[7:171]
And when We shook the
Mount above them as it were a covering, and they supposed that it was going to
fall upon them (and We said): Hold fast that which We have given you, and
remember that which is therein, that ye may ward off (evil).
[7:172]
And (remember) when thy Lord brought forth from
the Children of Adam, from their reins, their seed, and made them testify of
themselves, (saying): Am I not your Lord ? They said:
Yea, verily. We testify. (That was) lest ye should say at the Day of
Resurrection: Lo! of this we were unaware;
[7:173]
Or lest ye should say: (It is) only (that) our fathers ascribed partners to Allah of old and we were
(their) seed after them. Wilt Thou destroy us on account of that which those
who follow falsehood did ?
[7:174]
Thus we detail the revelations,
that haply they may return.
[7:175]
Recite unto them the tale of him to whom We gave
Our revelations, but he sloughed them off, so Satan overtook him and he became
of those who lead astray.
[7:176]
And had We willed We
could have raised him by their means, but he clung to the earth and followed
his own lust. Therefor his likeness is as the likeness of a dog: if thou
attackest him he panteth with his tongue out, and if thou leavest him he
panteth with his tongue out. Such is the likeness of the people who deny Our revelations. Narrate unto them the history (of the men
of old), that haply they may take thought.
[7:177]
Evil as an example are the folk who denied Our revelations, and were wont to wrong themselves.
[7:178]
He whom Allah leadeth, he indeed is led aright,
while he whom Allah sendeth astray - they indeed are losers.