Selected Quranic verses

﴿ وَمَهَّدتُّ لَهُۥ تَمۡهِيدٗا ﴾

and gave him a life of comfort and power,

﴿ ثُمَّ يَطۡمَعُ أَنۡ أَزِيدَ ﴾

yet he aspires that I should give him more.

﴿ كَلَّآۖ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لِأٓيَٰتِنَا عَنِيدٗا ﴾

By no means! For he has been stubborn against Our...

﴿ سَأُرۡهِقُهُۥ صَعُودًا ﴾

I will subject him to an unbearable punishment.

﴿ إِنَّهُۥ فَكَّرَ وَقَدَّرَ ﴾

For he reflected and plotted [against the Qur’an][...

﴿ فَقُتِلَ كَيۡفَ قَدَّرَ ﴾

May he perish, how he plotted!

﴿ ثُمَّ قُتِلَ كَيۡفَ قَدَّرَ ﴾

Again, may he perish, how he plotted!

﴿ ثُمَّ نَظَرَ ﴾

Then he looked around,

﴿ ثُمَّ عَبَسَ وَبَسَرَ ﴾

then he frowned and scowled,

﴿ ثُمَّ أَدۡبَرَ وَٱسۡتَكۡبَرَ ﴾

then turned away with arrogance,

﴿ فَقَالَ إِنۡ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحۡرٞ يُؤۡثَرُ ﴾

then said, “This is nothing but magic from the pas...

﴿ إِنۡ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا قَوۡلُ ٱلۡبَشَرِ ﴾

This is nothing but the words of a man.”