[11:20]
Such will not escape in the earth, nor have they
any protecting friends beside Allah. For them the torment will be double. They
could not bear to hear, and they used not to see.
[11:21]
Such are they who have lost their souls, and
that which they used to invent hath failed them.
[11:22]
Assuredly in the Hereafter they will be the
greatest losers.
[11:23]
Lo! those who believe
and do good works and humble themselves before their Lord: such are rightful
owners of the Garden; they will abide therein.
[11:24]
The similitude of the two parties is as the
blind and the deaf and the seer and the hearer. Are they equal in similitude ? Will ye not then be admonished
?
[11:25]
And We sent Noah unto
his folk (and he said): Lo! I am a plain warner unto you.
[11:26]
That ye serve none, save Allah. Lo! I fear for
you the retribution of a painful Day.
[11:27]
The chieftains of his folk, who disbelieved,
said: We see thee but a mortal like us, and we see not that any follow thee save
the most abject among us, without reflection. We behold in you no merit above
us - nay, we deem you liars.
[11:28]
He said: O my people! Bethink you, if I rely on
a clear proof from my Lord and there hath come unto me a mercy from His
presence, and it hath been made obscure to you, can we compel you to accept it
when ye are averse thereto ?