Rowwad Translation Center — 484

42:11 the Originator of the heavens and earth. He has given you spouses of your own kind, and pairs of livestock; by which He causes you to multiply. There is nothing like unto Him[1], and He is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing.

42:12 To Him belong the keys of the heavens and earth; He extends provision to whom He wills or restricts it. Indeed, He is All-Knowing of all things.

42:13 He has prescribed for you [believers] the same religion which He enjoined upon Noah, and that which We have revealed to you [O Prophet] and that which We enjoined upon Abraham, Moses, and Jesus[1]: “You should uphold the religion and make no divisions therein.” What you are calling the polytheists to is very hard for them. Allah chooses for Himself whom He wills and guides to Himself who turns to Him.

42:14 They did not become divided except after the knowledge had come to them[1], out of envious rivalry between them. Were it not for a prior decree from your Lord until an appointed term[2], a decisive judgment would already have been passed between them. Indeed, those who inherited the Scripture[3] after them are in disquieting doubt about it.

42:15 Therefore call to that [religion, O Prophet] and keep to the straight path as you are commanded, and do not follow their desires, and say, “I believe in every Scripture that Allah has sent down, and I have been commanded to judge fairly among you. Allah is our Lord and your Lord. We have our deeds and you have your deeds[1]. Let there be no [further] argument between us and you[2]; Allah will bring us together, and to Him is the final return.”