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God takes away their light and leaves them in darknesses where they no longer see clearly.

It is prescribed for you, when death presents itself to one of you, if he leaves some good,

And their informant said to them: "The sign of his dominion will be that the coffer comes to you, wherein is a tranquility from your Guardian, and a remnant of what the clan of Moussa and the clan of Harun left, carried by the Agents."

His example is that of a smooth rock covered with earth: a torrential rain strikes it, and leaves it bare.

To men belongs a portion of what the two parents and relatives leave, and to women belongs a portion of what the two parents and relatives leave, whether little or much —

And let those dread who, if they left behind them weak descendants, would fear for them:

But if there are more than two women, two-thirds of what is left belongs to them;

And to his father and mother, to each of them, a sixth of what he leaves, if he has a child;

And to you belongs half of what your wives leave, if they have no child;

but if they have a child, to you belongs a quarter of what they leave, after a testament they may have made, or a debt.

And to them belongs a quarter of what you leave, if you have no child;

but if you have a child, to them belongs an eighth of what you leave, after a testament you may have made, or a debt.

And to each, We have assigned heirs for what is left

If a man perishes without a child, but has a sister, to her belongs half of what he leaves;

But if there are two, then to them belong two-thirds of what he leaves;

Here you have come to Us alone, as We created you the first time, and you have left behind your backs what We had vouchsafed you;

His example is that of the dog: if you bear down on it, it pants, and if you leave it, it pants.

Or did you think that you would be left, without God having yet distinguished those among you who have striven and have not taken, besides God, His messenger, and the believers, any close confidant?

They said: "O Shu'ayb, does your Contact command you that we leave what our ancestors obeyed, or that we stop doing with our goods what we wish?

And do not lean upon those who have done wrong, or the Fire would touch you,

they came to their father in the evening, weeping, and said: "O our father, we indeed went off racing and left Youssof with our baggage, and the wolf devoured him.

I have indeed left the doctrine of a people who do not believe in God, and who disown the last life,

And horses, mules, and donkeys, for you to ride, and as adornment.

And if God were to seize mankind for their wrongdoing, He would not leave upon the earth a single living being;

And had We not made you firm, you would well nigh have leaned upon them, a little.

And We shall leave them, that Day, surging one against another,

"Do not run off — return to the affluence you were given and to your dwellings, perhaps you will be questioned!"

Until, when death comes to one of them, he says: "My Guardian, make me return, perhaps I will do a sound deed in that which I left." By no means!

Will you be left secure here, amid gardens and springs, and crops and date-palms with melting spathes, while you carve houses out of the mountains, skilled and expert?

Do men think that they will be left, because they say, "We believe," without being put to the trial?

We indeed left of it a clear sign, for a people who reason.

And if God were to seize mankind for what they have earned, He would not leave on the face of the earth any living being;

That day, they are indeed partners in the punishment.

And We left upon him, among later generations:

And We left upon them both, among later generations:

And We left upon him, among later generations:

God is He who made for you the cattle, that you may ride some of them and eat others;

and who created all the pairs, and made for you, among vessels and cattle, that which you ride, that you may establish yourselves upon their backs, then remember the blessing of your Guardian once established upon them, and say: "Glory be to the One who has subjected this to us, for we were not capable of it by ourselves; and to our Guardian we shall surely turn."

And it will not benefit you at all today, since you have done wrong, that you are partners in the punishment.

"Set out with My obedient ones by night; you will be pursued. And leave the sea still.

How many gardens and springs they left behind, and crops, and noble stations, and well-being in which they took delight.

and He will never defraud you of your works.

We brought out from it those who believed, but We found in it only one house of those true to God alone; and We left therein a sign for those who fear the painful punishment.

We have indeed left it as a sign: is there then anyone to remember?

Whatever act of kindness you interrupted, or left standing on its foundations, it is by God's leave, and so as to disgrace the oversteppers.

But when they see a trade or a distraction, they disperse toward it and leave you standing.

Does the human being think that he will be left without purpose?

No! I swear by the twilight glow, and by the night and what it gathers, and by the moon when it becomes full! You will surely embark upon state after state.