"Further I have spoken to them in public and secretly in private, (9)

"Saying, 'Ask forgiveness from your Lord; for He is Oft-Forgiving; (10)

"'He will send rain to you in abundance; (11)

"'Give you increase in wealth and sons; and bestow on you gardens and bestow on you rivers (of flowing water). (12)

"'What is the matter with you, that ye place not your hope for kindness and long-suffering in Allah,- (13)

"'Seeing that it is He that has created you in diverse stages? (14)

"'See ye not how Allah has created the seven heavens one above another, (15)

"'And made the moon a light in their midst, and made the sun as a (Glorious) Lamp? (16)

"'And Allah has produced you from the earth growing (gradually), (17)

"'And in the End He will return you into the (earth), and raise you forth (again at the Resurrection)? (18)