وَلَئِنْ أَخَّرْنَا عَنْهُمُ الْعَذَابَ إِلَى أُمَّة مَعْدُودَة لَیَقُولُنَّ مَا یَحْبِسُهُ أَلاَ یَوْمَ یَأْتِیهِمْ لَیْسَ مَصْرُوفاً عَنْهُمْ وَحَاقَ بِهِمْ مَا کَانُوا بِهِ یَسْتَهْزِئُونَ(( 8 ))

8- AND IF WE DELAY THE PUNISHMENT FROM THEM FOR THE TIME BEING (UP TO AN APPOINTED TIME) THEY WILL SAY:

      ``WHAT KEEPS IT BACK?''

      BEHOLD! THE DAY WHEN IT WILL COME TO THEM, THERE IS NOTHING TO TURN IT AWAY FROM THEM, AND WHAT THEY USED TO MOCK AT, WILL ENCOMPASS THEM.

وَلَئِنْ أَذَقْنَا الاِْنسَانَ مِنَّا رَحْمَةً ثُمَّ نَزَعْنَاهَا مِنْهُ إِنَّهُ لَیَئُوسٌ کَفُورٌ(( 9 ))

9- AND IF WE LET MAN TO TASTE A MERCY FROM US, THEN WITHDRAW IT FROM HIM, HE ABANDONS TO DESPAIR, AND (FALLS TO) BLASPHEMY.

وَلَئِنْ أَذَقْنَاهُ نَعْمَاءَ بَعْدَ ضَرَّاءَ مَسَّتْهُ لَیَقُولَنَّ ذَهَبَ السَّیِّئَاتُ عَنِّی إِنَّهُ لَفَرِحٌ فَخُورٌ(( 10 ))

10- BUT IF WE GIVE HIM A TASTE OF BOUNTIES AFTER ADVERSITY THAT HAS TOUCHED HIM, HE WILL SAY:ِ ``DIFFICULTIES HAVE LEFT ME! (AND THEY WILL RETURN NO MORE) AND HE FALLS INTO JOY AND PRIDE.''

إِلاَّ الَّذِینَ صَبَرُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ أُوْلَئِکَ لَهُمْ مَغْفِرَةٌ وَأَجْرٌ کَبِیرٌ(( 11 ))

11- EXCEPT THOSE WHO WERE PATIENT AND DID RIGHTEOUS DEEDS. FOR THEM IS FORGIVENESS AND A GREAT REWARD.