No, the wrongdoers do not promise one another [anything] except delusion. ﴾40﴿Indeed Allah sustains the heavens and the earth lest they should fall apart, and if they were to fall apart, there is none who can sustain them except Him. Indeed He is all-forbearing, all-forgiving. ﴾41﴿They had sworn by Allah with solemn oaths that if a warner were to come to them, they would be better guided than any of the nations. But when a warner came to them, it only increased their distance [from the truth], ﴾42﴿due to their domineering [conduct] in the land and their devising of evil schemes; and evil schemes beset only their authors. So do they await anything except the precedent of the ancients? Yet you will never find any change in Allah’s precedent, and you will never find any revision in Allah’s precedent. ﴾43﴿Have they not travelled over the land so that they may observe how was the fate of those who were before them? They were more powerful than them, and Allah is not to be frustrated by anything in the heavens or on the earth. Indeed, He is all-knowing, all-powerful. ﴾44﴿Were Allah to take humans to task because of what they have earned, He would not leave any living being on its back. But He respites them until a specified time, and when their time comes, [He retributes them in accordance with their works], for Allah has been watching His servants. ﴾45﴿