وَجَاءَ مِنْ أَقْصَى الْمَدِينَةِ رَجُلٌ يَسْعَىٰ قَالَ يَا قَوْمِ اتَّبِعُوا الْمُرْسَلِينَ ٢٠
Then there came running, from the farthest part of the City, a man, saying, "O my people! Obey the messengers:
36:21
اتَّبِعُوا مَنْ لَا يَسْأَلُكُمْ أَجْرًا وَهُمْ مُهْتَدُونَ ٢١
"Obey those who ask no reward of you (for themselves), and who have themselves received Guidance.
36:22
وَمَا لِيَ لَا أَعْبُدُ الَّذِي فَطَرَنِي وَإِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ ٢٢
"It would not be reasonable in me if I did not serve Him Who created me, and to Whom ye shall (all) be brought back.
36:23
أَأَتَّخِذُ مِنْ دُونِهِ آلِهَةً إِنْ يُرِدْنِ الرَّحْمَٰنُ بِضُرٍّ لَا تُغْنِ عَنِّي شَفَاعَتُهُمْ شَيْئًا وَلَا يُنْقِذُونِ ٢٣
"Shall I take (other) gods besides Him? If (Allah) Most Gracious should intend some adversity for me, of no use whatever will be their intercession for me, nor can they deliver me.
36:24
إِنِّي إِذًا لَفِي ضَلَالٍ مُبِينٍ ٢٤
"I would indeed, if I were to do so, be in manifest Error.