O Muhammad, pray, "Lord, if You inflict, during my presence among them, that punishment with which they are being threatened, then, O my Lord, do not include me among these unjust people.”90 And the fact is that We have the power to make you a witness of what they are being threatened with. O Muhammad, repel evil with that which is best: We are fully aware of what they utter against you. And pray, "Lord, I seek refuge in You from the promptings of the satans; more than that: I seek refuge in You, my Lord, even from their coming near me"91 (Those people will not desist from their doing) till when death comes to any one of them, he will say, "Lord, send me back to the world92 which I have left: I hope I will now do righteous deeds."93 By no means!94 it is a mere saying that he is uttering:95 for now there is a barrier between the dead (and the world which they have left) up to the Day96 when they shall be raised up again. Then, when the Trumpet will be blown, all (worldly) relations between them shall cease to function and they will not inquire about one another.97 Then only those whose Scales will be heavy,98 will attain success; and those, whose scales will be light, will be the people who made themselves liable to loss99 they shall abide in Hell for ever. The "Fire" will scorch their faces so as to expose their jaws100 (It will be said to them,) "Are you not the same people, who treated as lies My Revelations, when they were recited to you?" They will say, "Our Lord, our bad luck prevailed over us, and we were, indeed, erring people. Our Lord, now take us out of this place: after this, if we be guilty of such a thing, we shall indeed be wrong-doers." In answer to this, Allah will say, "Get away from here, remain herein and do not speak to Me.101 For, you are the very same people, who made fun of some of Our servants when they prayed to Us, `Our Lord, we have believed: so forgive us and have mercy, on us, for You are the Most Merciful of all who show mercy? So much so that in your obduracy, you even forgot My very existence, and went on scoffing at them. Today I have recompensed them for their fortitude, and they have triumphed over you.102 Then Allah will inquire from them, "For how many years did you live on the Earth?" They will say, "We stayed there for a day or for part of a day.103 You may inquire from those who kept account." It will be said, "Well, you know now that you stayed there for a little while only. What a pity! you did not realize it then.104 Did you think that We had created you without any purpose,105 and that you would never be brought back to Us?" So Exalted is Allah,106 the and real Sovereign. There is no god other than He: He is the Lord of the Glorious Throne. Therefore, if some one invokes any other deity along with Allah, whereof he has no proof,107 he shall have to give an account to his Lord.108 Such disbelievers can never attain "success."109 O Muhammad, say, "Lord, forgive and have mercy! You are the most Merciful of all, who show mercy".110