Quran page 475

It is He who created you from dust, then from a drop of [seminal] fluid, then from a clinging mass, then He brings you forth as infants, then [He nurtures you] so that you may come of age, and then that you may become aged—though there are some of you who die earlier—and complete a specified term, and so that you may exercise your reason.

It is He who gives life and brings death. When He decides on a matter, He just says to it, ‘Be!’ and it is.

Have you not regarded those who dispute the signs of Allah, where they are being led away [from Allah’s way]?

—Those who deny the Book and what we have sent with Our apostles. Soon they will know

when they are dragged [with] iron collars and chains around their necks

into scalding waters and then set aflame in the Fire.

Then they will be told, ‘Where are they whom you used to worship as deities

besides Allah?’ They will say, ‘They have forsaken us. No, we did not invoke anything before.’ That is how Allah leads the faithless astray.

‘That [punishment] is because you used to boast unduly on the earth and because you used to strut.

Enter the gates of hell, to remain in it [forever].’ Evil is the [final] abode of the arrogant.

So be patient! Allah’s promise is indeed true. Whether We show you a part of what We promise them, or take you away [before that], [in any case] they will be brought back to Us.