[17:18]

Whoso desireth that (life) which hasteneth away, We hasten for him therein what We will for whom We please. And afterward We have appointed for him hell; he will endure the heat thereof, condemned, rejected.

[17:19]

And whoso desireth the Hereafter and striveth for it with the effort necessary, being a believer; for such, their effort findeth favour (with their Lord).

[17:20]

Each do We supply, both these and those, from the bounty of thy Lord. And the bounty of thy Lord can never be walled up.

[17:21]

See how We prefer one of them above another, and verily the Hereafter will be greater in degrees and greater in preferment.

[17:22]

Set not up with Allah any other god (O man) lest thou sit down reproved, forsaken.

[17:23]

Thy Lord hath decreed, that ye worship none save Him, and (that ye show) kindness to parents. If one of them or both of them attain old age with thee, say not "Fie" unto them nor repulse them, but speak unto them a gracious word.

[17:24]

And lower unto them the wing of submission through mercy, and say: My Lord! Have mercy on them both as they did care for me when I was little.

[17:25]

Your Lord is Best Aware of what is in your minds. If ye are righteous, then lo! He was ever Forgiving unto those who turn (unto Him).

[17:26]

Give the kinsman his due, and the needy, and the wayfarer, and squander not (thy wealth) in wantonness.

[17:27]

Lo! the squanderers were ever brothers of the devils, and the devil was ever an ingrate to his Lord.