Ayat No. 53

وَ قُلْ لِّعِبَادِیْ یَقُوْلُوا الَّتِیْ هِیَ اَحْسَنُؕ-اِنَّ الشَّیْطٰنَ یَنْزَغُ بَیْنَهُمْؕ-اِنَّ الشَّیْطٰنَ كَانَ لِلْاِنْسَانِ عَدُوًّا مُّبِیْنًا(۵۳)

Translation

And tell My servants to say that which is best. Indeed, Satan induces [dissension] among them. Indeed Satan is ever, to mankind, a clear enemy.

Ayat No. 54

رَبُّكُمْ اَعْلَمُ بِكُمْؕ-اِنْ یَّشَاْ یَرْحَمْكُمْ اَوْ اِنْ یَّشَاْ یُعَذِّبْكُمْؕ-وَ مَاۤ اَرْسَلْنٰكَ عَلَیْهِمْ وَكِیْلًا(۵۴)

Translation

Your Lord is most knowing of you. If He wills, He will have mercy upon you; or if He wills, He will punish you. And We have not sent you, [O Muhammad], over them as a manager.

Ayat No. 55

وَ رَبُّكَ اَعْلَمُ بِمَنْ فِی السَّمٰوٰتِ وَ الْاَرْضِؕ-وَ لَقَدْ فَضَّلْنَا بَعْضَ النَّبِیّٖنَ عَلٰى بَعْضٍ وَّ اٰتَیْنَا دَاوٗدَ زَبُوْرًا(۵۵)

Translation

And your Lord is most knowing of whoever is in the heavens and the earth. And We have made some of the prophets exceed others [in various ways], and to David We gave the book [of Psalms].

Ayat No. 56

قُلِ ادْعُوا الَّذِیْنَ زَعَمْتُمْ مِّنْ دُوْنِهٖ فَلَا یَمْلِكُوْنَ كَشْفَ الضُّرِّ عَنْكُمْ وَ لَا تَحْوِیْلًا(۵۶)

Translation

Say, "Invoke those you have claimed [as gods] besides Him, for they do not possess the [ability for] removal of adversity from you or [for its] transfer [to someone else]."

Ayat No. 57

اُولٰٓىٕكَ الَّذِیْنَ یَدْعُوْنَ یَبْتَغُوْنَ اِلٰى رَبِّهِمُ الْوَسِیْلَةَ اَیُّهُمْ اَقْرَبُ وَ یَرْجُوْنَ رَحْمَتَهٗ وَ یَخَافُوْنَ عَذَابَهٗؕ-اِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّكَ كَانَ مَحْذُوْرًا(۵۷)

Translation

Those whom they invoke seek means of access to their Lord, [striving as to] which of them would be nearest, and they hope for His mercy and fear His punishment. Indeed, the punishment of your Lord is ever feared.

Ayat No. 58

وَ اِنْ مِّنْ قَرْیَةٍ اِلَّا نَحْنُ مُهْلِكُوْهَا قَبْلَ یَوْمِ الْقِیٰمَةِ اَوْ مُعَذِّبُوْهَا عَذَابًا شَدِیْدًاؕ-كَانَ ذٰلِكَ فِی الْكِتٰبِ مَسْطُوْرًا(۵۸)

Translation

And there is no city but that We will destroy it before the Day of Resurrection or punish it with a severe punishment. That has ever been in the Register inscribed.

Ayat No. 59

وَ مَا مَنَعَنَاۤ اَنْ نُّرْسِلَ بِالْاٰیٰتِ اِلَّاۤ اَنْ كَذَّبَ بِهَا الْاَوَّلُوْنَؕ-وَ اٰتَیْنَا ثَمُوْدَ النَّاقَةَ مُبْصِرَةً فَظَلَمُوْا بِهَاؕ-وَ مَا نُرْسِلُ بِالْاٰیٰتِ اِلَّا تَخْوِیْفًا(۵۹)

Translation

And nothing has prevented Us from sending signs except that the former peoples denied them. And We gave Thamud the she-camel as a visible sign, but they wronged her. And We send not the signs except as a warning.

Ayat No. 60

وَ اِذْ قُلْنَا لَكَ اِنَّ رَبَّكَ اَحَاطَ بِالنَّاسِؕ-وَ مَا جَعَلْنَا الرُّءْیَا الَّتِیْۤ اَرَیْنٰكَ اِلَّا فِتْنَةً لِّلنَّاسِ وَ الشَّجَرَةَ الْمَلْعُوْنَةَ فِی الْقُرْاٰنِؕ-وَ نُخَوِّفُهُمْۙ-فَمَا یَزِیْدُهُمْ اِلَّا طُغْیَانًا كَبِیْرًا۠(۶۰)

Translation

And [remember, O Muhammad], when We told you, "Indeed, your Lord has encompassed the people." And We did not make the sight which We showed you except as a trial for the people, as was the accursed tree [mentioned] in the Qur'an. And We threaten them, but it increases them not except in great transgression.