O Believers, respond to the call of Allah and the Messenger, when the Messenger calls you to that which gives you life. And know that Allah stands between a man and his heart, and that to Him you shall be mustered.19 And guard against that mischief which will not bring punishment in particular to the mischief-makers alone from among you:20 and know that Allah is severe in inflicting punishment. Recall to mind that time when you were few in number and were regarded weak in the land, and were fearful lest the people should do away with you; then Allah provided you with a place of refuge, strengthened you with His succor and bestowed pure and good provisions upon you so that you may be grateful.21 O Believers, do not betray Allah and His Messenger nor violate your trusts knowingly.22 And know that your worldly goods and your children are, in fact, a test for you,23 and Allah has plenty for giving you reward. O Believers, if you are God fearing, He will provide you with a criterion,24 and cleanse you of your evils, and forgive your shortcomings. Allah is bountiful in His favors. It is worth-while to remember the time when those who rejected the Truth, were making plots against you to capture you or to slay you or to exile you.25 They were plotting their plots and Allah was devising His schemes: and Allah's schemes are most effective of all. When Our revelations were recited to them, they said, "Well, we have heard: if we will, we also can fabricate such things: for these are the same ancient tales which have already been told again and again by the former people. " And recall also to mind the thing they said, "If it is the Truth and has been sent down by Thee, rain down stones on us from the heavens or send down any other painful torment on us."26 At that time Allah would not send down any torment on them for you dwelt in their midst: nor does Allah chastise people while they are asking His forgiveness.27 But now there is no reason why He should not send torment on them, when they are barring the way to the Masjid-i-Haram whereas they are not its lawful guardians. Indeed the God fearing people alone can be its lawful guardians, but most of the people do not know this thing: And what is their "prayer" near the House of Allah ?: it is nothing but whistling and clapping of hands.28 So now take the chastisement and taste the torment in requital for your persistent denial of the Truth.29 Those who have denied the Truth spend their wealth in blocking the way of Allah, and will go on spending still more of it. But in the end, these very efforts of theirs will become a cause of their regret; then they will be overcome, and the disbelievers shall be gathered and driven towards Hell: so that Allah may separate the filthy from the pure and gather together every sort of filth and then throw the whole heap into Hell: they are the people who have, in fact, become bankrupt.30