21:2No fresh reminder comes to them from their Lord, but they listen to it playfully.

21:4He said, “My Lord knows what is said in the heaven and the earth; and He is the Hearer, the Knower.”

21:6None of the towns We destroyed before them had believed. Will they, then, believe?

21:7We did not send before you except men, whom We inspired. Ask the people of knowledge, if you do not know.

21:8We did not make them mere bodies that ate no food, nor were they immortal.

21:10We have sent down to you a Book, containing your message. Do you not understand?

21:11How many a guilty town have We crushed, and established thereafter another people?

21:13Do not run, but come back to your luxuries, and to your homes, that you may be questioned.

21:16We did not create the sky and the earth and what is between them for amusement.

21:19To Him belongs everyone in the heavens and the earth. Those near Him are not too proud to worship Him, nor do they waver.

21:23He will not be questioned about what He does, but they will be questioned.

21:24Or have they taken, besides Him, other gods? Say, “Bring your proof. This is a message for those with me, and a message of those before me.” But most of them do not know the truth, so they turn away.

21:25We never sent a messenger before you without inspiring him that: “There is no god but I, so worship Me.”

21:26And they say, “The Most Merciful has taken to himself a son.” Be He glorified; they are but honored servants.

21:28He knows what is before them, and what is behind them; and they do not intercede except for him whom He approves; and they tremble in awe of Him.

21:30Do the disbelievers not see that the heavens and the earth were one mass, and We tore them apart? And We made from water every living thing. Will they not believe?

21:34We did not grant immortality to any human being before you. Should you die, are they then the immortal?

21:37The human being was created of haste. I will show you My signs, so do not seek to rush Me.

21:39If those who disbelieve only knew, when they cannot keep the fire off their faces and off their backs, and they will not be helped.

21:40In fact, it will come upon them suddenly, and bewilder them. They will not be able to repel it, and they will not be reprieved.

21:43Or do they have gods who can defend them against Us? They cannot help themselves, nor will they be protected from Us.

21:44We have given these enjoyments, and their ancestors, until time grew long upon them. Do they not see how We gradually reduce the land from its extremities? Are they then the victors?

21:45Say, “I am warning you through inspiration.” But the deaf cannot hear the call when they are being warned.

21:47We will set up the scales of justice for the Day of Resurrection, so that no soul will suffer the least injustice. And even if it be the weight of a mustard-seed, We will bring it up. Sufficient are We as Reckoners.

21:64Then they turned to one another, and said, “You yourselves are the wrongdoers.”

21:65But they reverted to their old ideas: “You certainly know that these do not speak.”

21:66He said, “Do you worship, instead of God, what can neither benefit you in anything, nor harm you?

21:67Fie on you, and on what you worship instead of God. Do you not understand?”

21:74And Lot—We gave him judgment and knowledge, and We delivered him from the town that practiced the abominations. They were wicked and perverted people.

21:76And Noah, when he called before. So We answered him, and delivered him and his family from the great disaster.

21:79And so We made Solomon understand it, and to each We gave wisdom and knowledge. And We subjected the mountains along with David to sing Our praises, and the birds as well—surely We did.

21:85And Ishmael, and Enoch, and Ezekiel; each was one of the steadfast.

21:87And Jonah, when he stormed out in fury, thinking We had no power over him. But then He cried out in the darkness, “There is no god but You! Glory to You! I was one of the wrongdoers!”

21:89And Zechariah, when he called out to his Lord, “My Lord, do not leave me alone, even though you are the Best of heirs.”

21:94Whoever does righteous deeds, and is a believer, his effort will not be denied. We are writing it down for him.

21:95There is a ban on the town that We had destroyed—that they will not return.

21:99Had these been gods, they would not have descended into it. All will abide in it.

21:100In it they will wail. In it they will not hear.

21:102They will not hear its hissing, and they will forever abide in what their hearts desire.

21:103The Supreme Fear will not worry them, and the angels will receive them: “This is your Day which you were promised.”

21:107We did not send you except as mercy to mankind.

21:109But if they turn away, say, “I have informed you sufficiently. Although I do not know whether what you are promised is near or far.”

21:110He knows what is said openly, and He knows what you conceal.

21:111“And I do not know whether it is perhaps a trial for you, and an enjoyment for a while.”