21.41 . Messengers before thee , indeed , were mocked , but that whereat they mocked surrounded those who scoffed at them .

21.42 . Say : Who guardeth you in the night or in the day from the Beneficent? Nay , but they turn away from mention of their Lord ,

21.43 . Or have they gods who can shield them from Us? They cannot help themselves nor can they be defended from Us .

21.44 . Nay , but We gave these and their fathers ease until life grew long for them . See they not how we visit the land , reducing it of its outlying parts? Can they then be the victors?

21.45 . Say ( O Muhammad , unto mankind ) : I warn you only by the Inspiration . But the deaf hear not the call when they are warned .

21.46 . And if a breath of thy Lord ' s punishment were to touch them , they assuredly would say : Alas for us! Lo! we were wrong doers .

21.47 . And We set a just balance for the Day of Resurrection so that no soul is wronged in aught . Though it be of the weight of a grain of mustard seed , We bring it . And We suffice for reckoners .

21.48 . And We verily gave Moses and Aaron the Criterion ( of right and wrong ) and a light and a Reader far those who keep from evil

21.49 . Those who tear their Lord in secret and who dread the Hour ( of doom ) .

21.50 . This is a blessed Reminder that We have revealed : Will ye then reject it?

21.51 . And We verily gave Abraham of old his proper course , and We were Aware of him ,

21.52 . When he said unto his father and his folk : What are these images unto which ye pay devotion?

21.53 . They said : We found our fathers worshippers of them .

21.54 . He said : Verily ye and your fathers were in plain error .

21.55 . They said : Bringest thou unto us the truth , or art thou some jester?

21.56 . He said : Nay , but your Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth , Who created them ; and I am of those who testify unto that .

21.57 . And , by Allah , I shall circumvent your idols after ye have gone away and turned your backs .

21.58 . Then he reduced them to fragments , all save the chief of them , that haply they might have recourse to it .

21.59 . They said : Who hath done this to our gods? Surely it must be some evil doer .

21.60 . They said : We heard a youth make mention of them , who is called Abraham .