Page 598 — Al-'Alaq, Al-Qadr, Al-Bayyinah

Have you seen if he denies and turns away -

Does he not know that Allāh sees?

No! If he does not desist, We will surely drag him by the forelock –

A lying, sinning forelock.

Then let him call his associates;

We will call the angels of Hell.

No! Do not obey him. But prostrate and draw near [to Allāh].

Indeed, We sent it [i.e., the Qur’ān] down during the Night of Decree.

And what can make you know what is the Night of Decree?

The Night of Decree is better than a thousand months.

The angels and the Spirit [i.e., Gabriel] descend therein by permission of their Lord for every matter.

Peace it is until the emergence of dawn.

Those who disbelieved among the People of the Scripture and the polytheists were not to be parted [from misbelief] until there came to them clear evidence –

A Messenger from Allāh, reciting purified scriptures

Within which are correct writings [i.e., rulings and laws].

Nor did those who were given the Scripture become divided until after there had come to them clear evidence.

And they were not commanded except to worship Allāh, [being] sincere to Him in religion, inclining to truth, and to establish prayer and to give zakāh. And that is the correct religion.