98. When thou dost read the Qur'an, seek Allah.s protection from Satan the
rejected one.
99. No authority has he over those who believe and put their trust in their
Lord.
100. His authority is over those only, who take him as patron and who join
partners with Allah.
101. When We substitute one revelation for another,- and Allah knows best what
He reveals (in stages),- they say, "Thou art but a forger": but most of them
understand not.
102. Say, the Holy Spirit has brought the revelation from thy Lord in Truth, in
order to strengthen those who believe, and as a Guide and Glad Tidings to
Muslims.
103. We know indeed that they say, "It is a man that teaches him." The tongue of
him they wickedly point to is notably foreign, while this is Arabic, pure and
clear.
104. Those who believe not in the Signs of Allah,- Allah will not guide them,
and theirs will be a grievous Penalty.
105. It is those who believe not in the Signs of Allah, that forge falsehood: it
is they who lie!
106. Any one who, after accepting faith in Allah, utters Unbelief,- except under
compulsion, his heart remaining firm in Faith - but such as open their breast to
Unbelief, on them is Wrath from Allah, and theirs will be a dreadful Penalty.
107. This because they love the life of this world better than the Hereafter:
and Allah will not guide those who reject Faith.
108. Those are they whose hearts, ears, and eyes Allah has sealed up, and they
take no heed.
109. Without doubt, in the Hereafter they will perish.
110. But verily thy Lord,- to those who leave their homes after trials and
persecutions,- and who thereafter strive and fight for the faith and patiently
persevere,- Thy Lord, after all this is oft-forgiving, Most Merciful.
111. One Day every soul will come up struggling for itself, and every soul will
be recompensed (fully) for all its actions, and none will be unjustly dealt
with.
112. Allah sets forth a Parable: a city enjoying security and quiet, abundantly
supplied with sustenance from every place: Yet was it ungrateful for the favours
of Allah. so Allah made it taste of hunger and terror (in extremes) (closing in
on it) like a garment (from every side), because of the (evil) which (its
people) wrought.
113. And there came to them an Messenger from among themselves, but they falsely
rejected him; so the Wrath seized them even in the midst of their iniquities.
Translation by Abdullah Yusufali