وَلَوْ أَنَّ أَهْلَ الْقُرَى ءَامَنُوا وَاتَّقَوْا لَفَتحْنَا عَلَیْهِمْ بَرَکَـت مِّن السَّمَآءِ وَالاَْرْضِ وَلَـکِن کَذَّبُوا فَأَخَذْنَـهُمْ بِمَا کَانُوا یَکْسِبُونَ (96)

96- IF THE PEOPLE OF THE TOWNS HAD BELIEVED AND AVOIDED EVIL, WE WOULD HAVE OPENED UPON THEM BLESSINGS FROM THE SKY AND EARTH, BUT THEY BELIED, AND SO WE SEIZED THEM FOR WHAT THEY EARNED.

أَفَأَمِنَ أَهْلُ الْقُرى أَن یَأْتِیَهُم بَأْسُنَا بَیَـتاً وَهُمْ نَآئِمُونَ (97)

96- DO THE PEOPLE OF THE TOWNS FEEL SECURE OF OUR HARDNESS, COMING TO THEM AT NIGHT WHEN THEY ARE ASLEEP?

أَوَ أَمِنَ أَهْلُ الْقُرَى أَن یَأْتِیَهُمْ بَأْسُنا ضُحىً وَهُمْ یَلْعَبُونَ (98)

98- OR, DO THE PEOPLE OF THE TOWNS FEEL SECURE OF OUR HARDNESS, COMING TO THEM IN DAY LIGHT, WHEN THEY ARE PLAYING?

أَفَأَمِنُوا مَکْرَ اللهِ فَلاَ یَأْمَنُ مَکْرَ اللهِ إِلاَّ الْقَوْمُ الْخَـسِرُونَ (99)

99- DO THEY FEEL SECURE OF ALLAH'S TRICKS? NO ONE FEELS SECURE OF ALLAH'S TRICKS EXCEPT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE LOSERS.

أَوَ لَمْ یَهْدِ لِلَّذِینَ یَرِثُونَ الاَْرْضَ مِن بَعْدِ أَهْلِهَآ أَن لَّوْ نَشَآءُ أَصَبْنَـهُم بِذُنُوبِهِمْ وَنَطْبَعُ عَلى قُلُوبِهِمْ فَهُمْ لاَ یَسْمَعُونَ (100)

100- IS IT NOT A GUIDANCE TO THOSE WHO INHERIT THE EARTH AFTER ITS INHABITANTS, THAT IF WE DID WILL, WE WOULD AFFLICT THEM BY THEIR SINS, AND SEAL THEIR HEARTS SO THAT THEY DO NOT HEAR.