17:107 Say: "Believe in it or do not believe." Behold, those who are already endowed with [innate] knowledge fall down upon their faces in prostration as soon as this [divine writ] is conveyed unto them,
17:108 and say, "Limitless in His glory is our Sustainer! Verily, our Sustainer's promise has been fulfilled!"
7:109 And so they fall down upon their faces, weeping, and [their consciousness of God's grace] increases their humility.
17:110 Say: "Invoke God, or invoke the Most Gracious: by whichever name you invoke Him, [He is always the One-for] His are all the attributes of perfection. And [pray unto Him; yet] be not too loud in thy prayer nor speak it in too low a voice, but follow a way in-between;
17:111 and say: "All praise is due to God, who begets no offspring, [and has no partner in His dominion, and has no weakness, and therefore no need of any aid" -and [thus] extol His limitless greatness. -
18:1 ALL PRAISE is due to God, who has bestowed. this divine writ from on high upon His servant, and has not allowed any deviousness to obscure its meaning:
18:2 [a divine writ] unerringly straight, meant to warn [the godless] of a severe punishment from Him, and to give unto the believers who do good works the glad tiding that theirs shall be a goodly reward
18:3 [a state of bliss] in which they. shall dwell beyond the count of time.
18:4 Furthermore, [this divine writ is meant] to warn all those who assert, "God has taken unto Himself a son."
18:5 No knowledge whatever have they of Him, and neither had their forefathers: dreadful -is this saying that comes out of their mouths, [and] nothing but falsehood do they utter! -
18:6 But wouldst thou, perhaps, torment thyself to death with grief over them if they are not willing to believe in this message?
8:7 Behold, We have willed that all beauty on earth be a means by which We put men to a test, [showing] which of them are best in conduct; -
18:8 and, verily, [in time] We shall reduce all that is on it to barren dust! -