Say: "I call on my Lord alone and I do not associate any one with Him." 20 Say: 'Surely I possess no power over you, either for hurt or for rectitude.' 21 Say thou: verily none can protect me from Allah, nor can I find beside Him any refuge. 22 My duty is only to convey that which I receive from Him and His messages." For those who disobey God and His Messenger there is the fire of hell, wherein they will abide forever. 23 Till the time when they will see what they are promised – so they will now come to know whose aide is weak, and who is lesser in number. 24 Say: “I know not whether what you are promised is near or whether my Lord will prolong its term. 25 He alone has knowledge of what is hidden. He reveals this to none, 26 "Except a messenger whom He has chosen: and then He makes a band of watchers march before him and behind him, 27 That he may know that they have conveyed the messages of their Lord; and He has encompassed whatever is with them and has enumerated all things in number. 28