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46:6 When such people are gathered, they will become their enemies and will reject their worship.

46:7 When Our clear verses are recited to them, those who disbelieve say about the truth when it comes to them, “This is clear magic.”

46:8 Or do they say, “He has fabricated it”? Say, “If I did fabricate it, there is nothing you can do to protect me against Allah. He knows best that in which you indulge[1]. He is Sufficient as a witness between me and you, and He is the All-Forgiving, the Most Merciful.”

46:9 Say, “I am not the first of the messengers[1], nor do I know what will happen to me or to you. I only follow what is revealed to me, and I am not but a clear warner.”

46:10 Say, “What do you think, if this [Qur’an] is really from Allah and yet you reject it, and a witness[1] from the Children of Israel has testified in its favor and believed[2], whereas you persist in arrogance[3]? Indeed, Allah does not guide the wrongdoing people.”

46:11 The disbelievers say about the believers, “If this [faith] were something good, they[1] would not have believed in it before us.” Now since they are not guided by it, they will say, “This is an old fabrication.”

46:12 And before it was the Scripture of Moses a guide and a mercy. This Book is a confirmation of it, in the Arabic language, in order to warn those who do wrong and give glad tidings to those who do good.

46:13 Indeed, those who say, “Our Lord is Allah”, then remain steadfast, they will have no fear, nor will they grieve.

46:14 They are the people of Paradise; abiding therein forever, as a reward for what they used to do.