Luqmân
IN THE NAME OF GOD, THE MOST GRACIOUS, THE DISPENSER OF GRACE[31:25]
AND THUS it is [with most people]: if thou ask them, "Who is it that has created the heavens and the earth?" – they will surely answer, "God."
Say: "[Then you ought to know that] all praise is due to God!" – for most of them do not know [what this implies].

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* v.25 : For the above rendering of la’in, see sūrah 30, note 45.
* I.e., they give the above answer unthinkingly, following a vague habit of thought, without realizing that a cognition of God as the Ultimate Cause of all existence logically postulates one’s full surrender to Him, and to Him alone.