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Rowwad Translation Center — 563

67:13 Whether you speak secretly or openly, He is All-Knowing of that which is in the hearts.

67:14 Does He not know His Own creation[1], when He is the Most Subtle, the All-Aware?

67:15 It is He Who made the earth smooth[1] for you, so travel through its regions and eat from His provisions. And to Him is the resurrection.

67:16 Do you feel secure that He Who is [above] in heaven will not cause the earth to sink with you, and then suddenly convulse[1]?

67:17 Or do you feel secure that He Who is [above] in heaven will not send against you a storm of stones? Then you will come to know how [serious] My warning was!

67:18 Those who came before them rejected [the messengers]; then how severe was My response!

67:19 Do they not see the birds above them, spreading out and folding in their wings? None holds them up except the Most Compassionate. He is indeed All-Seeing of everything.

67:20 Which is your army that can come to your aid besides the Most Compassionate? The disbelievers are in utter delusion.

67:21 Who is there to give you provision if He withholds His provision? Yet they persist in arrogance and aversion.

67:22 Who is better guided: the one who walks stumbling and falling on his face or the one who walks upright on a straight path?

67:23 Say, “It is He Who brought you into being and gave you hearing, sight, and hearts; little do you give thanks.”

67:24 Say, “It is He Who has dispersed you throughout the earth, and to Him you will be gathered.”

67:25 They say: “When will this promise come to pass, if you are truthful?”

67:26 Say, “That knowledge is with Allah alone, and I am only a clear warner.”