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 therefore be patient under the Judgement of your Lord, and do not obey either the sinner or the unbeliever. 24 And celebrate the name of thy Lord morning and evening, 25 and part of the night; bow down before Him and magnify Him through the long night. 26 Indeed, these love the hasty life, and are heedless and leave behind them a heavy Day. 27 We created them, and We strengthened their joints; and, when We will, We shall exchange their likes. 28 Lo! this is an Admonishment, that whosoever will may choose a way unto his Lord. 29 But you will not desire except as God wills. Verily He is all-knowing and all-wise. 30 He admits whom He wills into His mercy; but the wrongdoers - He has prepared for them a painful punishment. 31