2.21 . O mankind! Worship your Lord , Who hath created you and those before you , so that ye may ward off ( evil ) .
2. 2.22 . Who hath appointed the earth a resting-place for you , and the sky a canopy ; and causeth water to pour down from the sky , thereby producing fruits as food for you . And do not set up rivals to Allah when ye know ( better ) .
2. 2.23 . And if ye are in doubt concerning that which We reveal unto Our slave ( Muhammad ) , then produce a sura or the like thereof , and call your witnesses beside Allah if ye are truthful .
2. 2.24 . And if ye do it not and ye can never do it - enguard yourselves against the fire prepared for disbelievers , whose fuel is of men and stones .
2. 2.25 . And give glad tidings ( O Muhammad ) unto those who believe and do good works ; that theirs are Gardens underneath which rivers flow ; as often as they are regaled with food of the fruit thereof , they say : This is what was given us aforetime ; and it is given to them in resemblance . There for them are pure companions ; there for ever they abide .
2. 2.26 . Lo! Allah disdaineth not to coin the similitude even of a gnat . Those who believe know that it is the truth from their Lord ; but those who disbelieve say : What doth Allah wish ( to teach ) by such a similitude? He misleadeth many thereby , and He guideth many thereby ; and He misleadeth thereby only miscreants ;
2. 2.27 . Those who break the covenant of Allah after ratifying it and sever that which Allah ordered to be joined , and ( who ) make mischief in the earth : Those are they who are the losers
2. 2.28 . How disbelieve ye in Allah when ye were dead and He gave life to you! Then he will give you death , then life again , and then unto Him ye will return .
2. 2.29 . He it is Who created for you all that is in the earth . Then turned He to the heaven , and fashioned it as seven heavens . And He is Knower of all things .
2. 2.30 . And when thy Lord said unto the angels : Lo! I am about to place a viceroy in the earth , they said : wilt Thou place therein one who will do harm therein and will shed blood , while we , we hymn Thy praise and sanctify Thee? He said : Surely I know that which ye know not .
