Perhaps those who disbelieve will wish that they had been Muslims.

And We did not destroy any city but that for it was a known decree.

And they say, "O you upon whom the message has been sent down, indeed you are mad.

We do not send down the angels except with truth; and the disbelievers would not then be reprieved.

And We had certainly sent [messengers] before you, [O Muhammad], among the sects of the former peoples.

Thus do We insert denial into the hearts of the criminals.

And [even] if We opened to them a gate from the heaven and they continued therein to ascend,

And We have placed within the heaven great stars and have beautified it for the observers.

Except one who steals a hearing and is pursued by a clear burning flame.

And We have made for you therein means of living and [for] those for whom you are not providers.

And We have sent the fertilizing winds and sent down water from the sky and given you drink from it. And you are not its retainers.

And We have already known the preceding [generations] among you, and We have already known the later [ones to come].

And We did certainly create man out of clay from an altered black mud.

And [mention, O Muhammad], when your Lord said to the angels, "I will create a human being out of clay from an altered black mud.

So the angels prostrated - all of them entirely,

[Allah] said, O Iblees, what is [the matter] with you that you are not with those who prostrate?"

[Allah] said, "Then get out of it, for indeed, you are expelled.

He said, "My Lord, then reprieve me until the Day they are resurrected."

Until the Day of the time well-known."

Except, among them, Your chosen servants."

Indeed, My servants - no authority will you have over them, except those who follow you of the deviators.

It has seven gates; for every gate is of them a portion designated."

[Having been told], "Enter it in peace, safe [and secure]."

No fatigue will touch them therein, nor from it will they [ever] be removed.

And that it is My punishment which is the painful punishment.

When they entered upon him and said, "Peace." [Abraham] said, "Indeed, we are fearful of you."

He said, "Have you given me good tidings although old age has come upon me? Then of what [wonder] do you inform?"

He said, "And who despairs of the mercy of his Lord except for those astray?"

They said, "Indeed, we have been sent to a people of criminals,

Except his wife." Allah decreed that she is of those who remain behind.

He said, "Indeed, you are people unknown."

And we have come to you with truth, and indeed, we are truthful.

And We conveyed to him [the decree] of that matter: that those [sinners] would be eliminated by early morning.

[Lot] said, "Indeed, these are my guests, so do not shame me.

They said, "Have we not forbidden you from [protecting] people?"

By your life, [O Muhammad], indeed they were, in their intoxication, wandering blindly.

And We made the highest part [of the city] its lowest and rained upon them stones of hard clay.

And indeed, those cities are [situated] on an established road.

And the companions of the thicket were [also] wrongdoers.

And certainly did the companions of Thamud deny the messengers.

And they used to carve from the mountains, houses, feeling secure.

So nothing availed them [from] what they used to earn.

Indeed, your Lord - He is the Knowing Creator.

Do not extend your eyes toward that by which We have given enjoyment to [certain] categories of the disbelievers, and do not grieve over them. And lower your wing to the believers

Just as We had revealed [scriptures] to the separators

So by your Lord, We will surely question them all

Then declare what you are commanded and turn away from the polytheists.

Who make [equal] with Allah another deity. But they are going to know.

So exalt [Allah] with praise of your Lord and be of those who prostrate [to Him].