#424 Podcast Al Qur'an Juz 25 Surah 43 Az Zukhruf verses 16-25

[Quran Chapter 43] 16. Or has He chosen for Himself daughters from what He creates, and favored you with sons? 17. Yet when one of them is given news of what he attributes to the Most Gracious, his face darkens, and he suppresses grief. 18. "Someone brought up to be beautiful, and unable to help in a fight?" 19. And they appoint the angels, who are servants to the Most Gracious, as females. Have they witnessed their creation? Their claim will be recorded, and they will be questioned. 20. And they say, "Had the Most Gracious willed, we would not have worshiped them." But they have no knowledge of that; they are merely guessing. 21. Or have We given them a book prior to this one, to which they adhere? 22. But they say, "We found our parents on a course, and we are guided in their footsteps." 23. Likewise, We sent no warner before you to any town, but the wealthy among them said, "We found our parents on a course, and we are following in their footsteps." 24. He would say, "Even if I bring you better guidance than what you found your parents following?" They would say, "We reject what you are sent with." 25. So We wreaked vengeance upon them. Behold, then, what was the fate of those who deny. 26. When Abraham said to his father and his people, "I am innocent of what you worship. 27. Except for He who created me, for He will guide me." 28. And he made it an enduring word in his progeny, so that they may return. 29. I gave these and their forefathers some enjoyment, until the truth and a manifest messenger came to them. 30. But when the truth came to them, they said, "This is sorcery, and we refuse to believe in it." 31. They also said, "If only this Quran was sent down to a man of importance from the two cities." 32. Is it they who allocate the mercy of your Lord? It is We who have allocated their livelihood in this life, and We elevated some of them in rank above others, that some of them would take others in service. But your Lord's mercy is better than what they amass. 33. Were it not that humanity would become a single community, We would have provided those who disbelieve in the Most Gracious with roofs of silver to their houses, and stairways by which they ascend. 34. And doors to their houses, and furnishings on which they recline. 35. And decorations. Yet all that is nothing but the stuff of this life. Yet the Hereafter, with your Lord, is for the righteous.