Do you not see that Allah sent down rainwater from the sky, then made it to flow in the earth in the form of springs and fountains and rivers,38 then He brings forth thereby a variety of crops of different kinds; then they ripen and wither and you see them turn yellow, and then, finally, He reduces them to straw? Indeed, there is a lesson in this for the men of understanding.39 Now, can the person whose breast Allah has opened for Islam40 and he is walking in the light shown by his Lord(be like the one who has learned no lesson from these things)?41 Woe to those whose hearts became even more hardened42 from Allah's admonition! They are in manifest error. Allah has sent down the best of discourses, a Book all whose parts are uniform in style43 and whose themes have been repeated over and over again. Those who fear their Lord are filled with awe when they hear it, and then their bodies and their hearts soften and turn to the remembrance of Allah. This is Allah's guidance, whereby He guides to the Right Way whomever He wills; and the one whom Allah does not guide has no guide whatever. Now, how can you imagine the plight of the one who will receive the severe punishment of the Day of Resurrection on his face?44 To such wrongdoers it will be said, "Taste now (the fruit of) what you had been earning."45 Many a people before them also denied likewise. Consequently, the scourge overtook them from whence they least expected. Then Allah made them to taste disgrace even in their worldly life, but the punishment of the Hereafter is far more terrible. Would that they knew it! We have cited for the people in this Qur'an every kind of parable, so that they may take heed. It is a Qur'an in Arabic46 without any crookedness in it,47 so that they may guard against the evil end. Allah cites a parable: There is a man who is shared by many harsh masters, each pulling him to himself, and there is the other man who entirely belongs to one master. Can the two be alike in comparison?48 Praise be to Allah!49 But most of the people have no knowledge.50 (O Prophet,) you shall die, and they, too, shall die.51 Then on the Day of Resurrection, you all will present your disputes before your Lord. Then, who could be more wicked than the one who invented a falsehood against Allah, and denied the Truth when it came before him? Is not there in Hell a place for such disbelievers? And the one who came with the Truth, and those who confirmed it, they indeed shall remain secure from the torment.52 They shall get from their Lord whatever they will desire.53 This is the compensation of those who do right, so that Allah may wipe off from their account their worst deeds and reward them according to their best deeds.54