And when some distress some hardship befalls people that is people such as the Meccan disbelievers they call on their Lord turning returning in penitence to Him alone. Then when He lets them taste mercy from Him by way of rain lo! a party of them ascribe partners to their Lord.
Let them be ungrateful for what We have given them this is an imperative meant as a threat. ‘So take your enjoyment. Soon you will know’ the consequences of your enjoyment there is a shift away from the third person address to the second.
And of His signs exalted be He indicating His power is that He created you in other words your origin Adam of dust then lo! you are human beings of flesh and blood spreading across the earth.
And of His signs is that He created for you from yourselves mates — Eve was created from Adam’s rib and the remainder of mankind from the reproductive fluids of men and women — that you might find peace by their side and become intimate with them and He ordained between you all affection and […]
And of His signs is the creation of the heavens and the earth and the differences of your tongues that is your languages such as Arabic non-Arabic and so on and your colours such as white or black or otherwise even though all of you are originally the offspring of the same man and woman. […]
And of His signs is your sleep by night and day by His will as a repose for you and your seeking during the day of His bounty in other words your going about freely in order to seek a living is by His will. Surely in that there are signs for people who listen […]
And of His signs is His showing you lightning to arouse fear in the traveller of storms and hope in the one not travelling of the coming of the rain; and He sends down water from the heaven and with it He revives the earth after it has died that is after it has dried […]
And of His signs is that the heaven and the earth remain standing by His command by His will without any supports; then when He calls you to come out of the earth when Isrāfīl blows the Horn for the raising from the graves to commence lo! you shall come forth from it alive. Thus […]
And to Him belongs whoever is in the heavens and the earth as possessions creatures and servants. All are obedient to Him.
And He it is Who initiates the creation of mankind then brings it back after their destruction and that is even easier for Him than the initiation — from the perspective of those addressed for whom to repeat something is easier than doing it for the first time — otherwise in God’s case exalted be […]