wherever you may be death will overtake you even though you be in towers raised high. yet when a good thing happens to them some say this is from god whereas when evil befalls them they say this is from thee ! say all is from god. what then is amiss with these people that they are in no wise near to grasping the truth of what they are told?
أينما تكونوا يدرككم الموت ولو كنتم في بروج مشيدة وإن تصبهم حسنة يقولوا هذه من عند الله وإن تصبهم سيئة يقولوا هذه من عندك قل كل من عند الله فمال هؤلاء القوم لا يكادون يفقهون حديثا