39.41 . Lo! We have revealed unto thee ( Muhammad ) the Scripture for mankind with truth . Then whosoever goeth right it is for his soul , and whosoever strayeth , strayeth only to its hurt . And thou art not a warder over them .

39.42 . Allah receiveth ( men ' s ) souls at the time of their death , and that ( soul ) which dieth not ( yet ) in its sleep . He keepeth that ( soul ) for which He hath ordained death and dismisseth the rest till an appointed term . Lo herein verily are portents for people who take thought .

39.43 . Or choose they intercessors other than Allah? Say : What! Even though they have power over nothing and have no intelligence?

39.44 . Say : Unto Allah belongeth all intercession . His is the Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth . And afterward unto Him ye will be brought back .

39.45 . And when Allah alone is mentioned , the hearts of those who believe not in the Hereafter are repelled , and when those ( whom they worship ) beside Him are mentioned , behold! they are glad .

39.46 . Say : O Allah! Creator of the heavens and the earth! Knower of the invisible and the visible! Thou wilt judge between Thy slaves concerning that wherein they used to differ .

39.47 . And though those who do wrong possess all that is in the earth , and therewith as much again , the verily will seek to ransom themselves therewith on the Day of Resurrection from the awful doom ; and there will appear unto them , from their Lord , that wherewith they never reckoned .

39.48 . And the evils that they earned will appear unto them , and that whereat they used to scoff will surround them .

39.49 . Now when hurt toucheth a man he crieth unto Us , and afterward when We have granted him a boon from Us , he saith : Only by force of knowledge I obtained it . Nay , but it is a test . But most of them know not .

39.50 . Those before them said it , yet ( all ) that they had earned availed them not ;

39.51 . But the evils that they earned smote them ; and such of these as do wrong , the evils that they earn will smite them ; they cannot escape .

39.52 . Know they not that Allah enlargeth providence for whom He will , and straiteneth it ( for whom He will ) . Lo! herein verily are portents for people who believe .

39.53 . Say : My slaves who have been prodigal to their own hurt! Despair not of the mercy of Allah , Who forgiveth all sins . Lo! He is the Forgiving , the Merciful .

39.54 . Turn unto Him repentant , and surrender unto Him , before there come unto you the doom , when ye cannot be helped .

39.55 . And follow the better ( guidance ) of that which is revealed unto you from your Lord , before the doom cometh on you suddenly when ye know not ,

39.56 . Lest any soul should say Alas , my grief that I was unmindful of Allah , and I was indeed among the scoffers!

39.57 . Or should say : if Allah had but guided me I should have been among the dutiful!

39.58 . Or should say , when it seeth the doom : Oh , that I had but a second chance that I might be among the righteous!

39.59 . ( But now the answer will be ) : Nay , for My revelations came unto thee , but thou didst deny them and wast scornful and wast among the disbelievers .

39.60 . And on the Day of Resurrection thou ( Muhammad ) seest those who lied concerning Allah with their faces blackened . Is not the home of the scorners in hell?