VERILY, [O believer,] it is We who have bestowed from on high this Qur'an upon thee, step by step - truly a bestowal from on high! 23 so be thou patient under the judgment of thy Lord, and obey not one of them, sinner or unbeliever. 24 And celebrate the name of thy Lord morning and evening, 25 And bow in homage part of the night, and glorify Him far into the night. 26 As to these, they love the fleeting life, and put away behind them a Day (that will be) hard. 27 We have created them and strengthened their forms, and when We will, We can change their likenesses with [complete] alteration. 28 This is an admonition: Whosoever will, let him take a (straight) Path to his Lord. 29 And you do not will except that Allah wills. Indeed, Allah is ever Knowing and Wise. 30 He admits to His mercy whomever He wants. For the unjust He has prepared a painful punishment. 31