[18:46]
Wealth and children are an ornament of the life
of the world. But the good deeds which endure are better in thy Lord’s sight
for reward, and better in respect of hope.
[18:47]
And (bethink you of) the Day when we remove the
hills and ye see the earth emerging, and We gather
them together so as to leave not one of them behind.
[18:48]
And they are set before thy Lord in ranks (and
it is said unto them): Now verily have ye come unto Us
as We created you at the first. But ye thought that We
had set no tryst for you.
[18:49]
And the Book is placed, and thou seest the
guilty fearful of that which is therein, and they say: What kind of a Book is
this that leaveth not a small thing nor a great thing
but hath counted it! And they find all that they did confronting them, and thy
Lord wrongeth no-one.
[18:50]
And (remember) when We
said unto the angels: Fall prostrate before Adam, and they fell prostrate, all
save Iblis. He was of the jinn, so he rebelled against his Lord’s command. Will
ye choose him and his seed for your protecting friends instead of Me, when they
are an enemy unto you ? Calamitous is the exchange for
evil-doers.
[18:51]
I made them not to witness the creation of the
heavens and the earth, nor their own creation; nor choose I
misleaders for (My) helpers.
[18:52]
And (be mindful of) the Day when He will say:
Call those partners of Mine whom ye pretended. Then
they will cry unto them, but they will not hear their prayer, and We shall set a gulf of doom between them.
[18:53]
And the guilty behold the Fire and know that
they are about to fall therein, and they find no way of escape thence.