(17:77) [That is Our] established way for those We had sent before you of Our messengers; and you will not find in Our way any alteration. (17:78) Establish prayer at the decline of the sun [from its meridian] until the darkness of the night and [also] the Qur`an of dawn. Indeed, the recitation of dawn is ever witnessed. (17:79) And from [part of] the night, pray with it as additional [worship] for you; it is expected that your Lord will resurrect you to a praised station. (17:80) And say, "My Lord, cause me to enter a sound entrance and to exit a sound exit and grant me from Yourself a supporting authority." (17:81) And say, "Truth has come, and falsehood has departed. Indeed is falsehood, [by nature], ever bound to depart." (17:82) And We send down of the Qur`an that which is healing and mercy for the believers, but it does not increase the wrongdoers except in loss. (17:83) And when We bestow favor upon the disbeliever, he turns away and distances himself; and when evil touches him, he is ever despairing. (17:84) Say, "Each works according to his manner, but your Lord is most knowing of who is best guided in way." (17:85) And they ask you, [O Muhammad], about the soul. Say, "The soul is of the affair of my Lord. And mankind have not been given of knowledge except a little." (17:86) And if We willed, We could surely do away with that which We revealed to you. Then you would not find for yourself concerning it an advocate against Us. (17:87) Except [We have left it with you] as a mercy from your Lord. Indeed, His favor upon you has ever been great. (17:88) Say, "If mankind and the jinn gathered in order to produce the like of this Qur`an, they could not produce the like of it, even if they were to each other assistants." (17:89) And We have certainly diversified for the people in this Qur`an from every [kind] of example, but most of the people refused [anything] except disbelief. (17:90) And they say, "We will not believe you until you break open for us from the ground a spring. (17:91) Or [until] you have a garden of palm tress and grapes and make rivers gush forth within them in force [and abundance] (17:92) Or you make the heaven fall upon us in fragments as you have claimed or you bring Allah and the angels before [us] (17:93) Or you have a house of gold or you ascend into the sky. And [even then], we will not believe in your ascension until you bring down to us a book we may read." Say, "Exalted is my Lord! Was I ever but a human messenger?" (17:94) And what prevented the people from believing when guidance came to them except that they said, "Has Allah sent a human messenger?" (17:95) Say, "If there were upon the earth angels walking securely, We would have sent down to them from the heaven an angel [as a] messenger."
