Selected Quranic verses

﴿ بِأَيۡدِي سَفَرَةٖ ﴾

[preserved] in the hands of angel-scribes,

﴿ كِرَامِۭ بَرَرَةٖ ﴾

honorable and obedient.

﴿ قُتِلَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مَآ أَكۡفَرَهُۥ ﴾

Woe to man; how ungrateful he is[5]!

﴿ مِنۡ أَيِّ شَيۡءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ ﴾

From what did He create him?

﴿ مِن نُّطۡفَةٍ خَلَقَهُۥ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ ﴾

He created him from a drop of semen and proportion...

﴿ ثُمَّ ٱلسَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُۥ ﴾

then He made the way easy for him[7];

﴿ ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُۥ فَأَقۡبَرَهُۥ ﴾

then He caused him to die and be buried;

﴿ ثُمَّ إِذَا شَآءَ أَنشَرَهُۥ ﴾

then when He wills, He will resurrect him.

﴿ كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقۡضِ مَآ أَمَرَهُۥ ﴾

Yet he has not fulfilled what He commanded him.

﴿ فَلۡيَنظُرِ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِۦٓ ﴾

Let man consider the food he eats:

﴿ أَنَّا صَبَبۡنَا ٱلۡمَآءَ صَبّٗا ﴾

How We pour down rainwater in torrents,

﴿ ثُمَّ شَقَقۡنَا ٱلۡأَرۡضَ شَقّٗا ﴾

and cause the soil to split open [for sprouts],