[43:11]

And Who sendeth down water from the sky in (due) measure, and We revive a dead land therewith. Even so will ye be brought forth;

[43:12]

He Who created all the pairs, and appointed for you ships and cattle whereupon ye ride.

[43:13]

That ye may mount upon their backs, and may remember your Lord’s favour when ye mount thereon, and may say: Glorified be He Who hath subdued these unto us, and we were not capable (of subduing them);

[43:14]

And lo! unto our Lord we surely are returning.

[43:15]

And they allot to Him a portion of His bondmen! Lo! man is verily a mere ingrate.

[43:16]

Or chooseth He daughters of all that He hath created, and honoureth He you with sons ?

[43:17]

And if one of them hath tidings of that which he likeneth to the Beneficent One, his countenance becometh black and he is full of inward rage.

[43:18]

(Liken they then to Allah) that which is bred up in outward show, and in dispute cannot make itself plain ?

[43:19]

And they make the angels, who are the slaves of the Beneficent, females. Did they witness their creation ? Their testimony will be recorded and they will be questioned.

[43:20]

And they say: If the Beneficent One had (so) willed, we should not have worshipped them. They have no knowledge whatsoever of that. They do but guess.

[43:21]

Or have We given them any scripture before (this Qur’an) so that they are holding fast thereto ?

[43:22]

Nay, for they say only: Lo! we found our fathers following a religion, and we are guided by their footprints.