the path of Allah, the One to whom belongs all that is in the heavens and all that is in the earth. Be aware that towards Allah all matters shall finally return.

Ha Meem.

By the manifest Book,

We have made it an Arabic Qur'an, so that you may understand.

And it is, in the Mother of the Book (the Preserved Tablet) with us, surely sublime, full of wisdom.

Shall We remove the advice away from you because you are a transgressing people?

And how many a messenger have We sent to the earlier people!

And no messenger came to them, but they used to mock at him.

So We have destroyed those who were stronger than these (people of Makkah) in power, and the example of the earlier people has already passed.

And should you ask them as to who has created the heavens and the earth, they will certainly say, "They are created by the All-Mighty, the All-Knowing,"