Do they then wait for anything other than that the angels should
come to them, or that your Lord (Allah) should come, or that some of the Signs
of your Lord should come (i.e. portents of the Hour e.g., arising of the sun
from the west)! The day that some of the Signs of your Lord do come, no good
will it do to a person to believe then, if he believed not before, nor earned
good (by performing deeds of righteousness) through his Faith. Say: "Wait
you! we (too) are waiting."[] (158) Verily, those who divide their religion and
break up into sects (all kinds of religious sects)[], you (O Muhammad SAW) have
no concern in them in the least. Their affair is only with Allâh, Who then will
tell them what they used to do. (159) Whoever brings a good deed (Islâmic
Monotheism and deeds of obedience to Allâh and His Messenger SAW) shall have
ten times the like thereof to his credit, and whoever brings an evil deed
(polytheism, disbelief, hypocrisy, and deeds of disobedience to Allâh and His
Messenger SAW) shall have only the recompense of the like thereof, and they
will not be wronged.[] (160) Say (O Muhammad SAW): "Truly, my Lord has guided me
to a Straight Path, a right religion, the religion of Ibrâhim (Abraham), Hanifa
[i.e. the true Islâmic Monotheism - to believe in One God (Allâh i.e. to
worship none but Allâh, Alone)] and he was not of Al-Mushrikûn (see V.2:105)." (161) Say (O Muhammad SAW):
"Verily, my Salât (prayer), my sacrifice, my living, and my dying are for
Allâh, the Lord of the 'Alamîn (mankind, jinn and all that exists) (162) "He has no
partner. And of this I have been commanded, and I am the first of the
Muslims." (163) Say: "Shall I seek a lord other than Allâh, while He is the
Lord of all things? No person earns any (sin) except against himself (only),
and no bearer of burdens shall bear the burden of another. Then unto your Lord
is your return, so He will tell you that wherein you have been differing."
(164) And it is He Who has
made you generations coming after generations, replacing each other on the
earth. And He has raised you in ranks, some above others that He may try you in
that which He has bestowed on you. Surely your Lord is Swift in retribution,
and certainly He is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful. (165)