Or ˹ask them,˺ “Who originates the creation then resurrects it, and gives you provisions from the heavens and the earth? Is it another god besides Allah?” Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “Show ˹me˺ your proof, if what you say is true.”
          
            27:64
          
        
        
          Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “None in the heavens and the earth has knowledge of the unseen except Allah. Nor do they know when they will be resurrected.
          
            27:65
          
        
        
          No! Their knowledge of the Hereafter amounts to ignorance. In fact, they are in doubt about it. In truth, they are ˹totally˺ blind to it.
          
            27:66
          
        
        
          The disbelievers ask, “When we and our fathers are reduced to dust, will we really be brought forth ˹alive˺?
          
            27:67
          
        
        
          We have already been promised this, as well as our forefathers earlier. This is nothing but ancient fables!”
          
            27:68
          
        
        
          Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “Travel throughout the land and see the fate of the wicked.”
          
            27:69
          
        
        
          Do not grieve for them, nor be distressed by their schemes.
          
            27:70
          
        
        
          They ask ˹the believers˺, “When will this threat come to pass, if what you say is true?”
          
            27:71
          
        
        
          Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “Perhaps some of what you seek to hasten is close at hand.”
          
            27:72
          
        
        
          Surely your Lord is ever Bountiful to humanity,1 but most of them are ungrateful.
          
            27:73
          
        
        
          And surely your Lord knows what their hearts conceal and what they reveal.1
          
            27:74
          
        
        
          For there is nothing hidden in the heavens or the earth without being ˹written˺ in a perfect Record.1 
          
            27:75
          
        
        
          Indeed, this Quran clarifies for the Children of Israel most of what they differ over.
          
            27:76