world is but goods and chattels of deception.
3:186
Ye shall certainly be tried and tested in your possessions and in your personal selves; and ye shall certainly Hear much
that will grieve you, from those who received the Book before you and from those who worship many gods. But if ye
persevere patiently, and guard against evil,-then that will be a determining factor in all affairs.
3:187
And remember Allah took a covenant from the People of the Book, to make it known and clear to mankind, and not
to hide it; but they threw it away behind their backs, and purchased with it some miserable gain! And vile was the
bargain they made!
3:188
Think not that those who exult in what they have brought about, and love to be praised for what they have not done,-
think escape the penalty. For them is a penalty Grievous indeed.
3:189
To Allah belongeth the dominion of the heavens and the earth; and Allah hath power over all things.
3:190
Behold! in the creation of the heavens and the earth, and the alternation of night and day,- there are indeed Signs for
men of understanding,-
3:191
Men who celebrate the praises of Allah, standing, sitting, and lying down on their sides, and contemplate the (wonders
of) creation in the heavens and the earth, (With the thought): "Our Lord! not for naught Hast Thou created (all) this!
Glory to Thee! Give us salvation from the penalty of the Fire.
3:192
"Our Lord! any whom Thou dost admit to the Fire, Truly Thou coverest with shame, and never will wrong-doers Find
any helpers!
