For Him (Allâh, Alone) is the Word of Truth (i.e. none has the
right to be worshipped but Allah). And those whom they (polytheists and
disbelievers) invoke, answer them no more than one who stretches forth his hand
(at the edge of a deep well) for water to reach his mouth, but it reaches him
not, and the invocation of the disbelievers is nothing but an error (i.e. of no
use) (14) And unto Allâh (Alone) falls in prostration whoever is in the
heavens and the earth, willingly or unwillingly, and so do their shadows in the
mornings and in the afternoons (15) Say (O Muhammad SAW): "Who is the Lord
of the heavens and the earth?" Say: "(It is) Allâh." Say:
"Have you then taken (for worship) Auliyâ' (protectors) other than Him,
such as have no power either for benefit or for harm to themselves?" Say:
"Is the blind equal to the one who sees? Or darkness equal to light? Or do
they assign to Allâh partners who created the like of His creation, so that the
creation (which they made and His creation) seemed alike to them." Say: "Allâh
is the Creator of all things, He is the One, the
Irresistible." (16) He sends down water (rain) from the sky, and the valleys
flow according to their measure, but the flood bears away the foam that mounts
up to the surface,— and (also) from that (ore) which
they heat in the fire in order to make ornaments or utensils, rises a foam like
unto it, thus does Allâh (by parables) show forth truth and falsehood[]. Then,
as for the foam it passes away as scum upon the banks, while that which is for
the good of mankind remains in the earth. Thus Allâh sets forth parables (for
the truth and falsehood, i.e. Belief and disbelief). (17) For those who
answered their Lord's Call [believed in the Oneness of Allâh and followed His
Messenger Muhammad SAW i.e. Islâmic Monotheism] is Al-Husna (i.e.