Say: I only call upon my Lord, and I do not associate any one with Him. 20 Say: “Surely neither it is in my power to hurt you nor to bring you to the Right Way.” 21 Say thou: verily none can protect me from Allah, nor can I find beside Him any refuge. 22 Mine is but the publishing from Allah and His messages; and whosoever disobeyeth Allah and His apostle, his portion verily is the Hell-Fire as abiders therein for evermore. 23 Until they see what they are promised, when they will understand who is weaker in aid and poorer in numbers. 24 Say: "I do not know if what is promised you is near, or if my Lord prolongs its term. 25 He [alone] knows that which is beyond the reach of a created being's perception, and to none does He disclose aught of the mysteries of His Own unfathomable knowledge, 26 Save unto an apostle chosen. And then He causeth to go before him and behind him a guard. 27 In order to see that they have conveyed the messages of their Lord – and His knowledge encompasses all whatever they have, and He has kept all things accounted for. 28