Say: "I do no more than invoke my Lord, and I join not with Him any (false god)." 20 Say: "Neither is your loss within my power nor bringing you to guidance." 21 Say thou: verily none can protect me from Allah, nor can I find beside Him any refuge. 22 if I should fail to convey [to the world whatever illumination comes to me] from God and His messages." Now as for him who rebels against God and His Apostle - verily, the fire of hell awaits him, therein to abide beyond the count of time. 23 (On the Day of Judgment) when the disbelievers witness that with which they have been threatened, they will then know whose helpers are weaker and fewer in number. 24 Say: "I do not know if what is promised you is near, or if my Lord prolongs its term. 25 (He is) the Knower of the Unseen, and He revealeth unto none His secret, 26 except only to a Messenger that He has chosen, and He sends guardians before him and behind him, 27 [He (Allah) protects them (the Messengers)], till He sees that they (the Messengers) have conveyed the Messages of their Lord (Allah). And He (Allah) surrounds all that which is with them, and He (Allah) keeps count of all things (i.e. He knows the exact number of everything). 28