Rowwad Translation Center — 489

42:52 Likewise, We have revealed to you a revelation by Our command. You knew nothing of the Scripture or matters of faith, but We have made it [i.e., the Qur’an] a light by which We guide whom We will of Our slaves. And you are truly leading people to a straight path,

42:53 the path of Allah, to Whom belongs all that is in the heavens and all that is on earth. Indeed, to Allah return all matters.

43:1 Hā Mīm[1].

43:2 By the clear Book,

43:3 Indeed, We have made it an Arabic Qur’an so that you may understand,

43:4 and it is in the Master Book[1] with us, highly esteemed, full of wisdom.

43:5 Should We then turn the Reminder[1] away from you simply because you are a transgressing people?

43:6 How many a prophet did We send to the earlier peoples!

43:7 No prophet ever came to them except that they ridiculed him.

43:8 So We destroyed them, although they were greater in might than these [Pagans][1], and the stories of the earlier nations have already been related[2].

43:9 If you ask them, “Who created the heavens and earth?”, they will surely say, “The All-Mighty, the All-Knowing created them.”

43:10 It is He Who spread out the earth for you, and made therein pathways for you, so that you may find your way.