(Muhammad), We have revealed the Quran to you in gradual steps. 23 so be thou patient under the judgment of thy Lord, and obey not one of them, sinner or unbeliever. 24 Meditate upon the name of your Lord morning and evening; 25 and prostrate yourself before Him at night, and extol His Glory during the long watches of the night. 26 Indeed these people love what they have, the fleeting one, and have forsaken the immensely important day behind them. 27 We have created them and strengthened their forms, and when We will, We can change their likenesses with [complete] alteration. 28 This is an admonition: Whosoever will, let him take a (straight) Path to his Lord. 29 But ye will not, except as Allah wills; for Allah is full of Knowledge and Wisdom. 30 He is Merciful to whom He will; but, for the harmdoers He has prepared for them a painful punishment. 31