Distinction between the state of this world and the hereafter and the polytheists' acceptance of Allah as Creator, Provider and Resurrector

If you ask them: "Who created the heavens and the earth, and who set the sun and the moon to work?" They will answer: "God." Why then do they vacillate?

God increases the means of those of His creatures as He please, or limits them for whomsoever He will. He is certainly cognisant of everything.

If you ask them: "Who sends down rain from the sky and quickens the earth when it is dead?" They will answer: "God." Say: "All praise be to God." But most of them do not understand.

The life of this world is only a sport and play. It is surely the home of the Hereafter that will indeed be life extended and new, if only they knew!

When they board a ship they call on God, placing their faith wholly in Him. But when He brings them safely back to shore, they begin to associate others with Him,

And deny what We had given them, in order to go on enjoying themselves. They will come to know soon.

Do they not see that We have given them a safe sanctuary, while all around them men are being despoiled? Do they then believe what is false, and deny the bounty of God?

Who is more unjust than he who fabricates a lie about God, or denies the truth when it has come to him? Is there not an abode for unbelievers in Hell?

We shall guide those who strive in Our cause to the paths leading straight to Us. Surely God is with those who do good.