The Bee
IN THE NAME OF GOD, THE MOST GRACIOUS, THE DISPENSER OF GRACE
[16:82]
BUT IF they turn away [from thee, O Prophet, remember that] thy only duty is a clear delivery of the message [entrusted to thee].


* v.82 : I.e., although they are aware of the many blessings which man enjoys, they refuse to attribute them to God’s creative activity, thus implicitly denying the truth of His existence. My rendering of al-kāfirūn as “[such as] are given to denying the truth” is conditioned by the definite article al which, in the above construction, is meant to stress the quality of deliberate intent.