(36:22) And why should I not worship He who created me and to whom you will be returned? (36:23) 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? (36:24) Indeed, I would then be in manifest error. (36:25) Indeed, I have believed in your Lord, so listen to me." (36:26) It was said, "Enter Paradise." He said, "I wish my people could know (36:27) Of how my Lord has forgiven me and placed me among the honored." (36:28) And We did not send down upon his people after him any soldiers from the heaven, nor would We have done so. (36:29) It was not but one shout, and immediately they were extinguished. (36:30) How regretful for the servants. There did not come to them any messenger except that they used to ridicule him. (36:31) Have they not considered how many generations We destroyed before them - that they to them will not return? (36:32) And indeed, all of them will yet be brought present before Us. (36:33) And a sign for them is the dead earth. We have brought it to life and brought forth from it grain, and from it they eat. (36:34) And We placed therein gardens of palm trees and grapevines and caused to burst forth therefrom some springs - (36:35) That they may eat of His fruit. And their hands have not produced it, so will they not be grateful? (36:36) Exalted is He who created all pairs - from what the earth grows and from themselves and from that which they do not know. (36:37) And a sign for them is the night. We remove from it [the light of] day, so they are [left] in darkness. (36:38) And the sun runs [on course] toward its stopping point. That is the determination of the Exalted in Might, the Knowing. (36:39) And the moon - We have determined for it phases, until it returns [appearing] like the old date stalk. (36:40) It is not allowable for the sun to reach the moon, nor does the night overtake the day, but each, in an orbit, is swimming. (36:41) And a sign for them is that We carried their forefathers in a laden ship. (36:42) And We created for them from the likes of it that which they ride.