Allah61 it is Who created you, then provided for you,62 then He causes your death, and then He will bring you back to life. Is there among the associates you have set up (with Allah) anyone who can do any of these things?63 Glorified is He and far exalted above the shirk these people commit. Mischief has appeared in the land and the sea on account of men's own doings that He may make them taste same of their (evil) works: maybe they mend their ways.64 (O Prophet,) say to them, "Go about in the land and see what has been the end- of those who lived before (you). Most of them were mushriks (idolaters).65 So, (O Prophet,) set your face firmly towards the true Faith before that Day arrives of which there is no chance of being averted by Allah.66 On that Day people will break asunder. The one who has disbelieved, will bear the burden of his disbelief,67 and those who have acted righteously, are indeed preparing the way for their own true success, so that Allah may reward with His bounty those who believed and did good works. Surely He does not like the disbelievers. Of His Signs is this that He sends the winds to give good news68 and to bless you with His Mercy and to make the ships sail by His Command,69 so that you may seek His bounty70 and be grateful to Him. And We sent before you Messengers to their peoples who came to them with clear Signs.71 Then We took vengeance on the guilty ones72 and it was their right on Us that We should help the believers. It is Allah Who sends the winds, which raise the cloud; then He spreads the clouds in the sky as He pleases, and breaks them up; and then you see drops of rainwater falling from the cloud. When He showers this rain upon those of His servants He pleases, they are filled with joy, though before its coming they had lost all hope. Just see the Signs of Allah's Mercy, how He brings back to life the dead earth.73 Likewise, He will bring back the dead to life: He has power over everything. And if We send a wind due to which they see their crops turn yellow,74 they do become even more firm in their disbelief.75 (O Prophet,) you cannot make the dead hear you,76 nor can you make the deaf to hear your call, when they show their backs and turn away77 nor can you take the blind out of their deviation and guide them aright.78 You can only make those people to hear you, who believe in Our Revelations and bow down in submission.