Signs
Those before them also denied, and how terrible was My response.
67:18And verily those before them denied, then (see) the manner of My wrath (with them)!
Do they not see the birds above them, spreading and folding their wings? None holds them up except the Most Merciful. He sees all things.
67:19Have they not seen the birds above them spreading out their wings and closing them? Naught upholdeth them save the Beneficent. Lo! He is Seer of all things.
Who is it that can be your army to help you besides the Most Merciful? The disbelievers are only deluded.
67:20Or who is he that will be an army unto you to help you instead of the Beneficent? The disbelievers are in naught but illusion.
Who is it that can provide for you if He withholds His provision? Yet they persist in arrogance and aversion.
67:21Or who is he that will provide for you if He should withhold His providence? Nay, but they are set in pride and frowardness.
Is one who walks facedown more rightly guided, or one who walks upright on a straight path?
67:22Is he who goeth groping on his face more rightly guided, or he who walketh upright on a straight road?
Say, “He is the One who brought you into being, gave you hearing, sight, and hearts. Yet you are rarely grateful.”
67:23Say (unto them, O Muhammad): He it is who gave you being, and hath assigned unto you ears and eyes and hearts. Small thanks give ye!
Say, “He is the One who scattered you across the earth, and to Him you will be gathered.”
67:24Say: He it is Who multiplieth you in the earth, and unto Whom ye will be gathered.
They say, “When will this promise be fulfilled, if you are truthful?”
67:25And they say: When (will) this promise (be fulfilled), if ye are truthful?
Say, “Knowledge of it is with Allah alone. I am only a clear warner.”
67:26Say: The knowledge is with Allah only, and I am but a plain warner;
But when they see it drawing near, the faces of those who disbelieved will be stricken with despair, and it will be said, “This is what you were calling for.”
67:27But when they see it nigh, the faces of those who disbelieve will be awry, and it will be said (unto them): This is that for which ye used to call.