"My Lord, You have given me some authority, and taught me some interpretation of events. Initiator of the heavens and the earth; You are my Protector in this life and in the Hereafter. Receive my soul in submission, and unite me with the righteous."
This is news from the past that We reveal to you. You were not present with them when they plotted and agreed on a plan.
But most people, for all your eagerness, are not believers.
You ask them no wage for it. It is only a reminder for all mankind.
How many a sign in the heavens and the earth do they pass by, paying no attention to them?
And most of them do not believe in Allah unless they associate others.
Do they feel secure that a covering of Allah's punishment will not come upon them, or that the Hour will not come upon them suddenly, while they are unaware?
Say, "This is my way; I invite to Allah, based on clear knowledge—I and whoever follows me. Glory be to Allah; and I am not of the polytheists."
We did not send before you except men, whom We inspired, from the people of the towns. Have they not roamed the earth and seen the consequences for those before them? The Home of the Hereafter is better for those who are righteous. Do you not understand?
Until, when the messengers have despaired, and thought that they were rejected, Our help came to them. We save whomever We will, and Our severity is not averted from the guilty people.
