Nor are the shade and the torrid heat.
Nor are equal the living and the dead. Allah causes whomever He wills to hear, but you cannot make those in the graves hear.
You are only a warner.
We sent you with the truth; a bearer of good news, and a warner. There is no community but a warner has passed through it.
If they disbelieve you, those before them also disbelieved. Their messengers came to them with the clear proofs, with the Psalms, and with the Enlightening Scripture.
Then I seized those who disbelieved—so how was My rejection?
Have you not seen that Allah sends down water from the sky? With it We produce fruits of various colors. And in the mountains are streaks of white and red—varying in their hue—and pitch-black.
Likewise, human beings, animals, and livestock come in various colors. From among His servants, the learned fear Allah. Allah is Almighty, Oft-Forgiving.
Those who recite the Book of Allah, and perform the prayer, and spend of what We have provided for them, secretly and publicly, expect a trade that will not fail.
He will pay them their dues in full, and will increase them from His bounty. He is Forgiving and Appreciative.
