Nay! We shall record what he says, and We shall lengthen the length of his suffering [in the hereafter],

But nay! [On Judgment Day] these [very objects of adoration] will disavow the worship that was paid to them, and will turn against those [who had worshipped them]!

so that I might act righteously in whatever I have failed [aforetime]!''* Nay, it is indeed but a [meaningless] word that he utters: for behind those [who leave the world] there is a barrier [of death] until the Day when all will be raised from the dead!

Said He: “Not so, indeed! Go forth, then, both of you, with Our messages: verify, We shall be with you, listening [to your call]!

He replied: Nay indeed! My Sustainer is with me, [and] He will guide me!"

Say: “Point out to me those [beings] that you have joined with Him [in your minds] as partners [in His divinity]! Nay - nay, but He [alone] is God, the Almighty, the Wise!"

But nay! Verily, all [that awaits him] is a raging flame,

Never! For, behold, We have created them out of something that they know [only too well]!*

Nay, verily, it is against Our messages that he knowingly, stubbornly sets himself*

NAY, but consider the moon!*

Nay, but they do not [believe in and, hence, do not] fear the life to come.

Nay, verily, this is an admonition –

But nay: no refuge [for thee, O man]!

NAY, but [most of] you love this fleeting life,

NAY, but when [the last breath] comes up to the throat [of a dying man],

Nay, but in time they will come to understand [it]!

And once again:* Nay, but in time they will come to understand!

NAY, VERILY, these [messages] are but a reminder:*

Nay, but [man] has never yet fulfilled what He has enjoined upon him!*

Nay, [O men,] but you [are lured away from God whenever you are tempted to] give the lie to [God's] Judgment!*

NAY, VERILY, the record of the wicked is indeed [set down] in a mode inescapable!*

Nay, but their hearts are corroded by all [the evil] that they were wont to do!*

Nay, verily, from [the grace of] their Sustainer shall they on that Day be debarred;

NAY, VERILY - the record of the truly virtuous is [set down] in a mode most lofty!*

But nay, nay, [O men, consider all that you do and fail to do:] you are not generous towards the orphan,

Nay, but [how will you fare on Judgment Day,] when the earth is crushed with crushing upon crushing,

Nay, verily, man becomes grossly overweening

Nay, if he desist not, We shall most surely drag him down upon his forehead*

Nay, pay thou no heed to him, but prostrate thyself [before God] and draw close [unto Him]!

Nay, in time you will come to understand!

And once again:* Nay, in time you will come to understand!

Nay, if you could but understand [it] with an understanding [born] of certainty,

Nay, but [in the life to come such as] he shall indeed be abandoned to crushing torment!*