And why should I not worship He who created me and to whom you will be returned?  

وَمَا لِيَ لَا أَعْبُدُ الَّذِي فَطَرَنِي وَإِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ  

Should I take other than Him ˹false˺ deities ˹while˺, if the Most Merciful intends for me some adversity, their intercession will not avail me at all, nor can they save me?  

أَأَتَّخِذُ مِنْ دُونِهِ آلِهَةً إِنْ يُرِدْنِ الرَّحْمَٰنُ بِضُرٍّ لَا تُغْنِ عَنِّي شَفَاعَتُهُمْ شَيْئًا وَلَا يُنْقِذُونِ  

Indeed, I would then be in manifest error.  

إِنِّي إِذًا لَفِي ضَلَالٍ مُبِينٍ  

Indeed, I have believed in your Lord, so listen to me."  

إِنِّي آمَنْتُ بِرَبِّكُمْ فَاسْمَعُونِ  

It was said, "Enter Paradise." He said, "I wish my people could know  

قِيلَ ادْخُلِ الْجَنَّةَ ۖ قَالَ يَا لَيْتَ قَوْمِي يَعْلَمُونَ  

Of how my Lord has forgiven me and placed me among the honored."  

بِمَا غَفَرَ لِي رَبِّي وَجَعَلَنِي مِنَ الْمُكْرَمِينَ  

And We did not send down upon his people after him any soldiers from the heaven, nor would We have done so.  

وَمَا أَنْزَلْنَا عَلَىٰ قَوْمِهِ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ مِنْ جُنْدٍ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ وَمَا كُنَّا مُنْزِلِينَ  

It was not but one shout, and immediately they were extinguished.  

إِنْ كَانَتْ إِلَّا صَيْحَةً وَاحِدَةً فَإِذَا هُمْ خَامِدُونَ  

How regretful for the servants. There did not come to them any messenger except that they used to ridicule him.  

يَا حَسْرَةً عَلَى الْعِبَادِ ۚ مَا يَأْتِيهِمْ مِنْ رَسُولٍ إِلَّا كَانُوا بِهِ يَسْتَهْزِئُونَ  

Have they not considered how many generations We destroyed before them - that they to them will not return?  

أَلَمْ يَرَوْا كَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُمْ مِنَ الْقُرُونِ أَنَّهُمْ إِلَيْهِمْ لَا يَرْجِعُونَ  

And indeed, all of them will yet be brought present before Us.  

وَإِنْ كُلٌّ لَمَّا جَمِيعٌ لَدَيْنَا مُحْضَرُونَ