Say: "I invoke my Sustainer alone, for I do not ascribe divinity to anyone beside Him." 20 Say thou: verily I own not for you power of hurt nor of benefit 21 Say: 'From God shall protect me not anyone, and I shall find, apart from Him, no refuge, 22 “I only convey the commands from Allah, and His messages; and whoever disobeys the commands of Allah and His Noble Messenger – then indeed for him is the fire of hell, in which they will remain for ever and ever.” 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 you are promised is near or if my Lord will grant for it a [long] period." 25 He is the knower of the Unknown, and He does not divulge His secret to any one 26 Other than an apostle He has chosen, when He makes a sentinel walk in front of him and a sentinel behind, 27 so that He may know that the messengers have delivered the messages of their Lord. He encompasses all that is with them and He keeps count of all things. 28