Can someone to whom We have made a fine promise—which he will attain—be equal to someone to whom We have given enjoyments in this world, but who will be, on Resurrection Day, among the arraigned?
On the Day when He will call to them, and say, "Where are My associates whom you used to claim?"
Those against whom the sentence is justified will say, "Our Lord, these are they whom we misled. We misled them, as we were misled. We beg Your forgiveness; it was not us they used to worship."
And it will be said, "Call on your partners." And they will call on them, but they will not respond to them. And they will see the suffering. If only they were guided.
On the Day when He will call to them, and say, "What did you answer the Messengers?"
They will be blinded by the facts on that Day, and they will not question each other.
But he who repents, and believes, and does righteous deeds, may well be among the winners.
Your Lord creates whatever He wills, and He chooses. The choice is not theirs. Glory be to Allah, and exalted be He above the associations they make.
And your Lord knows what their hearts conceal, and what they reveal.
And He is Allah. There is no god but He. To Him belongs all praise in this life, and in the next. And His is the decision, and to Him you will be returned.
