Surah 26

"Give full measure, and cause no loss (to others).

"And weigh with the true and straight balance.

"And defraud not people by reducing their things, nor do evil, making corruption and mischief in the land.

"And fear Him Who created you and the generations of the men of old."

They said: "You are only one of those bewitched!

"You are but a human being like us and verily, we think that you are one of the liars!

"So cause a piece of the heaven to fall on us, if you are of the truthful!"

He said: "My Lord is the Best Knower of what you do."

But they belied him, so the torment of the day of shadow (a gloomy cloud) seized them. Indeed that was the torment of a Great Day.

Verily, in this is indeed a sign, yet most of them are not believers.

And verily your Lord, He is indeed the All-Mighty, the Most Merciful.

And truly, this (the Qur’ân) is a revelation from the Lord of the ‘Âlamîn (mankind, jinn and all that exists),

Which the trustworthy Rûh [Jibrîl (Gabriel)] has brought down

Upon your heart (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) that you may be (one) of the warners,

In the plain Arabic language.

And verily, it (the Qur’ân, and its revelation to Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) is (announced) in the Scriptures [i.e. the Taurât (Torah) and the Injeel (Gospel)] of former people.

Is it not a sign to them that the learned scholars (like ‘Abdullâh bin Salâm رضي الله عنه who embraced Islâm)[3] of the Children of Israel knew it (as true)?

And if We had revealed it (this Qur’ân) unto any of the non-Arabs,

And he had recited it unto them, they would not have believed in it.

Thus have We caused it (the denial of the Qur’ân) to enter the hearts of the Mûjrimûn (criminals, polytheists, sinners).