Say: 'I supplicate only to my Lord and I do not associate any with Him' 20 Say, "I do not possess any power to harm or benefit you". 21 Say: "No one can save me from God, nor can I find a place of refuge apart from Him, 22 excepting a Deliverance from God and His Messages. And whoso rebels against God and His messenger, for him there awaits the Fire of Gehenna; therein they shall dwell forever.' 23 Until they see what they are promised, when they will understand who is weaker in aid and poorer in numbers. 24 Say (O Muhammad SAW): "I know not whether (the punishment) which you are promised is near or whether my Lord will appoint for it a distant term. 25 "(He Alone) the All-Knower of the Gha'ib (unseen), and He reveals to none His Gha'ib (unseen)." 26 Save unto every messenger whom He hath chosen, and then He maketh a guard to go before him and a guard behind him 27 so as to make manifest that it is indeed [but] their Sustainer's messages that these [apostles] deliver: for it is He who encompasses [with His knowledge] all that they have [to say,] just as He takes count, one by one, of everything [that exists]. 28