وَاتَّخَذُوا مِنْ دُونِهِ آلِهَةً لاَّ یَخْلُقُونَ شَیْئاً وَهُمْ یُخْلَقُونَ وَلاَ یَمْلِکُونَ لاَِنفُسِهِمْ ضَرّاً وَلاَ نَفْعاً وَلاَ یَمْلِکُونَ مَوْتاً وَلاَ حَیَاةً وَلاَ نُشُور(( 3 ))

3- AND THEY TOOK APART FROM HIM, GODS THAT THEY CREATED NOTHING, AND THEMSELVES ARE CREATED. AND THEY HAVE NO POWER TO HURT OR PROFIT THEMSELVES, AND THEY DO NOT OWN THE POWER OF DEATH OR LIFE, AND NOR RESURRECTION.

وَقَالَ الَّذِینَ کَفَرُوا إِنْ هَذَا إِلاَّ إِفْکٌ افْتَرَاهُ وَأَعَانَهُ عَلَیْهِ قَوْمٌ آخَرُونَ فَقَدْ جَاءُوا ظُلْماً وَزُور(( 4 ))

4- AND THOSE WHO HAVE NOT BELIEVED, SAID:ِ ``THIS IS NOTHING EXCEPT A FORGERY THAT HE HAS FORGED IT, AND OTHER PEOPLE HAVE HELPED HIM OVER IT.

      THEY INDEED HAVE COME WITH OPPRESSION, AND GREAT LIE.

وَقَالُوا أَسَاطِیرُ الاَْوَّلِینَ اکْتَتَبَهَا فَهِىَ تُمْلَى عَلَیْهِ بُکْرَةً وَأَصِیل(( 5 ))

5- AND THEY ALSO SAID:ِ``(THOSE PASSAGES ARE) PRIMEVAL FAIRY TALES THAT HE HAS COPIED THEM, AND THEY ARE DICTATED TO HIM MORNING AND EVENING.''

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قُلْ أَنزَلَهُ الَّذِى یَعْلَمُ السِّرَّ فِى السَّموَاتِ وَالاَْرْضِ إِنَّهُ کَانَ غَفُوراً رَّحِیم(( 6 ))

6- SAY HE SENT IT DOWN WHO KNOWS THE SECRET IN THE HEAVENS AND EARTH. FOR, HE IS THE ALL-FORGIVING, COMPASSIONATE.