Allah has surely heard the saying of those who said. "Allah is poor and we are rich." We shall write down what they said and their killing of the prophets unjustly: and we shall say. "Taste the punishment of the flaming fire.

This is due to what your hands sent ahead and that Allah is not cruel to the slaves."

(There are) those who said, "Surely, Allah directed us that we should not believe in a messenger unless he comes to us with an offering to be eaten up by the fire." Say, "A number of messengers have come to you, before me, with clear signs and with what you have said. So why did you kill them, if you are true?

Then if they belie you, so messengers have been belied before you. They came with clear signs and the Scriptures and light giving Book.

Every soul has to taste death. And it is on the Doomsday that you shall be paid your rewards in full. So, whoever has been kept away from the Fire and admitted to Paradise, he has really succeeded. And the wordly life is nothing but an asset, full of illusion.

Of course, you shall be tested in your wealth and your-selves. And, of course, you shall hear much of what hurts, from those who have been given the Book before you and from those who associate (others with Allah). And if you observe patience and fear Allah, then these are among matters of determination.

And when Allah took pledge from those who were given the Book: 'You shall make it known to people, and you shall not conceal it." So, they threw it away behind their backs and bought a small price out of it. So, evil is what they buy.

And do not think of those who are delighted with what they did and love to be praised for what they never did - so, do not think of them as being in a position to escape the punishment. And a painful punishment is there for them.

And to Allah belongs the Kingdom of the heavens and the earth. And Allah is powerful over everything.

Surely, in the creation of the heavens and the earth, and in the alternation of night and day, there are signs for the people of wisdom,